The night sky is filled with sound. I cannot see it. I can simply hear shot after shot until the sky is filled with the sounds of an air attack. It's frightening but also mildly comforting. I turn up the television to drown out the distraction and focus on something other than the noise outside.

I'm a visitor here and I wonder what is happening. People on the street are running but not away from the noise. They hurry along the sidewalks towards the sounds that are filling the sky. Hmmm. I think about how unsettling it is that they are running to slaughter. Why are they doing this?

Police fill the streets and block off all of the main thoroughfares and the back alleys. No one can escape. They drive around with panicked looks on their faces. Where are they going?

I look around to see if buildings are falling in the city. If I hadn't known better, I would have thought that there was some sort of terrorist activity happening in the city of Vancouver. However, I was very aware that there was another fireworks display at English Bay. I think that tonight was a display by the group from China who were participating in the annual fireworks competition here in Vancouver.