The City has been doing major road construction right outside our building. They're moving a road and railroad tracks to build an overpass. So they've been blasting the past couple weeks. I forget about their boom schedule every time until the building starts shaking. They set off a huge one yesterday, and Jo and Barb just about jumped in each other's arms when it went off. I love that stuff...the explosion stuff, you naughty person you. So today, a few of us went out to watch the goings-on. Of course, they were behind schedule, so there's this uncomfortable conversation about how 'we got work to do' and 'any time now, right?' Finally the warning horns started going off, so I moved up to a good vantage point and was definitely surprised by what I saw. I was expecting maybe a rumble and some little poofs of dust as they cracked stubborn rocks 20 feet underground. Instead there was a 3 second long series of crackles and the ground heaved East to West in a cascading 10 foot tall wave of dust, gravel and boulders. Whereupon I made a complete fool of myself jumping in the air and yelling "Holy Crap that was AWESOME!! WOOO!!" That does it. If I ever get out of this graphics shtick, I'm going to school to be an explosives engineer. I'm bringing the video camera next time.
Also, I finally got the Expressions section up and running. There's only 3 entries in there right now. I'll pump it up in fits and bouts.
Sincerest Regards,
JP
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