We write science fiction about destroying worlds...

[anghara]

...and right here in our own back yard, for those who care to look or to even notice any more in the months since such news fell off the front page, we can see what it really looks like to watch a city die.

This, from Poppy Z Brite's blog:

http://docbrite.livejournal.com/372229.html

I could comment on how it all makes me, personally, feel right now - but I don't think that's even necessary.