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I just copied this from my knitting blog. I don't feel like typing it over.
Very, very upset today because of the Space Shuttle. I live really near Cape Canaveral; many of my good friends work for NASA in some capacity. The shuttle was supposed to land just a few miles away from here. (If it was going to blow up at all, I'm glad at least that it didn't blow up here, in what I assume is a more populated area than the affected area in TX.)
Aside from the people in the shuttle, I have a feeling that this will negatively effect the local economy. We have a couple of companies that aren't technically NASA but work with them a lot - in semiconducting, electrical engineering, software creation, etc - and are the other major local employers. The industries here are basically tourism and aerospace stuff. After 9/11, the local Air Force base, which is located just off SR A1A, closed down the road in front of the base for several miles. People who had small businesses on this stretch of road (or just above it and depending on its traffic) were hit very hard. Now the road is open, but the base has a high new wall around it.
( happier stuff: what I did yesterday instead of sleeping. )
Very, very upset today because of the Space Shuttle. I live really near Cape Canaveral; many of my good friends work for NASA in some capacity. The shuttle was supposed to land just a few miles away from here. (If it was going to blow up at all, I'm glad at least that it didn't blow up here, in what I assume is a more populated area than the affected area in TX.)
Aside from the people in the shuttle, I have a feeling that this will negatively effect the local economy. We have a couple of companies that aren't technically NASA but work with them a lot - in semiconducting, electrical engineering, software creation, etc - and are the other major local employers. The industries here are basically tourism and aerospace stuff. After 9/11, the local Air Force base, which is located just off SR A1A, closed down the road in front of the base for several miles. People who had small businesses on this stretch of road (or just above it and depending on its traffic) were hit very hard. Now the road is open, but the base has a high new wall around it.
( happier stuff: what I did yesterday instead of sleeping. )
