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Source: http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/being-driven-through-distraction/
Driving Home under Rocket Fire
(Times of Israel) Adele Raemer - I live in a kibbutz 2 km. from the border with Gaza. After the 2014 war, we had over half a year of calm, but sporadic rocket fire has been increasing over the past two months. I was driving home on a highway after a visit to Jaffa and, just as we were passing Ashdod, I noticed a high number of cars had pulled over suddenly to the side of the road. By the time we saw the floating ball of lights that were the Iron Dome tracking and then downing the rockets in the sky, we didn't bother pulling over, but we did switch off the CD to be able to hear updates, in case of more rockets. As we continued, my friend asked: "What does it say about our lives, this situation of driving home on any random evening, during a period which is considered to be the ordinary pace of life, and to see a rocket being shot down over our heads?"