Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Okay, that one was closer...

Yesterday after work I stopped in at the club to shoot some pool. The Ugandans were there, and it's always a good time playing against them.

About five minutes into the first game there was a tremendous explosion outside. KA-WRUMMMP!!! The club is an old converted stone building, so I am sure we were safe, but it shook so much that crap was falling from the ceiling. Like those First World War movies where everyone is in the bunker when a German shell lands near by and all this dirt and dust falls down. I didn't even really think stone shook before yesterday, but it seemed as if the whole building swayed. Or maybe it was just us.

It turns out a rather large rocket landed in the parking lot between the club and G-Row, which is where my hooch is. And I was just thinking the other day how it had actually been a while since we had taken any rocket or mortar hits on the FOB.

We brushed off the table and continued shooting pool.

2 Comments:

Blogger Unknown said...

At the very least the pool game was just interrupted and not ended... Good thing you weren't outside when the thing hit- divine providence at work again.

March 27, 2007 5:54 AM  
Blogger Jack said...

Yes, I am sure it was divine providence.

March 27, 2007 12:55 PM  

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