Not all that weird, actually, as data cabling does not always follow the
same physical routes as telephone lines, and they also do not share the
same equipment. Wireless was down due to equipment failures, was back up
as soon as backup equipment came on line. (If you had Sprint or AT&T, it
was due to router failures).

A friend of mine said the crows he was watching became extremely agitated
and took off, right before he felt the earthquake.

-S

On Wed, 28 Feb 2001, Deborah Wisti-Peterson wrote:
>
> on the UW campus, all is fine, although some buildings are closed
> until they have been inspected for gas leaks; until broken water pipes
> are fixed; and until all the wisdom of the ages (i.e; books) gracing
> the shelves in the libraries have been re-stacked so as to not crush
> sleepy-eyed and unsuspecting students!
>
> how's this for weird; the cell telephone system was down and the
> regular telephone lines were so clogged as to be unusable. but i could
> still send email! tres weird!
>
> regards,
>
> Deborah Wisti-Peterson, PhD Candidate nyneve at u.washington.edu
> Department of Zoology, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash, USA
> Visit me on the web: http://students.washington.edu/~nyneve/
> Love the creator? Then protect the creation.
>
>