There's a very strange feeling in southern Connecticut this afternoon. Our whole area is reeling today in the aftermath of this morning's attacks in New York and Washington. I'm sure that feeling is pretty much the same all over the US, but here at my office we also have people whose spouses work in New York (they can't get home tonight), contractors who live in New York and commute here every day (they can't go home either), and at least one person whose sister worked in the World Trade Center (she made it out okay).

I think I heard that 50,000 people worked in the twin towers of the WTC. The magnitude of this tragedy is hard for me to wrap my brain around. It feels like nothing will ever be the same again, and I guess it probably won't.

For our friends and family who may be checking the site: When the attacks happened this morning, Marty was at work in Hartford, and I was at work in New Haven. We are both safe and we'll be home soon.