Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: sewilco@datapg.mn.org (Scot E Wilcoxon) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Chicago Cubs Trash Illinois Bell Message-ID:Date: 26 Sep 89 00:43:37 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Reply-To: Scot E Wilcoxon Organization: Data Progress, Minneapolis, MN Lines: 14 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 406, message 6 of 12 Minnesota had the same problems when the Twins' World Series tickets went on sale by phone two years ago. Long-delayed dial tones all over the state. Several cities dispatched radio-equipped vehicles around their areas in case of emergencies. No known damage; the only death which might have been affected by the outage was not -- someone had a stroke, probably killing them instantly, and the panicked relative ran three blocks to a fire department building without trying to phone. Scot E. Wilcoxon sewilco@DataPg.MN.ORG {amdahl|hpda}!bungia!datapg!sewilco Data Progress UNIX masts & rigging +1 612-825-2607 uunet!datapg!sewilco I'm just reversing entropy while waiting for the Big Crunch.