On May 12, 8:16=A0pm, Dover Beach <moon.blanc...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Mr C <camsoc...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > NPR re****ters, actually ATC anchors, happened to be 60 mi. from the
> > epicenter, Melissa Block actually doing an interview, when it
> > happened. =A0The rumbling, the recognition, the ground undulating
> > beneath her, the running outside while shaking is still going on ...
> > had to last 45 sec, a hugely long time (I was driving while listening
> > to this, so I could be wrong, but my clock ticked to the next minute,
> > I know.)
>
> > Then, later, her re****t from a middle school which totally collapsed
> > and killed apparently the majority of children inside. =A0Her
> > descriptions are evocative but measured, yet you can still hear her
> > voice is on the verge of cracking. =A0Heavy stuff. =A0An elementary
scho=
ol
> > very nearby was practically untouched.
>
> This evening, Robert Siegel sounded completely out of breath. =A0It
> sounded like he was jogging while re****ting. =A0I couldn't figure out
why
> he was panting.
>
I noticed that, too, though he did calm down. He and the others are
blogging at http://www.npr.org/blogs/chengdu/
. I never pictured
Siegel looking like that, but the same thing is true with Allan Sloan,
Terry Gross and Lorenzo Music. I am a poor visualizer, or something.
The Great Gildersleeve, OTOH, looks exactly like he sounds.
Mr C
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