Roll call...

[damont]

To all my friends in the Pittsburgh area:

I gather that things are kinda ugly. I know psywildfire is out of town, and it appears that adelheid_p is okay. But are the rest of you okay? And just how bad is it there right now? Are we talking Seattle '99 bad? (For all I know it isn't nearly that bad. I'm just asking for information.)

Comments

[cellio]

I know you know where it is, but I figured I'd fill in for the sake of your other readers. :-)

Refugees? Either I'm not watching the right news sources or someone is exaggerating a wee bit. Mind, the gaggles of media people who were sent to cover this must be pretty darn bored, hence some of the national news I've seen...

Squirrel Hill doesn't seem to be a ghost town; it just seems to be normal. I guess my walk to shul tonight will provide more input there. There were fewer cars on the road than normal during my commute, but a fair bit of the regular traffic goes to or through downtown, so that doesn't surprise me. I stopped at the pharmacy this morning and the number of people there and on the streets seemed normal. There were extra police on the streets this afternoon, but I think they're preventative, not responding to something. Small data set, I know, but that's what I've got.