Trump finally indicted. Fireworks and gunshots in the Northern California suburbs?

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I only heard about the Trump indictment as I was heading home from teaching at Guitar Center today. I was listening to KCBS, our local news radio station. It was already about 5:30 PM, our time. This is an important day in American history. Democracy may prevail, at least for now. But I don't want to editorialize. I thought I'd go back to my journalistic roots and report objectively what I experienced in the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area this afternoon and evening. On my way home, I heard no honking of horns, nor waving of American flags from passing vehicles. Life seemed to be going on as usual. As I sit here at my computer, facing East toward the "poorer" neighborhoods sprawling across the Eastern part of the East Bay, I do not hear fireworks going off, nor small caliber weapons being fired into the night sky. All is quiet, as it it usually is on a Thursday night. Where were you when you heard of the Trump indictment? What was your initial reaction? Do you think he will turn himself in early next week? Do you think he will post something bizarre tonight, trying to grift more money from his remaining supporters? Do you think he will flee the Country, as some have suggested? (I do not believe so.) Our lives many not be perfect. But we DO live in interesting times.