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Oh thats much better. The Washington Monument and the Mall is covered in a red glow.

Mother nature is a sick puppy.

Okay, okay.

To be more specific, the sky isn't dark enough. Not where it normally becomes. By now it is should be black. But what I see out my window is more of a tan/gray.

The streets are as dark as ever, but the sky has a light cast to it.

This is not a comforting thing.

The only reassuring aspect is that it's been like this for hours, with no other noticable differences.

It is 10:52 p.m. on November 27th in the Northern Hemisphere.

Confirm something for me.

Shouldn't the sky be dark now?

Tonight I watched the contrails pile up over the District.

(Con·trail - 'kän-"trAl - n. - 1943 - streaks of condensed water vapor created in the air by an airplane or rocket at high altitudes)

I'd seen a couple earlier in the day out in Georgetown. But sitting in my windows at home, I watched six of them appear. And four more float over the horizon, as the sky shifted (fuck Galileo).

The problem, in case ya didn't know, is that the District is a no-fly zone.

No commercial aircraft. That, and the contrails themeselves mean there were at least 12 military jet flights over DC today. Only once before do I remember any jets flying over, and that was in relation to the September 11th attacks.

They were headed straight towards the Pentagon, though they flew well past there.

Maybe the Pakistani President should visit more often. Makes for interesting sunsets.