I'm Not Even Sure What To Say

This seems so unreal. But it's not. It hits close to home. LBB graduated from Virginia Tech, one of our good friends is an English professor there, and probably three quarters of the people in Roanoke either went there or have a family member who did. I think now about all the good high-school kids in our neighborhood who have babysat for us. Will this make them think twice about going to college?

Then the media descends, there are press conferences, and we all try to figure out the ultimate unanswerable question: why? I'm sure the clues will be put together and a picture of the shooter will emerge, but in the end, after all the analysis of this tragedy, Columbine, and all the others like it, we will never be fully able to predict or prevent it from happening again.

There's really no way to know what's going on in someone's head.

I was impressed by the composure of the students interviewed (over and over and over again) by the media last night. I'm sure they were all in shock to some degree, but to the last, they all said they feel safe at Virginia Tech. As safe as we can feel anywhere, it seems.