Boston-area update

I am fine and gaudior is fine and our visiting rax is fine. None of us were anywhere near downtown or the marathon when the bombs went off. Neither Ruth nor myself (as far as we know) knows anyone who has much possibility of not being fine, but it will of course be hours before there is actual full information on the matter.

Quick disaster protocol reminders:

-- if you are in the Boston area, stay out of downtown; it's a mess, parts of the Green Line are definitely not running, they're evacuating, stay out of the way
-- text rather than call if you need to find out if someone is okay; the networks are overloaded right now and a text is a lighter load
-- give blood if you can, even if you aren't in the Boston area-- people always need blood


Apparently they just reopened Logan, which is good.

The thing that distresses me most at the moment is that this is so very Boston-specific a nastiness, that somebody knew how things work around here. In a lot of the country Patriots' Day isn't a big deal, but this is Boston, and that and the marathon are major, major things. I have no interest in sports and I always know when the marathon is because you can't walk down a street of shops without hearing it on the radio and seeing it on window televisions. I am heartsick to think that they are going to have to establish some kind of crowd security protocol in future years for the marathon course, which has been one of the great local just-show-up events.

Bleah.

Boston-area update

I am fine and gaudior is fine and our visiting rax is fine. None of us were anywhere near downtown or the marathon when the bombs went off. Neither Ruth nor myself (as far as we know) knows anyone who has much possibility of not being fine, but it will of course be hours before there is actual full information on the matter.

Quick disaster protocol reminders:

-- if you are in the Boston area, stay out of downtown; it's a mess, parts of the Green Line are definitely not running, they're evacuating, stay out of the way
-- text rather than call if you need to find out if someone is okay; the networks are overloaded right now and a text is a lighter load
-- give blood if you can, even if you aren't in the Boston area-- people always need blood


Apparently they just reopened Logan, which is good.

The thing that distresses me most at the moment is that this is so very Boston-specific a nastiness, that somebody knew how things work around here. In a lot of the country Patriots' Day isn't a big deal, but this is Boston, and that and the marathon are major, major things. I have no interest in sports and I always know when the marathon is because you can't walk down a street of shops without hearing it on the radio and seeing it on window televisions. I am heartsick to think that they are going to have to establish some kind of crowd security protocol in future years for the marathon course, which has been one of the great local just-show-up events.

Bleah.

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