Second day of war

Day 667 - second day in this war. We live in an area that is not under direct threat so it's kind of a remote issue not a daily living hell as it is for the million people who live in the rockets landing zone. It doesn't mean we are not concerned or worried about their safety as well as the safety of our soldiers. But we don't live the minute to minute terror of endless sirens to run to shelters or the endless barrage of rockets all around. So we try to keep living our lives as normal as possible; we cannot let terror dictate how we live or interrupt it too much. So today my daughter followed up on her original, pre-war, plan to move to the biggest city in our country. She packed all her stuff yesterday and this morning she took the bus to her new city and I was to drive there after work and bring her things. It gave her time in the morning to buy few things she needed and especially clean the place to her liking. I arrived in the afternoon as planned and all was more or less normal until suddenly, out of nowhere, there was a siren. This is a metropolitan area of about 4 million people and it was suddenly under attack. It is hard to grasp or convey the gravity of such an act. Try to imagine a rocket attack on Paris or London or Tokyo. Try to imagine that all the citizens of those cities suddenly have to drop what ever they were doing, forget their carefree lives and figure in a matter of a minute where can they hide to be safe should the rocket hit their house; try to imagine a city of that magnitude suddenly drops everything and runs for cover. Try to imagine having a minute to figure out how can you best protect yourself and your kids; run to a safe area and if you live in higher floors also try to go lower. Now try to imagine how would it be if you have only 40 seconds like the second tier zone of rockets falling zone and now after you are a little more experienced - try to do all that in 7 seconds like the tier one area. Can you imagine living life like that for months? We had our experience once and I can tell you its not fun, I cannot even imagine the life of the people in the southern region of our country, must be living hell.

I am thankful nothing happened and no one got hurt in this attack on Tel Aviv metropolitan. I am thankful I was there when it happen and be with my daughter. I am thankful I am here in our country when all this is taking place, and not in the safety of the comfortable home I left behind. I am praying for the safety of our people, those in the line of fire and the soldiers who are there to try to put an end to this unbearable situation; May they all be safe.