will never forget that day , much as my folks never forgot pearl harbor - i remember that as well out of respect for them as i was not born yet but it influenced my entire life mush as this has ever since , there has been a lot of discussion this week on the radio - folks remembering where they were and what they remember ,
i was in my office from 0530 as usual , enjoying the beautiful fall day , both my TV and the radio on , sipping my coffee and dealing with the days early issues as it started , the TV was always set to the news channels and low , the radio was always set to the local early morning talk show , rather mundane till the first reports and photos started to scroll in ,
as folks showed up at the office , the other TVs came on - the ones we seldom used in the conference room and such , the early reports were an accident and within an hour i said out loud it was an attack , the news held off till the second then the speculation started , the pentagon convinced most and the Pennsylvanian convinced them , the president was already in the air by then and everyone else had been grounded ,
the local reports of gas lines started at a bit before noon , by the end of the day it looked like the carter admin days at all local gas stations , some where OUT , same with grocery stores and battery shops , panic was in the air , luckily i had full tanks in all three cars and four five gallon cans in the garage , we had our camp cooking gear if it was needed , the boat was full and we could have moved to the woods fast with ammo and such if needed , not preppers but my wife is always ready to move to the woods ,
i fixed bayonets and went home about 1800 hours , way early for me in those days as i was generally there till 2000 hours , long days was the norm , my wife thought i lived in my office back then , i could have i think if it was called for ,
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