From near my house

Personal observation ^ | 24/7/11 | Eleutheria5

[Eleutheria5]

I learned the difference between firecrackers and gun shots in Brooklyn, It's now 10:30 a.m. here in Remat Mamre, and for the past hour, my wife and I have heard explosions, and they are not fireworks. While the Arabs do set them off at weddings, they do not generally have weddings so early in the day. Also, they don't sound like fireworks and the reports keep coming from different locations and varying in tone and frequency. I do believe we are witnessing a shootout, and a burst of what sounds like automatic small-arms fire has just confirmed it. The Arabs working on the building next door are still working, and people are still walking about in the street below us (as in down the slope), but everyone is much more quiet and subdued. I'll wait to see if Arutz Sheva carries any word of this, and put off my trip to the Kirya 'til it quiets down.

[Eleutheria5]

Well, I've felt another flank of the elephant called war. Still happy I'm here, though, and not in downtown Oslo, or a car show in Kent, or a roller skating rink in Grand Prairie. Here there are mechanisms and infrastructure in place for this sort of thing. People are armed. The IDF has a base not far from here. Elsewhere in the world, they're not expecting anything, and not prepared. It's finally arrived, folks. WW III. Hope we'll all still be alive, well, and freeping when it finishes. Stay safe.

[caww]

What’s going on?

[JohnBrowdie]

keep us updated. I am following this thread

[thecodont]

Praying for your safety. Please keep us posted.

[GeronL]

I hope its nothing serious.

[antceecee]

Keep safe. Prayers for you.

[Eleutheria5]

Some shooting. It’s getting quieter, though.

[Eleutheria5]

If it were “serious,” they’d be lobbing artillery into my neighborhood, and those Arab workers wouldn’t still be up on the roof next door. I wouldn’t be at the computer, either, but ducking and covering underneath it.

[bd476]

Eleutheria5 wrote: "It's finally arrived, folks. WW III. Hope we'll all still be alive, well, and freeping when it finishes. Stay safe."

Prayers urgently sent for your safety and the safety of your family and friends.

[voteNRA]

Stay low and possibly make a phone call (ie 911)

[autumnraine]

Bump

[GeronL]

I thought you’d find that humorous

[GeronL]

Does your site (tagline) still ban conservative critical of kiddie porn??

[Bobalu]

God be with you my FRiend!

I will always stand with Israel and against Israel's enemies.

Israeli's have to be the most peace loving people on the earth. Anyone else would have long ago expunged loathsome neighbors who constantly fired rockets and mortars at them.

[caww]

Are you in Israel?

[Eleutheria5]

Bingo.

[voteNRA]

Going to bed now and I will say a prayer for you, your family and Israel.

God be with you FRiend

[Eleutheria5]

The shooting is farther away and more sporadic now, except for one steady stream of fire, but far away, as I said. It’s mostly over.

[Eleutheria5]

Now it’s started up closer to me again.

[JohnBrowdie]

that was never the argument. but I will happily allow you back in if you can behave yourself

I sorta missed you.