My folks, who were flying home this a.m., now obviously aren’t. They’re going to stay overnight with us for another night, then, if flights are still grounded (altogether likely), they’ll rent a car (if they can) and drive home.
Fielded a call from my brother, concerned about the folks and their plans.
We have an Oak Ridge, TN, office, which has been evacuated (I’ve actually heard that folks are being encourage to evacuate the town) because of the risk of someone doing something stupid/destructive to where all that radioactive waste and plutonium is stored.
Closest thing I can think of that had this sort of impact around the office is when the Challenger went down. There’s that sense of a low buzz of concern, dismay, fear, anger, confusion amidst the folks around here, not sure of what to do, or what they should do, but not being altogether content to just hunker down and do their work.
I know the feeling.