Lynnś Weblog

Things were pretty active earlier. We went up on the roof after seeing bright white flashes of light only to be relieved that it was lightening zapping across the Mediterranean as gun battles waged on below. After a bit we came back down and ended up watching Eddie Izzard for entertainment and to drown out the explosive sounds around us. Odd, once the dvd was over there was silence. Beirut and  silence, kind of unsettling. No street traffic noise, no sirens, no explosions, an occasional crackle of gunfire. Its only 1:30am.

Around nine or so earlier this evening there was a news story online about how 2 people had been killed — a woman and her son when a grenade hit their apartment. Another woman was killed from celebratory gunfire and several people wounded during the street fights. I believe the death toll has gone up a bit since.

Sounds like a lot was accomplished and perhaps all the brave street fighters have called it a night. They have gone home to their loved ones and are mulling over the utter uselessness of their big day. A woman and her son…Bravo. 

Please, no encores. 

We close the evening with a rather loud thunderstorm rolling in – or maybe God is just pissed off. Its been asked several times now — ‘uh…that was thunder right?’ I believe its time for some sedatives and a little prayer before they kick in that tomorrow will bring back a touch of sanity to this place.

Peace