(Resolved) urgent--please helpo NOW...seattle area

Subject: urgent--please helpo NOW...seattle area.
From: open mike
Date: 19 Feb 05 - 10:25 PM

please pleaes please,,if anyone here knows miken mike nelson
please call him on his cell phone
he was in the chat... and has bee uncharacteristiclay
silent aft6er saying he felt wierd...
was talking about goijng to doct0or..
i am afraid he had ahs some somjrt of medical emergency..
his home phone is busy because he is logged intot ehchat..
but i know he has a cell....help--quick i am worried..
laurel

Subject: RE: urgent--please helpo NOW...seattle area.
From: open mike
Date: 19 Feb 05 - 10:26 PM

this is not a joke.,,..
anyone who might nknow his number form rainy camp or sunny camp
i am considering calling 911

Subject: RE: urgent--please helpo NOW...seattle area.
From: open mike
Date: 19 Feb 05 - 10:27 PM

7:26 pm pacigfic time...

Subject: RE: urgent--please helpo NOW...seattle area.
From: wysiwyg
Date: 19 Feb 05 - 10:27 PM

pOST IT IN hELP, TOO, lAUREL. hIS HOME INFO MAY BE ON FILE WITH HIS MEMBERSHIP STUFF. Police can be asked to make a "wellbeing" check at his address.

Sorry about the capslock.

~S~

Subject: RE: urgent--please helpo NOW...seattle area.
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 19 Feb 05 - 10:29 PM

Yes, this is not a prank - I was in chat room too...

have relatives and friends with similar problems..

Robin

Subject: RE: urgent--please helpo NOW...seattle area.
From: open mike
Date: 19 Feb 05 - 10:39 PM

well the 911 folks were able to affirm that he is there and o.k.
so cancel....sorry to be alarmed.

Subject: RE: urgent--please helpo NOW...seattle area.
From: open mike
Date: 19 Feb 05 - 10:40 PM

ok close thread....
all is well..

Subject: RE: urgent--please helpo NOW...seattle area.
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 19 Feb 05 - 10:40 PM

I did encourage her to be concerned.... glad everything is ok...

Robin

Subject: RE: urgent--please helpo NOW...seattle area.
From: Peace
Date: 19 Feb 05 - 10:41 PM

Good call OM, Robin, and good thinkin' WYSIWYG.

Subject: RE: urgent--please helpo NOW...seattle area.
From: Deckman
Date: 19 Feb 05 - 10:47 PM

I'm trying to reach him right now. Bob Nelson

Subject: RE: urgent--please helpo NOW...seattle area.
From: Deckman
Date: 19 Feb 05 - 10:50 PM

I'm calling 911 now! Bob Nelson

Subject: RE: urgent--please helpo NOW...seattle area.
From: Peace
Date: 19 Feb 05 - 10:52 PM

Every thing is OK now, Bob. STOP.

Subject: RE: urgent--please helpo NOW...seattle area.
From: Deckman
Date: 19 Feb 05 - 10:53 PM

Yes, he's O.K.

Subject: RE: urgent--please helpo NOW...seattle area.
From: open mike
Date: 19 Feb 05 - 10:54 PM

good--well team...every9one back to the bench..

Subject: RE: urgent--please helpo NOW...seattle area.
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 19 Feb 05 - 10:57 PM

Sorry for the fuss, guys....

Robin

Subject: RE: urgent--please helpo NOW...seattle area.
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 19 Feb 05 - 11:04 PM

Joe clones - please amend title to show matter OK now!

Subject: RE: urgent--please helpo NOW...seattle area.
From: Sorcha
Date: 19 Feb 05 - 11:31 PM

This emergency is now over.

Subject: RE: urgent--please helpo NOW...seattle area.
From: Deckman
Date: 19 Feb 05 - 11:39 PM

Joe, please delete.

Subject: RE: urgent--please helpo NOW...seattle area.
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 19 Feb 05 - 11:45 PM

Someone follow up, please, so we know this was resolved. Thanks.

SRS

Subject: RE: urgent--please helpo NOW...seattle area.
From: Melani
Date: 19 Feb 05 - 11:48 PM

Don't aplogize, guys. It's great to know that you care enough to be concerned.

Subject: RE: urgent--please helpo NOW...seattle area.
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 19 Feb 05 - 11:53 PM

It's OK - he's laughing about it and very surprised/thankful for the concern. He stopped responding in the chat - PC problems - after saying he was feeling 'fuzzy'....

Subject: RE: urgent--please helpo NOW...seattle area.
From: GUEST,It has been followed up and resolved.
Date: 19 Feb 05 - 11:54 PM

Read the thread.

Subject: RE: (Resolved) urgent--please helpo NOW...seattle area
From: Ebbie
Date: 20 Feb 05 - 12:25 AM

I'm glad it happened happily. A few years ago I called an employer of mine in Oklahoma (I was free lancing) and her voice sounded so strange I knew something was wrong. It's a longish story but suffice to say I called the Tulsa police and they discovered her on the floor having suffered a stroke. It is better to err on the side of caution.

