Jon, my virtual landlord, is on a business trip to Israel. I just got the following email from him:
Is 12:30 am here and there is something going on in the bay. There have been flares over the bay for the last 30 minutes or so; I can hear helicopters. There are loud bangs and clanging noises from the north east, but I've been hearing noises like that all week from the port — that could be a ship being loaded or unloaded. There's also a low rumbling that sounds a little odd — could be distant aircraft or something.
There does not seem to be anything happening in the town itself. The streets look normal.
Not sure if I should be freaked out or not.
Update: It's a maritime accident, not a terrorist attack: details here.
Posted by Nicholas at August 30, 2007 05:53 PMAs of 2:30 am Haifa time, the search continues. Hat tip to Da Wife for the ynetnews link. Posted by: Jon at August 30, 2007 07:30 PMShips collide in Haifa bay; 2 sailors missing
An Israeli freighter and a Greek passenger ship collided in Haifa bay Thursday, just 1.2 miles off shore.
Sixteen of the medium sized freighter's sailors fell overboard as result of the impact, which caused the freighter to sink. Fourteen were pulled out of the water by rescue teams alerted to the scene and evacuated to Haifa's port in good medical condition. Two sailors are still missing.
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