Jamaica, NY IS in New York City, in the borough of Queens to be exact. News reports this morning mentioned that a major Verizon hub was damaged in the explosions and aftermath. I would expect internet and telecom problems to continue for awhile. Dan Robinson [log in to unmask] (in the bronx, fortunately) > -----Original Message----- > From: Dennis Budd [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 4:57 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Maelstrom > > > On Wed, 12 Sep 2001, Scout wrote: > > >On 12 Sep 2001, at 15:17, Winship wrote: > > > >> Umm, faulty memory here, isn't sthohns in NY? Douglas > > > >Yup, not too far from NY City .. the server is obviously > down.. as are the > >web pages.. and stjohn's web pages.. that they worked as > well as they did > >yesturday is amazing. > > > > ...Cleo [log in to unmask] > > St. Johns is in Jamaica, New York (Long Island) very close to NYC. > It's amazing that they were accessible yesterday, but not surprising > that they themselves were functioning, as things were reasonably > normal outside of Manhattan. > > They may be down for some unrelated reason; it is also possible that > they have been rendered temporarily inaccessible due to disaster- > related telecommunications failures that hit today. Remember, > a *lot* of construction-type cleanup is being done in Manhattan > now. > > Dennis >