Monday, February 8, 2021

Still Waiting for Normalcy

Here's what's happening around me just before 3am. Sure I know it's an odd hour and I should expect odd things, but I'm trying to still be rational here. So here's a bunch of texts I sent out and thought of sharing my first words as is... 

[08/02, 02:39] Chandra Sen: For last 30 mins my French window has been rattling abnormally for a couple of seconds multiple times.

[08/02, 02:40] Chandra Sen: Kept freaking me out.

[08/02, 02:40] Chandra Sen: My first thoughts was it's a ghost or something but then I tried to be sane and told myself that's not real. So in a few minutes my windows rattled hard again. Still freaking the hell out of me. Then I thought could it be a burglar but then I've got bars on the balcony. No-one could get up and in on the third floor. Then with subsequent rattling I could hear thunder and strong wind.

[08/02, 02:41] Chandra Sen: Checked the weather app on my phone. Didn't make sense. Wind is at 1km/hr and no thunder or rains but a clear sky. 

[08/02, 02:42] Chandra Sen: Finally assuming it may be some aftershocks of the weather in the North, I decided to sleep

[08/02, 02:42] Chandra Sen: Till i heard my dad calling someone and then him yelling at someone.

[08/02, 02:43] Chandra Sen: Turns out some of the men from the building were out on the road. I thought it might be an earthquake.

[08/02, 02:44] Chandra Sen: But they said there has been a cylinder blast. If that's true there must be at least 5 cylinders that blasted and can't be too far away. I'm surprised why I don't hear the firetrucks.🤔

[08/02, 02:44] Chandra Sen: Something doesn't feel right

[08/02, 02:45] Chandra Sen: The only thing that feels normal right now is the non stop screeching of the owls outside on the opposite building. 

Do you think that's odd too? 😄

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Here's an update in the news about 6 hours later. Turns out there were 7 consecutive cylinder blasts last night. That confirms the mystery of the rattling window.