Well, I am going to sleep.
The death toll is sure to mount as some of the wounded, 60 said to be severely wounded, may not pull through.
All governments and medical personnel and hospitals should do contingency planning for this sort of thing.
The death toll is sure to mount as some of the wounded, 60 said to be severely wounded, may not pull through.
All governments and medical personnel and hospitals should do contingency planning for this sort of thing.
In Paris, the help and the troops came pretty fast, but still a lot of people can be shot in 15 minutes.
I was going to say that since 5? of the attackers blew themselves up with suicide belts, there may not be remains (of the attackers) for much identification.
But I expect some group will start to claim responsibility.
I must say that I found The Guardian live blog to be the fasted and best informed.
Let's just be calm and see what tomorrow brings.
If you are in France, consider donating blood.
best
kmk
11-14-2015
I was going to say that since 5? of the attackers blew themselves up with suicide belts, there may not be remains (of the attackers) for much identification.
But I expect some group will start to claim responsibility.
I must say that I found The Guardian live blog to be the fasted and best informed.
Let's just be calm and see what tomorrow brings.
If you are in France, consider donating blood.
best
kmk
11-14-2015
Friday the 13th Nov turned out to be TERRIBLE--
here from a live tweet from the Guardian:
The paramedics had arrived and were tending to people. We saw dead bodies and saw people – I saw a guy who had been shot in the stomach. It was horrendous. There was blood everywhere. And the one thing that struck me was about the blood in the movies and the blood in real life. In real life it is thick.
here from a live tweet from the Guardian:
The paramedics had arrived and were tending to people. We saw dead bodies and saw people – I saw a guy who had been shot in the stomach. It was horrendous. There was blood everywhere. And the one thing that struck me was about the blood in the movies and the blood in real life. In real life it is thick.
We took a circular stairs upstairs to the first floor of the cafe and up there were more witnesses and wounded people.
CNN: At least 149 people killed in Paris attacks - Story
At least 149 people were killed in attacks in Paris Friday night, according to CNN.
bit.ly/1SPqTkd|By Nikki Bowers
Paris attacks: At least 153 killed in gunfire and blasts, French officials say @CNN
At
least 153 people were killed in shootings, a hostage situation and
explosions in Paris and a nearby city late Friday, according to French
officials.
cnn.it/1lntS8r|By Steve Almasy, Pierre Meilhan and Jim Bittermann, CNN
I
am sorry if you are nauseated, shocked or repelled by these live
updates from major news sources, but I feel it is my duty to update you,
especially as most of my FB audience live inside Burma--
If it gets overwhelming, you can just log off of your device and go do whatever, but I have to keep going.
That's what I do in crisis situations and it never hurts to know what is happening.
If it gets overwhelming, you can just log off of your device and go do whatever, but I have to keep going.
That's what I do in crisis situations and it never hurts to know what is happening.
In a way it's become ingrained in me since 1988, and we only had radio then.
Then there was 2007, then there was hurricanes Rita and Sandy, then there was 2008 and Nargis cyclone, and so on.
And of course 9/11 in 2001, when we could see the Pentagon in flames from the rooftop of my building, and I had to sit with my neighbor whose stock broker boyfriend was not yet home, So I guess this is what I do.
I don't believe it wrong to be vigilant.
Long ago, in the 1990s there was a murder in my university building, and I was away visiting friends. I found out about it from watching TV.
Always keep your wits about you, teach children and yourself and other adults to play dead if you cannot escape immediately--
Then there was 2007, then there was hurricanes Rita and Sandy, then there was 2008 and Nargis cyclone, and so on.
And of course 9/11 in 2001, when we could see the Pentagon in flames from the rooftop of my building, and I had to sit with my neighbor whose stock broker boyfriend was not yet home, So I guess this is what I do.
I don't believe it wrong to be vigilant.
Long ago, in the 1990s there was a murder in my university building, and I was away visiting friends. I found out about it from watching TV.
Always keep your wits about you, teach children and yourself and other adults to play dead if you cannot escape immediately--
I
don't think people know if it is home grown or not yet--No one has yet
claimed responsibility. What is certain is that European countries are
more vulnerable as they are so close. I have not traveled
internationally since 2010, but I do know from a lot of travel 2002-2010
that security in Amsterdam and Munich are very tight, even for those of
us in transit. There is a lot of talk of French citizens who went to
Middle East and came back. If you remember many young people have been
recruited into the radical groups--these people had military training
like ones in the Mumbai hotel attack. That book describes in great
detail the combination of "religious indoctrination" and commando style
training that is chilling. Well, try to be safe wherever you are.
