The Latest Lemming
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stratfordbabe.
WHERE WERE YOU WHEN:
1. When John F. Kennedy was shot (11/22/1963)
No clue. Considering my age at the time, there are really only three options - napping, nursing, or spitting up.
2. When Mt. St. Helens blew (5/18/1980)
I don't remember. Probably at boarding school, where the news didn't really get in to reach us.
3. When the space shuttle Challenger exploded (1/28/1986)
My first job. One of the execs came out of her office (she was permitted a radio, unlike us lowly peons in the communal area) and told us in a shocked voice. I spent the day not believing it until I saw it on the TV - and then still not believing it.
4. When the 7.1 earthquake hit San Francisco (10/7/1989)
Dunno.
5. When the Berlin Wall fell (11/7/1989)
Home. Stunned - all the more so because IIRC, "Mission Impossible" had just had a "break over the wall" episode right before or right after.
6. When the Gulf War began (1/16/1991)
Work. I remember calling a friend in the news biz and asking what defcon we were at.
7. When the first World Trade Center bombing happened (2/26/1993)
I don't remember.
8. When OJ Simpson was chased in his White Bronco (6/17/1994)
I was away that weekend. I don't remember where I was travelling (somewhere I didn't watch news/read papers) so I came back to hear all about it.
9. When the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City was bombed (4/19/1995)
I don't remember. Probably at work.
10. When Princess Di was killed (8/31/1997)
Work.
11. When Bush was first announced President (11/7/2000)
I was reading newspapers/the web avidly pretty much from election night until the Supremes ruled; I was at home and work and running errands as usual the whole time.
12. When the 6.8 earthquake hit Nisqually, WA (2/28/2001)
I have no clue. This is the first I remember hearing about it.
13. When terrorists destroyed the World Trade Center (9/11/2001)
At work. A friend from NY IMed me and said "a plane flew into the WTC." Imagining a small, private plane, I thought "Dork. Hope no one was hurt." 15 minutes later she IMed me again and told me a plane had flown into the towers. I told her she'd told me. She said "the other one" and I knew. I'd been at work for almost two hours at that point, and we contractors would not be released to flee home until the second tower started to fall. (Again, I heard it on the news as I drove and refused to believe it until I saw.) Spent much of the day listening to radio/watching TV/on the Internet frantically checking my email to see who was checking in.
14. When Columbia disintegrated during re-entry over Texas. (2/1/2003)
I was on the metro, heading to meet with my parents, who were in town. When I got to their hotel room, the TV was playing the footage over and over.
And this, boys and girls, is why I like having a radio or IM connection at work, although at the moment I have neither.
stratfordbabe.WHERE WERE YOU WHEN:
1. When John F. Kennedy was shot (11/22/1963)
No clue. Considering my age at the time, there are really only three options - napping, nursing, or spitting up.
2. When Mt. St. Helens blew (5/18/1980)
I don't remember. Probably at boarding school, where the news didn't really get in to reach us.
3. When the space shuttle Challenger exploded (1/28/1986)
My first job. One of the execs came out of her office (she was permitted a radio, unlike us lowly peons in the communal area) and told us in a shocked voice. I spent the day not believing it until I saw it on the TV - and then still not believing it.
4. When the 7.1 earthquake hit San Francisco (10/7/1989)
Dunno.
5. When the Berlin Wall fell (11/7/1989)
Home. Stunned - all the more so because IIRC, "Mission Impossible" had just had a "break over the wall" episode right before or right after.
6. When the Gulf War began (1/16/1991)
Work. I remember calling a friend in the news biz and asking what defcon we were at.
7. When the first World Trade Center bombing happened (2/26/1993)
I don't remember.
8. When OJ Simpson was chased in his White Bronco (6/17/1994)
I was away that weekend. I don't remember where I was travelling (somewhere I didn't watch news/read papers) so I came back to hear all about it.
9. When the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City was bombed (4/19/1995)
I don't remember. Probably at work.
10. When Princess Di was killed (8/31/1997)
Work.
11. When Bush was first announced President (11/7/2000)
I was reading newspapers/the web avidly pretty much from election night until the Supremes ruled; I was at home and work and running errands as usual the whole time.
12. When the 6.8 earthquake hit Nisqually, WA (2/28/2001)
I have no clue. This is the first I remember hearing about it.
13. When terrorists destroyed the World Trade Center (9/11/2001)
At work. A friend from NY IMed me and said "a plane flew into the WTC." Imagining a small, private plane, I thought "Dork. Hope no one was hurt." 15 minutes later she IMed me again and told me a plane had flown into the towers. I told her she'd told me. She said "the other one" and I knew. I'd been at work for almost two hours at that point, and we contractors would not be released to flee home until the second tower started to fall. (Again, I heard it on the news as I drove and refused to believe it until I saw.) Spent much of the day listening to radio/watching TV/on the Internet frantically checking my email to see who was checking in.
14. When Columbia disintegrated during re-entry over Texas. (2/1/2003)
I was on the metro, heading to meet with my parents, who were in town. When I got to their hotel room, the TV was playing the footage over and over.
And this, boys and girls, is why I like having a radio or IM connection at work, although at the moment I have neither.
