inured

[cris]

When I first heard about the explosions, it was after being cocooned for two hours in meetings, mired in the mundane minutiae of the office; and as we emerged from our meetings, we could hear that our colleagues had been talking. "Did you hear?" "Is it true about other devices?" "Terrorism?" "I think they're evacuating the Back Bay

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[silas7]

We all respond to events like these in different ways. My way is very similar to yours. I thought "Isn't this a bit much?" when I saw everyone saying there were OK, or signing up for lists. But people fear the worst. After 9/11 I was worried because I had relatives who worked in NYC.

[cris]

for the record, I didn't have a problem with people reaching out to each other over Facebook, especially when it came to letting non-Boston connections know that they're safe. If anything, I was wondering if my own lack of distress or worry was a sign of having lost something over the years.

but, as cayetana rightly pointed out, we all have different ways of reacting to this that are equally valid. Most of us recognize our importance to each other and our level of concern for our fellow man regardless of whether or not we exchanged a check-in text or did a sound off.

[atalanta]

It felt a bit distant to me. Clearly most people I knew felt more personally affected. I figured it was because we aren't there anymore ..