Gunfights in the street outside the main gate of campus last night!
Outgoing and incoming artillery fire, AK47 going clack-clack-clack in
the early hours, and apparently some dead assailants at our front
gate. There was one artillery round that landed quite close (rattled
the house), and a LOT of machine gun fire within a few hundred meters
of the school. The news this morning says there was an attack on the
army base which borders our north wall, and there is still gunfire
downtown.

We're packing our 'Go Bags' as I write this, and the possiblity exists
that, if this escalates, we will be evacuated. I don't think those of
us at the school are in any targeted danger, but our proximity to the
base makes us possible candidates for collateral damage. We could see
the flame trails of the rockets going overhead last night, and I did
see one person trot across the open field behind my house, immediately
followed by loud automatic weapons fire in the spot where he ran to.
He might have been a campus guard, or he might have even been a
resident changing locations. Impossible to know, but the campus is on
full lock-down today, and things have quieted down since 4 this
morning when it was a battle zone. Last night it was a full-on
military battle, with exchanges of AK47 fire, incoming artillery, and
explosions in the distance.

I'll keep you all informed. This is kinda exciting. :-)

--riverman