Subject: RE: (Resolved) urgent--please helpo NOW...seattle area
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 20 Feb 05 - 12:26 AM

Are you speaking to me, GUEST? Read the thread yourself. Do you know that the people in this discussion are from all over the world, and that to ask for news of a resolution means that I want to see this message from someone I know to be in the Northest who I know can have contacted Mike who is also in the Northwest? Do you know that this Mudcatter discovered many other Mudcatters on a thread that had been started about my Dad, a folksinger they all knew, so I feel a special affinity for their welfare? Do you have a reason for being impatient or snotty, guest? Who are you, guest, that you should even write to this thread?

Rant over. I'm glad to hear that Mike is okay. Just don't do it again, Mike! :)

SRS

Subject: RE: (Resolved) urgent--please helpo NOW...seattle
From: open mike
Date: 20 Feb 05 - 12:36 AM

the emergency was just circumstantial..
and luckily the perceived situation
was not an actual crisis.
mike is fine, and was mainly
having computer problems
which made it appear as if he was
not responding. several of us
took it to mean he COULD not
respond due to medical condition,
since he had been saying he
did not feel quite right.
alls well that ends well.
thank you clones for moving this down..
funny , though when i saw the coast guard emergency
thread right next to this one i thought the sytem
was responding to mike sending in the coast guard@Q!

Subject: RE: (Resolved) urgent--please helpo NOW...seattle area
From: mg
Date: 20 Feb 05 - 01:21 AM

I think there were 911 calls from several states. It is better to be safe than sorry always. He'll probably get a ribbing at work but oh well...they'll be impressed by how popular he is. One thing I know is to have a cell phone..I turned mine in but I should rethink..we couldn't coordinate anything without cell phones since computer tied up the main phone. mg

Subject: RE: (Resolved) urgent--please helpo NOW...seattle area
From: GUEST,IHBFUAR
Date: 20 Feb 05 - 01:30 AM

If you had read the thread you would have seen it had been resolved.

Subject: RE: urgent--please helpo NOW...seattle area.
From: open mike
Date: 19 Feb 05 - 10:40 PM

ok close thread....
all is well..

You could have messaged open mike. Up yours and YOUR attitude. Rant over.

Subject: RE: (Resolved) urgent--please helpo NOW...seattle
From: open mike
Date: 20 Feb 05 - 01:31 AM

well some folks who have DSL, cable or seperate lines for computer
have other options for communications...and as WYSIWYG suggested
the emergency operator is able to break into a busy line to make
a call.

Subject: RE: (Resolved) urgent--please helpo NOW...seattle area
From: JohnInKansas
Date: 20 Feb 05 - 03:48 AM

A note on operator breakin:

We don't have DSL but do have a separate line for the e-hookups. For quite a long time we didn't have a monitor phone on the 2d line, so an operator could break in and break the connection to the computers, but there was no phone to ring if they tried to wake someone up.

You'd have the same situation if for example you unplug the phone in a motel/hotel to plug your laptop in. Many "road-warriers" carry - or used to before DSL became common in hotels -a "jack doubler" so they can plug both the phone and the laptop/modem into a single jack just for that reason.

While the monitor phone that I plugged in is mainly just for checking whether it's the line or the ISP, it probably is a good idea for emergency callback, and seems okay now that the no-call list seems to be working.

John

Subject: RE: (Resolved) urgent--please helpo NOW...seattle area
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 20 Feb 05 - 05:52 AM

Well I wish I'd had a manager who cared as much as these (almost) strangers do. I fainted at work and he said I was doing it to get attention and refused to call anyone for me..... turned out I had a heart condition and could have had a stroke... he wouldn't know about that.. he doesn't have a heart!

OpenMike, I hope you gave yourself a big pile of celestial brownie points for that concern. Having seen the remarks from some people here, it makes me wonder why anyone bothers to help anyone else. Glad there are still folks who do.

LTS

Subject: RE: (Resolved) urgent--please helpo NOW...seattle area
From: wysiwyg
Date: 20 Feb 05 - 11:10 AM

Actually, that ISN'T what I suggested, but I wish I had. I suggested the cops could knock on his door as a wellbeing check. I would not have thought an operator could get anyone's attention if the computer were tying up the phone line, or if he was on the floor in a coma. Maybe they can, but I was thinking face to face.

Anyway, whatever! Glad he's OK and glad y'all cared. I DO wish a Clone would edit a prominent all-clear into the first post....

~S~

Subject: RE: (Resolved) urgent--please helpo NOW...seattle area
From: JennyO
Date: 20 Feb 05 - 08:56 PM

This concern and quick action is yet another example of Mudcat at its best! I think you should all be very pleased with yourselves - and I'm glad everything turned out OK.

By the way, the emergency number in Oz is 000 - not that I am expecting to have an emergency or anything. I feel fine. But it's probably worth knowing the numbers in the different countries. What is the emergency number in the UK?

Jenny

Subject: RE: (Resolved) urgent--please helpo NOW...seattle area
From: GUEST
Date: 20 Feb 05 - 09:03 PM

999 in uk

Subject: RE: (Resolved) urgent--please helpo NOW...seattle area
From: GUEST,WilliamB
Date: 27 Feb 05 - 02:39 AM

Deckman,

I was doing a search on Keve Bray and came to a thread in which you mentioned him. Did you know him? Please contact me at [e-mail]. Thank you, William B.

Subject: RE: (Resolved) urgent--please helpo NOW...seattle area
From: Peace
Date: 27 Feb 05 - 02:44 AM

This thread.