Hi gang, I have not used this account in over 6 months so most of you will not even recognize this address, but today it is my only access to the ferret world! My usual address is [log in to unmask] But today Flashnet has died! Well, my file in their system died anyway, so I couldn't log on at all today and spent 5 hours this morning arguing with them and reprogramming login stuff over and over and over, to no avail. I talked to 5 tech support people and none could find the problem. Well, I had more important things to do you know (poop to scoop) so I dropped it and went on LBP and saw to all the fuzzies' needs here and rotated playgroups, gave meds, etc., etc.. Then went off to work for a couple of hours. If any of you have been heard of the devastating tornado that hit Tuesday here in Texas and are concerned about me, please rest assured we are all safe and sound here!!! The tornado hit south of us, haven't had time to look at a map, but I think that town is a couple hundred miles away. Though I have been on the phone trying to let rescuers there know that I will come and pick up any fuzzies they find, but as yet, have not gotten through. Jarrell, TX is a *tiny* town, no PD, no AC or shelter, only a FD (probably volunteer). The Red Cross acts as if they couldn't care less since I am not a truck driver volunteering to carry in human necessities (that is the only help they want at this point). They don't even want to talk about the animals. I will continue to try, and did hear on my local news that an emergency animal shelter had been set up there, but alas, phone lines are horribly clogged. I hit the redial button for 2 solid hours and never got through!!! Next came the call in about a found ferret, so I had to pick that little gal up from a town 25 miles away. She's safe, appears healthy and happy. A light sable MF, under 1-year-old, I've tickled her toes and ears too, and she still won't give up and tell me what her name is though. Upon returning home, started LBP *again* (that's Litter Box Patrol :>) and then sat down for 3 more hours of arguing with flashnet technical people (I feel I must know each and everyone of them by name now) to no avail. Finally at 10pm they discovered *they* have a problem and my acct is messed up, however they can't fix *their* problem until 5am in the morning when the whole system is reset!!!! Still no mail!!! On TOP of that, they dumped todays mail this morning when they were fooling around with my acct!!! So PLEASE resend anything you have emailed me in the last 2 days. And please send to both accounts. This one and [log in to unmask] So sorry for this mess, believe me!! Thanks for your help, concern, and patience. I promise, it isn't my fault. You know, they really should make sympathy cards for people who's email has crashed. I sure could use some cheering up. I even had to phone someone to read the portion of today's fml to me so I'd know what happened in court yesterday with Kodo (I sent quite a letter to the governor, btw, sure hope they don't come after me). <sigh> .....just another day in the life of a shelter mom. Kisses to the fuzzies, Trish Director, Ferrets First Rescue & Shelter [Posted in FML issue 1950]