Somebody robbed the 7-Eleven near our house last night. (Near as in only two small streets need to be crossed to get there.) Exciting, but not blogworthy ... except it turns out that the robbers were the perpetrators of the Marathon bombing.
Right now the subway and busses are shut down. We first got word with an automated phone call from the State Police to our house; that was followed by a flurry of texts and emails advising everyone to stay inside.
Sirens are continuous in the background. My boy is happily pulling himself into a standing position on chairs and bookshelves. My wife is talking to relatives on the pheone. We just got a redundant email announcing that Zipcar is shut down.
I note that the cell networks are still on; shutting them down would not help with the manhunt and would in fact remove some potentially useful tracking tools.
This is just a short personal update; there is no news available here at Franklin Street that you cannot get from the newspapers. I would, however, advise all of you to stick to reading the papers and cut it out with the rumor-mongering. They get things wrong and some are irresponsible (like the New York Post) but they are far far far better than the alternatives.
UPDATE: As of 8:12, the sirens have stopped.
Glad to hear the family is OK.
Posted by: Jonathan | April 19, 2013 at 09:40 AM
Ditto. Dude. Boston aint oakland. You don't need to import bay area craziness just cuz you miss us.
Posted by: Will Baird | April 19, 2013 at 10:51 AM