Confluence

[tesla]

Sometime around noon today, I heard sirens, apparently from fire trucks. This is not at all unusual, as I live within 1/4 mile of a fire station. Then I heard more sirens (police, ambulance). And more, and more, and MORE, for the next 15 minutes. I wondered what was going on, considered camping the website of one of the local news programs, and then got distracted by something and forgot all about it.

And then this afternoon chesh, who lives near me, posted this, and the mystery was solved, sooner than I could've found anything out by scanning for news.

Later, omaha made this post, noting that another lj friend of his lives in the building in question.

And now I'm pondering the physical proximity of all of us, and thinking how interesting it is that the internet, with its great strength at negating tremendous distances, is keeping me informed about things that I would previously have strolled down the street to find out about.

Comments

[neugotik.livejournal.com]

can't see omaha's post - looks like he did friends lock plus group filters?I never bother w/those, but I guess a lot of people do, to post dif. content to dif flist (?)

glad it sounds like from the first post-link that no-one was hurt.

[alisgray.livejournal.com]

indeed. I can't see it either.

which actually, Ms. Tesla, is just another example of your premise, as I have most likely known him years longer than you have... who was in the building? was it star5?

[omaha.livejournal.com]

as I have most likely known him years longer than you have...

um, nope.

and it's just a filter i hadn't updated in a while, but have now.

it was *'s building i was speaking of, but i think it's not the same as what chesh was as i'd heard nothing of nearby buildings having been afire.

[alisgray.livejournal.com]

I don't know. but I do know that Chesh lives down the block from *5. and probably there was no fire but there may well have been fire trucks.

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

What block and what street?

K.

[alisgray.livejournal.com]

goodness, darling K, how do you know our Tesla?

I've known her since my oldest was in junior high school

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

I used to drive my son over to her dad's apartment for what was I am sure unspeakable mischief.

K.

Re: I've known her since my oldest was in junior high school

[alisgray.livejournal.com]

saracura knew her then too I think. she introduced us.

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

Since when is she yours? (I am so behind on these things.)

B

[alisgray.livejournal.com]

see above. I got to meet her because she insisted on presenting our new business venture with a cube refrigerator. I also got to see her houses.

[tesla-aldrich.livejournal.com]

Directly north of you on the same cross-street as Lorna Jeanie.