[Myrddin]

We know each other by our screen names on FR, yet few of us have met in person. Absent FR, the network and associations dissolve into thin air. The LDS stake arrangement was based on being prepared to react in a severe emergency to account for all the folks in the stake. A practice run occurs twice each year. Messages are planted with a few people and passed back to the stake leadership as sort of a check. As an aside, the hams in the stake are also active in ARES, RACES and some in Animal Rescue Reserve.

The 8 hour FR outage this week reminded me how much FR is a key part of my connection to current events.

[Quix]

I know

Just would like to help overcome the apathy and inertia and whatever else is preventing local FREEPERS from being more reachable by each other.

[88keys]

..."We know each other by our screen names on FR, yet few of us have met in person. Absent FR, the network and associations dissolve into thin air....

Good point. Sorry to be joining the discussion late - what is LDS? (Latter Day Saints?!) Occurs to me it might be wise to try and organize our local fellow FReepers so we have actual contact info. from any who don't mind sharing it...

[Old Professer]

FR was off for 8 hours?

I was refreshing here when the screen went blank and then, when I refreshed again I got the more familiar screen that tells me it’s down.

Wonder what happened...