Supermall Explosion

Thursday, September 29th, 2005, at 10:30 AM, in Auburn Washington, 657 people lost their lives in a massive explosion at the Auburn Supermall.
Words cannot express how this makes me feel. I knew a few of the people (skipping school apparently does not pay).
According to the police statement released a few hours ago, an object of some kind fell from the sky and slammed into the ground in the Carousel Court of the Supermall, killing men and women and teenagers and children where they stood. The blast knocked out power to downtown Auburn. The object, whatever it is, has become buried deeply in the earth in the ruins of the Supermall. The fires spread quickly, destroying the rest of the Supermall, the Wal*Mart, the Denny's, YMCA, and School District bus station. It's terrible. The air still smells of smoke, even in the heavy rain.

What's more, this is apparently not an isolated incident. Other objects landed in the harbor at Seattle, Central Park in New York, the Commons and Woking in London, Rangoon, Paris, Red Square, Machu Pichu, Alaska, Somalia, Baghdad, etc. One hit a golf course in england, another sank Kansai Airport in Japan. One imbedded itself in Mexico City, and another crushed an oil field in Texas. Most distressingly, one clipped Mt. Ranier, causing geo-thermal instabilities. The entire state is on the alert.
What's going on around here?
Mood: Shocked and Depressed
Listening: "I'm Casting My Lasso Towards Sky" by Slim Whitman
Yearn For: Peace for the families of the lost.