whiskey tango foxtrot, over?

[lagilman]

I got my caffeine, and came right the hell home.

I don't know what's going on, but the streets here are way too empty, and there are a lot of sirens, even more than usual, wailing in and out of town. The delivery guy at the store said there had been some kind of bloody mob scene downtown, where they were doing the movie cattle call, some kind of mass hysteria or something. He claimed someone tried to bite him!

Jesus. I've been through enough already, okay Universe? I so don't need this. I'm a damned horror writer, I know what's going on.

Gonna power up the extra laptop batteries, just in case, close the windows, and cuddle my kittens. And siphon off some gas from the tank. I hope I won't need it.

If you're in the area? Stay home and check in, 'k?



EtA: They're running some kind of news update here, but details are for crap and I don't know if I trust them. My downstairs neighbors came up here -- they feel safer not being on the first floor, in case it spreads out from the city....

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[mt-yvr.livejournal.com]

See? Deadline. :P

(still running.. just happen to be running past this area..)

[debg.livejournal.com]

WtFFFFFF???

[lagilman]

Is it safe in San Francisco? I'll try to get word to the folk in Seattle -- they're overrun, already!

[debg.livejournal.com]

I can't answer right now - it's quiet, but there were - people - rattling the front gate.

We're better off here than in most places, because anyone with brains who lives in a seismically active area stockpiles supplies.

I've been hearing very loud music, coming in waves; my neighbour, two doors down, just held up a sign with her phone number on it. Wait, there's writing: THEY HATE LOUD MUSIC.

Pray they don't chew through the internet cabling. I'm plugging in my Boogie amp and aiming the speakers outside...

In Chicago

[tina-jens.livejournal.com]

I'd been hearing jack-hammering all morning. Thought they were just doing summer street repairs. The roads to Lake Shore Drive and I 90/94 have been torn up. No easy access out of the city. The jack-hammers have stopped, but now the sirens have started, or maybe they were wailing all along. I heard something about containment plans on news radio.