What's going on? World Trade Center, Pentagon, Old Executive Office Bldg

[Bill Stewart]

At 10:22 AM 09/11/2001 -0400, Seth Finkelstein wrote:
>  "Warren E. Agin"
> > I've been trying to get on a newsite, but abc.com, abcnews.com,
> > nbc.com, msnbc.com, cbs.com, foxnews.com and boston.com are all having
> > problems. Yahoo and MSN are up.
>
>         I can attest that boston.com is functioning in Boston. Can't
>say if you could reach it from another part of the country.
>
> > I wonder if the problem is just server overload, or something else.
>
>         There seems to be some major links out of action. I can't
>traceroute to cnn.com, for example. I *speculate* it's collateral
>damage from the explosions in Manhattan. That is, I sure wouldn't hang
>around to keep computer working in this situation.

Highly unlikely to be physical damage; it's just slashdotted
because everybody with an internet connection tried it first.
The San Francisco Chronicle is still working because it's early morning
on the West Coast; they're sfgate.com, picture on the front page,
and the AP story is at
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2001/09/11/national0920EDT0530.DTL