Stuff go boom
Matthew, Mike, Sarah, James and I were all out covering the explosion (or the "go boom" as I prefer to call it) most of the day today.
I learned something very important about breaking news reporting -- Nothing happens. A lot.
While there are extremely exciting moments, and it is too cool to be closer to the action than most will be, there is an awful lot of downtime waiting for press conferences in the middle of a street or hoping to see something funny. It was a good experience, and I'm glad no one was seriously hurt, but as Mike and I were just discussing -- there's not much story here. A great escape for the metroplex to watch some pretty destruction, but nothing terribly compelling.
One action-packed moment though: From the press area, I saw a couple of the canisters blow apart after flying nearly a half-mile.