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I'm not entirely sure what's going on here, but the cops have several blocks completely blocked off here, and there's a helicopter that's apparently been circling for hours. They wouldn't even let me drive home, even though I was about 1/2 a block away. I parked on the street just outside of the blocked off zone, and they let me walk home, but told me I couldn't go on the other side of the street. At least I was able to get home, since I'm flying to NY tomorrow and haven't even started packing yet! But we seem to be right on the edge of the blocked off zone.
I can't find anything about it on the news, but we did hear someone over a bullhorn telling someone to drop their weapons and come out with their hands up. (That's about all we managed to make out of what they said.) It's really weird hearing that in person and not just on some TV show! This area is generally a pretty good area, although it gets a little seedier a couple of blocks down.
Well, I better go try to do some packing.
Update: Whatever it was, the crisis seems to be over. When I realized we couldn't hear the helicopter anymore I went out to get my car and there were still cops there but they said it was O.K. to get my car and bring it home.
I can't find anything about it on the news, but we did hear someone over a bullhorn telling someone to drop their weapons and come out with their hands up. (That's about all we managed to make out of what they said.) It's really weird hearing that in person and not just on some TV show! This area is generally a pretty good area, although it gets a little seedier a couple of blocks down.
Well, I better go try to do some packing.
Update: Whatever it was, the crisis seems to be over. When I realized we couldn't hear the helicopter anymore I went out to get my car and there were still cops there but they said it was O.K. to get my car and bring it home.
