Boris, I think of you every time I hear of yet another escalation in Israel.
The last time we spoke of this off list (several years ago) Hamas rockets didn't have the range to reach your area. Please stay safe. My thoughts to you and your family. Cheers, frank On 12 July, 2014 11:49:10 PM EDT, Boris Liberman <[email protected]> wrote: >Hello. > >Below is the statement of the fact. It is not my intent to convey any >emotional sub-text whatsoever. Times are approximate, except the very >first one. > >* 5:50 - my alarm clock rings; I swipe it to silence. I decide to >linger >in bed a bit longer. >* 6:00 - Julia wakes up and starts her morning routine >* 6:10 - we hear rocket alarm, I jump out of bed. Julia grabs the kids >and heads to the stairway of our house. According to rear command, we >have 90 seconds to get to safety. This gives me time to pull on my >yesterday's t-shirt and trousers. We climb down two stories, it seems >that everyone in our building (4 story, 40 years old) agree that the >area between the first and second floor is the safest. First floor is >one immediately above the ground floor. We're alone as no one is awake >at this time of day. >* 6:15 - we hear some booms. It is interceptor rockets handy work. Anat > >is counting. >* 6:20 - I suggest we return. Girls start to stand up as they were >sitting on the floor. We hear another rocket alarm. The girls return to > >sitting on the floor. >* 6:25 - We hear some more booms. Anat keeps her count. The doors >around >us start to open as our neighbors drag themselves out of bed. Few >minutes later we return home to start our day. > >Now comes the emotional part. It's been about a week since this has >started. Only one list member, blessed be his name, has written to me >off the list. Frankly, your silence is deafening... > >Carry on. > >Boris “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
