I know that feeling. I was 20 miles up a 4wd trail and another 3 miles over a 12k pass on foot, on 9/11. Didn't find out for two days, no radio in the mountains till late late, no newspapers were being flown in, and the little jumpoff town had one TX line set up for data on a 50 mile hop, connect speed was about 12kbps...it was torture, I tellya.
I learned most of the 9/11 story from Art Bell, and still sometimes have nightmares about alien terrorist bears.
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