What a day
I’ve been listening to the news almost non-stop today, and taking a look at the pictures posted across the web. I love the show Flash Point, but you never think you are really going to see pictures of that many armed police officers walking through an innocent suburb. I can’t imagine how scared the people inside their homes must have been.
I want to slap a couple of people on FB who are posting things about “I bet all you libs are glad to see assault weapons today!”
You know what? I am glad to see assault rifles today. In the hands of POLICE officers. I don’t think anyone is suggesting that trained police officers be denied their tools of trade. Bah. Thankfully it was just a couple of people. Most people have respect and realize we are all in this crazy world together and we need to help each other. Maybe that feeling of warmth will even last 24 hours.
I don’t know if you have all seen coverage of the uncle who called them losers and told him to turn himself in, but it is playing non-stop on our local news. He’s in the community just a couple of miles south of us. Some of my friends were freaking out that the suspect would try to run to his uncle’s place and cause all the commotion to come to us. After seeing the uncle’s reaction I really didn’t think the suspect would find a warm welcome and didn’t think we had anything to be concerned about. Instead, we had a tornado watch. Is the world going insane?
I was locked in the house anyway. Poor Elsa has the flu, I guess. She started with a hacking cough, followed by puking, then a day of high fever and an evening of losing all food out both ends. Lovely. It is going to be a long, long night. But at least we probably don’t have to worry about a shoot-out (I hope! Never say never, right?)