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Weather and Network Cards

The Makuma HF radio e-mail server is out in Makuma, but not fully functional. It exchanges mail with Shell, but the network card seems to be bad. And that is bad, since the two users out there connect to the server via the local area network. I tested the network card when the server was here earlier this week. But, I didn't test it fully, as my initial tests show it was good. I think that lightening did a little more damage than I first thought. I have a new network card to send out to them (thank you David Christiansen) and there should be a flight today--if the weather will cooperate. It started raining hard around 4 AM, and the weather is still zero-zero here in Shell. I'd really like to see that netork card get to Makuma today. The two families out there have been without e-mail for over two weeks now.