[reasonisfaith]

I follow your logic and it makes sense.

A lot depends on the unknowns. Many possible scenarios.

[pieceofthepuzzle]

Don't have time to read through all the posts, but someone had asked whether there was an educational conference in Washington that week. One possibility is a conference in which the Dali Lama was participating that was called: “Educating World Citizens for the 21st Century: Educators, Scientists and Contemplatives Dialogue on Cultivating a Healthy Mind, Brain and Heart.”
It apparently started on the 5th or 6th of October.