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[batskeets]

Okay, so after turning on the TV and paging back a ways on the friends page, I've finally got an idea of what's going on.

Oddly enough, I'm not especially afraid, just sad. Numb, I guess. I've never seen Dan Rather stammer this much before. Funny I should notice something like that.

Dad is near Pittsburgh... but he is probably fine, because if he weren't, my Randomly Scary Feeling neurons would be firing like crazy right now. I guess I'm lucky that I usually know when something bad has happened to family or a close friend, even when not knowing what exactly that something *is*. At least I'm prepared for bad news by the time I get it.

Dad's probably over at the plant keeping tabs on the situation via Web news or e-mail. Or actually, he's probably at home watching all this on CNN or something. If they're closing the frickin' *malls*, I think they'd want to keep employees away from the nuke plants too, if at all possible.

I feel like kind of a jerk for saying so, because a lot of people lost their lives in those crashes, but I must admit to being a little relieved that the planes headed for LA didn't actually *get* to LA. I have a lot of family in the LA Metro area.

I'm glad for Ma that most of her side of the family is in Taiwan, away from all this. She worries enough already.

I'm wondering if I should actually get ready and go to work right now. When something of this magnitude is happening in the world, it seems silly to even think of conducting normal business.

I want James to come home.

Comments

Mind if I clarify?

[himitsu.livejournal.com]

As to the plane crash near Pittsburgh, there has been a lot of confusion on national news stations. I live in Pittsburgh, so I know what's going on. The plane crashed in Somerset County, which is 90 min. southeast of Pittsburgh. Though the USX Tower (tallest building in Pittsburgh) has a voluntary evacuation, and the streets are jammed, Pittsburgh nor Allegheny County (the county Pittsburgh is in) aren't really that close to where the plane went down, but since it's the closest city, most national stations say Pittsburgh. A lot of people seem to think it went down 10 miles away or some such.

Re: Mind if I clarify?

[skeets.livejournal.com]

Ah, good to know. My dad actually lives in Beaver currently, and while that is probably a good 45 minutes away from Pgh, it's also to the NORTHeast of Pgh IIRC. :)

Thanks. :)