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From: Erin Bradford <>
Subject: Re: Power Failure at rootsweb...
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 1998 15:49:33 -0800 (PST)


Read below: (kinda long)

>> We're having quite a gale up here on the mountain, and we've lost all
>> power to the PMC and Birchwood NOCs.
>
>The gale was followed by a calm, heavy, wet snowfall. Trees are falling
>on power lines, and we're repeatedly losing power.
>
>We've managed to keep everything up so far by carefully managing our
>battery life (last night wasn't one of my better nights for sleep ... ),
>but it looks like we may be in trouble if the current outage lasts more
>than another couple of hours.
>
>
>> We're running on batteries now at those NOCs now. The machines at the
>> Frazier Park and Bakersfield NOCs are unaffected by the power outage,
>> but they depend on the PMC machines for some services.
>>
>> We're doing what we can to keep the site on line, but we may be down
>> for some intervals for awhile. I'll try to keep everyone informed,
>> but I may lose the ability to send e-mail.
>>
>> Sorry about that. Buying a generator for the PMC NOC is one of the
>> things we intend to do when RootsWeb's income allows ... ): -B
>
>I'm about to try 4-wheel driving it out to Bakersfield or Los Angeles to
>buy a generator. Thanks to the folks who are doing a little impromptu
>fund-raising, and wish me luck with the drive ... -B

As you can see from above, Rootsweb can really use some donations right
about now, If you would like to donate money, send it to:

Rootsweb Genealogical Date Cooperative
P.O. Box 6798
Frazier Park, CA 93222-6798

Make sure you put your email address on the check and they will let you know
when they recieve it. Also, you can donate the check in the name of a list
or something too. If you do that, I believe that money can go towards
paying for the lists next year when I have to repay the $50 for the
lists...which isn't a big deal to me, but just a suggestion:) Thank you for
your help.

Erin Bradford

Listowner for Barringer, Black, Bradford, Coventry, Eller, Hackett, and Kern
http://members.tripod.com/~Kshai/genealogy.html (my surname databases)
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/6106/genlinks.html (+800 genealogy
links)
http://www.angelfire.com/mt/listdex/index.html (Homepage for Black,
Bradford, Coventry, Hackett, and Kern email groups)

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