Omaha mall shooting

[mrissa]

My grandparents have called. They're safe. They had been to that mall earlier in the day -- of course they had. Westroads was the mall of my childhood; my family's in and out of there for all of December. I have no reason to think that any of our family friends in particular would have been there, and as my grandparents left the mall to go to a friend's funeral, I expect the odds are lower, not higher, that someone close to me would have been there.

The next TV announcer who asks whether camo is normal in Omaha (answer: yes, moron, it's a military town) is going to get my mom's boot to his butt, but only because she's faster than me.

Comments

[buymeaclue.livejournal.com]

...I hadn't heard about this. How terrible. I'm glad your grands are okay, and hope everyone else you know is ditto.

[mamapduck.livejournal.com]

My prayers for the fallen will include one for the safety of your dear ones.

[greykev.livejournal.com]

I called and checked on my folks, they hadn't heard about it yet, but were just fine.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Thanks for confirming that. We expected it was the case but are glad to hear.

[matociquala.livejournal.com]

I am glad your grandparents are safe.
*loff*

[rosefox]

I'm glad your grandparents are okay. I hope all your loved ones are.

[scottjames.livejournal.com]

My mom is fine. Apparently names have not yet been released.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

We speculated that your mom would have been at work. Glad she's okay.

[matastas.livejournal.com]

Matt Lauer this morning had the mostest-dumbest shit to say RE the shootings:

'What do you think was going through his mind when he shot at you?' Really? Did you honestly just ask that?

Glad the family is safe.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

"Well, Matt Lauer, I was thinking YOU ARE SO STUPID SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP!"

It's amazing there aren't more headlines like, "Bereaved family kills stupid TV journalist."

Chamomile?

[jymdyer.livejournal.com]

=v= Turns out all my friends were on the other side of town, protesting the Shrubbery. Even in non-Army towns the camo thing is especially big for this year's Peace-On-Earth-Goodwill-etc. season; Mall*Wart looks look militarized than Baghdad.