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It doesn't seem that long since I posted about the Charlie Hebdo killing and the ones that followed right after...and here I am again today, ten months later, to comment on the abject, surreal and so horrifying events that occurred last night in Paris.
I'm spending the weekend with the FP in Tours, away from Paris, and we just could not believe what was happening. Absolutely could not. It still doesn't seem real today. We've been glued to our phones and laptops all night (Rosie doesn't have a tv), texting family and friends making sure everyone was safe. They were. Thank God.
(I didn't know about this feature but FB activated a "safety check" notification, meaning people located in the affected area could “mark themselves safe,” which sent an alert to friends and followers. Hopefully it's not something they'll have to enable again anytime soon...)
Our thoughts go to the ones who lost a family member, a friend in the attacks.
We're still in shock and trying to make sense of a completely senseless act. To think some people live like that every day of their lives...
President Hollande has declared a state of emergency, events have been cancelled, public places closed (museums, many - all? - cinemas, malls etc.). We're entering a three-day national mourning...
Btw, make sure you're looking for the sources of the articles you'll be linked to or the pictures you'll be seeing; I've been seeing a picture of a Parisian crowd with "Not afraid" cards that was said to have been taken last night. It wasn't. It was taken last January. First, no-one was in the state of mind to organise such a gathering (even spontaneous), everyone was glued to their screens following the events and trying to understand what was happening, second, state of emergency means there's no gathering allowed for the time being.
Anyway, this isn't the point of this. The point of this is, last night was horrifying and sad. Let's all take a moment to be grateful for our loved ones, safe and sound around us *hugs*
I'm spending the weekend with the FP in Tours, away from Paris, and we just could not believe what was happening. Absolutely could not. It still doesn't seem real today. We've been glued to our phones and laptops all night (Rosie doesn't have a tv), texting family and friends making sure everyone was safe. They were. Thank God.
(I didn't know about this feature but FB activated a "safety check" notification, meaning people located in the affected area could “mark themselves safe,” which sent an alert to friends and followers. Hopefully it's not something they'll have to enable again anytime soon...)
Our thoughts go to the ones who lost a family member, a friend in the attacks.
We're still in shock and trying to make sense of a completely senseless act. To think some people live like that every day of their lives...
President Hollande has declared a state of emergency, events have been cancelled, public places closed (museums, many - all? - cinemas, malls etc.). We're entering a three-day national mourning...
Btw, make sure you're looking for the sources of the articles you'll be linked to or the pictures you'll be seeing; I've been seeing a picture of a Parisian crowd with "Not afraid" cards that was said to have been taken last night. It wasn't. It was taken last January. First, no-one was in the state of mind to organise such a gathering (even spontaneous), everyone was glued to their screens following the events and trying to understand what was happening, second, state of emergency means there's no gathering allowed for the time being.
Anyway, this isn't the point of this. The point of this is, last night was horrifying and sad. Let's all take a moment to be grateful for our loved ones, safe and sound around us *hugs*
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Anyway, I just wanted to say thank you for the concern *hugs*
It's unbearable, to think of all those people just going out, on a Friday night, and never coming back due to the folly and inhumanity of a groupe of people.