And my previous post really leads me into another point I’ve been meaning to make. The “panic” being felt by us here in the Fredericksburg/Washington DC/Southern Maryland area (living in Fredericksburg and commuting to DC, I kinda fall in all sorts of categories). It’s not really so much panic as just caution and anger. Not that I’ve seen. Out of everyone I know only one person is in a panic, and she’s just nuts about these things. She thought she was going to get anthrax right before a car bomb blew up her apartment building.
But people around here aren’t running for the hills or locking themselves in their houses. They can’t, really. This is where we live and work and shop and go about our daily lives. We can’t change that, not too much. There’s only so much you can do. So, sure we move a bit more when we’re filling up our gas tanks and keep an eye over our shoulder when we’re walking to and from stores, but there’s not panic. Most of the panic is outside of the area, people not wanting to come around here for fear of being shot or people just completely flipping out about the whole thing.
Why? Not that you guys don’t have a right and all, but, please, calm down. We’re okay. Sure, we have to be careful, but anyone not being careful in this crazy world really needs a wake up call as it is. Especially in DC where the crime rate is higher than most metro areas and the murder rate borders on the highest.
We’re doing fine, people. Thanks for your concern. Just give your kids extra hugs and kisses and hope this is an isolated incident.
On a lighter note, go check out this Madness.