Yes, they are now back!
Just wondering how did this happen? I did not have access to the wordpress account that was connected. When I setup the development environment, I was given access to their CPanel, did the backup and installed it on another server. Was that enough to shift the relationship between the domain and the “blog id” I see mentioned in other topics?
I do remember activating the akismet plugin but again, I didn’t have access to the wordpress.com account that was connected for that site so I am not sure how everything happened.
Thank you again for your help!