*boom*

While watching a SG-1 rerun, there was a loud crackle in the sky similar to a firecracker but so much louder. Seconds later, a loud blast that hurt my ears. I pushed through the vertical blinds as neighbors too came out of their condos to catch a glimpse of what had just happened. A thick black smoke was rising, the sun stained a bold new shade. Then the emergency vehicles came and flooded the air with their sirens. A dizzy whiff of propane hit me. Shortly thereafter the world hit the mute button on every sound imaginable except for the voice of mankind, my neighbors.