the lieutenant governor came out to meet the press that night after a meeting governor thornburgh and met with of the owners of three mile island and said, metropolitan edison is giving you and us conflicting information. and their credibility to the rest of the crisis, it was one of those circumstances where we were on the air consecutively for 72, maybe 96 hours until the crisis passed. it took the nuclear regulatory commission bringing in experts from washington, helping to restore some sense of credibility and believability so that people in that portion of pennsylvania could make smart decisions. more recently was the pipeline explosion. on that night, i was one of many reporters live at a shopping center where they were directing people that were evacuating their property to meet to find out what services were available. a producer of mine said, there is a woman behind you with a handful of clothing. i turned around and this was someone who got out with a handful of close on her back. it turns out she ha understood that there were going to be people in need of clothing and other