Shuttle Launch

Just watched my first live shuttle launch.  Walked out my door looked down the my street to the right (facing South) and could clearly see the red propulsion gasses and white smoke which is now still clearly visible.  The shuttle, in addition to be propelled upwards, also looked like it was going right to left.  Was so excited that I wanted to tell someone nearby, so went across the street where they are building a new house and told one of the workers.  He looked at it for a second and immediately went back to work.  Not a big deal.   I thought it was cool!