by Matt Martinez

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Credit: Associated Press

Injured occupants are carried out of Norris Hall at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va., Monday, April 16, 2007. A gunman opened fire in a dorm and classroom at Virginia Tech on Monday morning.

The weather on the East Coast is blustery and miserable today. Folks along the I-95 corridor woke to the dreary remains of a terrible nor'easter. Just when we thought the day could not get any bleaker, the news from Virginia comes in.

There are almost no words to describe the horror at Virginia Tech this morning. We won't even try. Scores are dead after a gunman opened fire on campus — it is the deadliest campus shooting in the U.S. yet. And the fact that we can compare campus shootings is such a depressing, crushing truth.

We had some good plans for launching our podcast this week, but I think we may set some of those aside to talk about what happened today. One of the stories we planned to bring you — the one about church in nightclubs — will definitely be postponed. NPR Producer Amy Walters was going to talk to us about it, but she's been dispatched to Blacksburg, Va. to help with reporting there.

Right now we're digesting what has happened. The reported numbers of dead have steadily been rising throughout the day. We're online, listening to the radio and watching TV, just like the rest of you.

We're going to spend some time talking about this over the next few days. We want to know what you're thinking. Leave a comment or Contact Us through email.

More later...stay tuned...