1.   Barnes is even said to have been forced to sent aides to lawmakers offices to deliver messages because of clogged phone lines.

2.   Others gathered in stores to trade news, or buy phone cards with hopes of finally getting through clogged phone lines to see if their families were safe.

3.   Other companies with locations in New York or Washington were anxiously trying to contact employees in lower Manhattan, despite clogged phone lines.

4.   The clogged phone lines reflect the boom in sales of personal computers this Christmas, and Compaq was not alone.