Explosions on London Underground and buses
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dreamwatch
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They didn't do a very good job. By late yesterday afternoon there were limited tube services, decent train connections, and some buses coming back into zone 1. Today you wouldn't even know anything had happened. They can keep doing this but they'll NEVER close this city.
Goreripper
Metal as fuck
Celestial-Todd
The Incredible Bulk
Makes me wonder how prepared we are.... I for one would not like to be stuck in the City Circle if a bomb went off!
Actually one of the smaller reasons why I stopped worked at North Sydney was because I was getting paranoid of catching absolutely packed trains through there everyday. If anything had happened you would have either been killed straight away or crushed trying to get out
Actually one of the smaller reasons why I stopped worked at North Sydney was because I was getting paranoid of catching absolutely packed trains through there everyday. If anything had happened you would have either been killed straight away or crushed trying to get out
dreamwatch
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I'm not just a Pom Gorey, I'm a Londoner. We're like the S.A.S. of Poms. 
Seriously, in London we've spent the last 30 years under attack - if it's not the IRA then it's random nail bombers... I remember leaving Victoria Station 10 minutes before a bomb went off there a few years ago. It was after that explosion that they got rid of bins on London streets and in stations (they are actually back on the streets now, but they are apparenty bomb proof!). I'm not saying we're totally blase about it but it's nothing new to us and you learn to deal with it really quickly. I was quite nervous yesterday, but alot of that was being stuck in the town centre with only little bits of info coming in where we could get it. At one point we had reports of ten bombs, buses exploding everywhere, a terrorist being shot down by armed police and the army being drafted in. Lack of information was the worst thing for us - we thought the entire city was under attack. Once everyone in the city knew what was going on (which for most of us was late yesterday afternoon or last night) it was easier to be calm.
The journey in this morning was wierd. I catch my bus at the start of the route, outside a bus garage. Suddenly there were police patrolling it, and you could see each driver as he finished his journey checking under every seat for anything left behind. At Waterloo a man jumped on the bus using the exit doors. Most mornings people wouldn't even notice it, except to think what a cheeky bugger, but today people were visibly shaken and staring at this guy and his backpack. I STILL had twats leave bags unattended in the store today and when you mention it to them they look at you like you're crazy. Interesting that nearly everyone of them was a foreigner, completely oblivious to what a big deal it is over here.
Unfortunately this is just the beginning of the latest wave of bombings to hit our city, the only difference now being that the IRA would usually give coded warnings which could often be enough time to save a few lives, and until the Omagh and Enniskilen bombings there seemed to be a limit to what they would sink to. These bastards have no limits. It's starting to look as if the bus bombing at least was a suicide attack. If that's true... to be honest I don't even want to go there. The only thing we've got going for us is the best counter terrorism force in the world. If it hadn't been for them then this would have happened a long time ago. All you can hope for is that they prevent enough of these fuckers from doing this. Unfortunately they're not going to get them all.
Seriously, in London we've spent the last 30 years under attack - if it's not the IRA then it's random nail bombers... I remember leaving Victoria Station 10 minutes before a bomb went off there a few years ago. It was after that explosion that they got rid of bins on London streets and in stations (they are actually back on the streets now, but they are apparenty bomb proof!). I'm not saying we're totally blase about it but it's nothing new to us and you learn to deal with it really quickly. I was quite nervous yesterday, but alot of that was being stuck in the town centre with only little bits of info coming in where we could get it. At one point we had reports of ten bombs, buses exploding everywhere, a terrorist being shot down by armed police and the army being drafted in. Lack of information was the worst thing for us - we thought the entire city was under attack. Once everyone in the city knew what was going on (which for most of us was late yesterday afternoon or last night) it was easier to be calm.
The journey in this morning was wierd. I catch my bus at the start of the route, outside a bus garage. Suddenly there were police patrolling it, and you could see each driver as he finished his journey checking under every seat for anything left behind. At Waterloo a man jumped on the bus using the exit doors. Most mornings people wouldn't even notice it, except to think what a cheeky bugger, but today people were visibly shaken and staring at this guy and his backpack. I STILL had twats leave bags unattended in the store today and when you mention it to them they look at you like you're crazy. Interesting that nearly everyone of them was a foreigner, completely oblivious to what a big deal it is over here.
Unfortunately this is just the beginning of the latest wave of bombings to hit our city, the only difference now being that the IRA would usually give coded warnings which could often be enough time to save a few lives, and until the Omagh and Enniskilen bombings there seemed to be a limit to what they would sink to. These bastards have no limits. It's starting to look as if the bus bombing at least was a suicide attack. If that's true... to be honest I don't even want to go there. The only thing we've got going for us is the best counter terrorism force in the world. If it hadn't been for them then this would have happened a long time ago. All you can hope for is that they prevent enough of these fuckers from doing this. Unfortunately they're not going to get them all.
Southy
Proud Brisbane Metaller
I thought the speech that the London Mayor gave, was absolutley brilliant, and showed the resolve you lot have, best speech since Churchill's WW2 decleration of war
salty
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Mark
Not blessed, or merciful
The first thing I thought of today when I woke up was that, if London was in America, we would have seen every copy of Batman Begins recalled and the line "we burned London to the ground" removed. Thankfully, England isn't such a kneejerk country like America is.
Mark
Not blessed, or merciful
Yes, thank Christ - despite the way some TV and radio people are talking (again with the whole resolve/steadfast retoric bullshit). One thing I can't stand is melodrama about situations that are dramatic enough!
Southy
Proud Brisbane Metaller
right Marky, rather than resolve, i shall say the pure fucking BALLS of most Londoners, feel better about that word?
Mark
Not blessed, or merciful
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