Middle of the week

[ksmith]

Two days of rain. Now the temps are supposed to drop, with a freeze possible tonight and snow flurries possible tomorrow. I brought in the parsley and basil pots, along with a pine sapling that I got at work as part of a printer reduction project (fewer printers, lower costs, fewer emissions = Green). The sapling will need to spend this winter indoors, after which it can be planted outside. I am planning on making it my Christmas tree. It may be able to support some tinsel and a couple of tiny bulbs. I’ll post a photo after I decorate it.

Used up the last of the garden tomatoes last night in a batch of Bolognese sauce. Yet another nail in summer’s coffin.

I happened to be home for the national Emergency Broadcasting System test. One minute of blatting, and that was it. I expected some trouble with the cable box or something, but nothing untoward happened. I know there were warnings on TV etc during the last few days. I wonder if a War of the Worlds-type panic could take place these days, or if the extensive communication network would nip it at the bud.

Mirrored from Kristine Smith.

Comments

[e-moon60.livejournal.com]

A broadcast that fed into peoples' (some peoples') pre-existing paranoia would certainly cause a panic. If it hit a community where there was a shared paranoia, perhaps more than just panic. Unfortunately, when you have segments of the population convinced that only one information source is reliable and everything else is hiding the truth...they're vulnerable to anything scary on that source.