Thursday, November 09, 2006

how i just had a personal first

do you know what the emergency broadcast system is used for?

you know, except for making loud noises and teasing me that this were just a test.

well, there was actually a emergency message last night, about a 6-year-old boy being abducted by gunpoint in fremont. that's some scary shit. they gave out a description of the man - who i think is his grandfather - what he's driving, what the license plate is, what he looks like and what to do.

it kinda really shook me up. they're supposed to be tests, not actually an emergency, especially one as awful as that. and i figured it'd be used for earthquakes and flooding and all that. you know, natural disasters. not something as inhumane as that.

in retrospect, i don't know why i would make a difference in my mind.

there's no joke here.

it just shook me up.

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