Thanks for your updates. At its absolute worst, FR is magnitudes beyond any other website on the internet in its ability to collect and disseminate accurate information.
And when FR is out of commission completely, Freepers can go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/freerepublic2/ for updates on FR status and to carry on discussions.
Yes, indeed, there's always FR YAHOO GROUPS to go for update information and there's jellybean's site for visiting with FReepers too!