My mom just came back from the bank (Washington Mutual) and said that they were not able to give her the account balance because "the line was cut"...apparently not all branches were affected - the teller didn't know what had caused the problem, but was speculating a possible errant construction crew to be at fault. Just an observation.

-- RAT (eyesopen@watcher.com), January 05, 2000

Answers

Just called 1-800-788-7000 and got my balance ok......

-- _ (_@_._), January 05, 2000.

Didn't realize that squirrel teeth were so sharp!

-- Wilferd (WilferdW@aol.com), January 05, 2000.

My mom just walked into her branch...probably nothing.

-- RAT (eyesopen@watcher.com), January 05, 2000.

Probably just Bubba on the backhoe again!

-- Mad Monk (madmonk@hawaiian.net), January 05, 2000.

Couldn't get my WAMU balance yesterday either - the 800 number for Washington state was down. Later, TV news said a huge cable was cut by crews digging. Said to include some fiber optic cables, and took ten hours to fix. I was able to call the WA 800 number later in the evening. Gimli's fault!

-- Lindelf (lindelf@middleearth.hobbit), January 06, 2000.