I set up a SDMB refugee camp at http://www.teemings.org . This is NOT intended as competition to the SDMB or any of the spinoff boards, but rather a place where Dopers can regroup if the worst happens. Really, it’s a board I hope you don’t have to use.
All righty, I’m registered over there. Hopefully this is all just a whole lot of worrying for nothing!
Me too, agree that I hope it’s just a failsafe but rather that than log on one day and find it’s gone, all gone.
And I. Will check there in the event of a blackout here.
But I see that Teemings allows avatars. 
Yet one more reason to hope for this Board’s survival (as if another one were needed).
Indeed, Sir.
Regarding Elephant news, I visited the Riddle Elephant Sanctuary today and discovered that Max, featured in “Growing Up Elephant” on Animal Planet is seven feet tall. I hadn’t seen him in three months, yet it was quite a surprise.
I’ve registered at Teemings, so you can all stop crying and start saying “Oh, crap, who let that idiot in?”
Okay - all set up in case this dies on us. But I have chosen a scary avatar, just to make sure that people with power, like SiamSam and others will work hard and do deals with the Devil (Or CL) to keep this place open.
Still just a tyke, though. 
He has somewhat limited access to two adult Africans through a rail road tie fence. He tries to gore Willy, 14 feet high who giggles and gently guides his tusks away.
I am reminded of the movie Hud.