Take care Lisa-- keep safe. The rest of us, who are not used to sirens are worried about you!

Unreal. I've seen people react that way to a hurricane. Danger bearing down on them but they take the time to smell the roses.

Stay safe.

"The Boy Who Cried Wolf" comes to mind, as does the carnage in Haifa yesterday.

Hello. I'm Hiromi, a Japanese girl living in Tokyo.
I knew about you through TV programme in Japan.
I watch news everyday, but even if I hear 'UN security council is talking about Israel's attack on Hezbollah', we can't really understand what's going on or what is important to know; Japanese people tend to think that's happening another part of the world and forget how serious it is. But through your blog, I could understand well how people in Lebanon or Israel feel, which was really impressive. Sorry, my expression might not good.

wow - excellent way to convey (a small sample of) what it's like to be there. stay safe (as much as possible).

melanie

I remember the same thing during the war with Iraq. Many people were simply interested in tracking airplanes and rockets as they were falling on other people.

Unreal is right! In Haifa they are taken a little more seriously than that! Family is quiet shaken by it.

bytw, Be Careful and I hope you are taking it more serious!

I just wanted to say: Stay safe out there.

As someone who's experienced this eerie indiference to air raid sirens (and even actual shelling nearby), I can somewhat relate :)

Lisa, sweetie, I don't care what everyone else does --that siren sounds and you get yourself into a shelter. Miyad! Oy, my nerves.

My guess is you are not heading for any shelter. Unless you wanted to do an interview there. So, I build things for a living and here are some recommendations. Do not sit next to a window as that man in the video was doing. Glass cuts deeply, you bleed badly. If the building is wood framing, sit as close to a corner as you can, preferably near a door. If it is constructed of concrete blocks, especially find a corner. Structural integrity is the greatest at corners. From the pictures I've seen, the most prevalent occurrence is ordnance coming through the ceiling. Should the roof collapse, hope that it breaks apart and ends up leaning against the walls leaving you some space. Another reason to stay near a corner. And a door. Just treat your walking around and sitting to be like driving a car and being ready for an accident. Know where you are and be ready to move rapidly to avoid injury. You are probably saying you know all this. I just want to be sure. Hope you get to link up with MJT soon. The photos he took from your trip last spring to the Lebonan border have been very helpful in grasping the physical context of all this.

Also, I browsed through almost all your archived photos. Interesting as to what catches your eye enough to capture it. And then I love the way you seem to bring so many different people together. You must be a sweetie, they all seem to love you much.

allan, san diego

As tough and no-BS as Lisa is, sweetie is not the first word that comes to mind, but the minute I met her I fell in love, and when I told my husband, he said, "Oh, that happens to everyone."

;)

We think about you constantly, wishing for peace, Lisa.

be careful! and when you're back your'e invited to visit our israeli women blog and tell us what you think: http://israeliwomen.blogspot.com/

Hi I saw you on c-span television being interviewed today and decided to check out your blog here. It looks very interesting for you there in Israel. That war is very controversial in the USA and around the world. You are very brave to be there and to be reporting on the human elements of the war. Keep up the great job. You will go far.