its congestion. there is no way the government authorities could organize such a logistical effort to turn off cell phones so quickly after an unexplained bomb goes off in Oklahoma. and why turn the service back on at 8PM? was the crisis over by then, had every stadium been searched for bombs by 8PM so as to safely allow the cell phone service back on? no way.
Cell phones where I sit didn't start working until around 9:15. After the loud blast, no one around me was using their cell phone. It was the people trying to call in and my two kids trying to instant message out the score of the game that caught my attention after we relized we all had an unusual number of missed calls.
The game was exciting and until the 4th quarter, I didn't give the blast another thought. Just thought AWACS was probably flying around here and why our cell phones were acting up. Then the lady got a call from her sister-in-law in the 4th quarter and it spread like wildfire around us.
Around here it is not unusual for your phone to get turned off when you drive on certain streets or you lose cell phone contact. This was different -- instant messages did not go out.
Otherwise, it dawns on me that the bomb may have been detonated by someone calling a "wrong" number...