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To: epicure who started this subject	9/15/2001 3:45:36 AM
From: cosmicforce	Read Replies (2) of 51749

I just got back from a star-viewing trip to a local hill, away from much of the city lights. The first impression I had involved the stark change from two nights ago. Two days ago I took my kids where my friend and I went tonight. The sky was empty of planes. Tonight the planes fly. The day of the attack, for the first time in my life, there were no planes flying. Having been born before the 60's, I've never lived in a time where you didn't at least hear piston aircraft. My parents did, but I didn't. They would run from their houses to see planes. Until this week I'd never done that. On the night after the attack, a single jet circled the Bay Area every twenty minutes or so. But that was the only plane flying that night. The night of the attack -- not even that plane was flying. I have hiked 40 miles though the backcountry of the Sierras. I've never been away from the planes. Until the day of the attack and the day after. The second impression came to me on the return to my house. On a Friday night at 11:30 pm, the commercial district and city streets were empty. A normally bustling community has ground to a halt. I wondered where everyone was and what they were doing. There weren't enough out walking to make up for those not driving. I wondered if they were sleeping from the fatigue and stress, or if they were huddled in front of their TV's watching CNN. The third impression I had was that there was a stunned surreal behavior of the citizens. There were more people out walking around in groups. Up where I viewed the stars there two cars of teens hanging out in the dark, drinking beers. That was it. No one else. The winding mountain road had a small fraction of its normally light traffic. Long periods of time would elapse and I'd be in silence. The final impression that struck me tonight was the low price of gas relative to a few months ago. I wondered as I topped off my tank if it would continue to be low, and if so, for how long. We have grown so accustomed to the way things have been for the past 20-30 years. I hope they'll will last long enough for my children to enjoy them. For this I extend my deepest hopes and prayers.

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