When I was growing up and would see these kinds of things happen on the evening news, I could always view them as just something that happened, and always to other people, always somewhere else. These might as well have been things that happened on another planet, as it was so far away and no one I could ever possibly know could have been close enough to be involved, and that was saying something. As a child in a military family I travelled more than a lot of people and I had friends all over the place- or so I thought at the time. Most were still in Canada, with a couple around Europe (and of course my family in the UK) but all in relatively "normal" places where these kinds of things didn't happen, much like how these things never happen in Canada.
I think the first time I really realised just how close these tragedies were regardless of distance, were the London Tube bombings. Micah was in London at the time, and several of our members (including Zed and Kirky if I'm not mistaken) were either on the Tube or near the station when the incident happened. I was in the Emergency Room of my local hospital, watching it on TV, ignoring the nurse calling my name because I didn't want to leave the waiting room despite the intense pain of small rocks shredding their way through my anatomy.
Then a few years ago Fukushima seemed so far away, but we haven't heard from Yokomode since then, and I can't help but fear the worst for him as well.
Loki, I hope you and yours are okay. I fully understand you not being able to get on the forum right away, following this incident, but I truly hope that you are okay and that none of your friends or family were directly affected by this latest incident.
Trust me when I say we all are here for you, and we are all very concerned about you.
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