BERIGAN Posted July 7, 2005 Report Posted July 7, 2005 Holy shit!!!! Hope our board members are all right! Quote
White Lightning Posted July 7, 2005 Report Posted July 7, 2005 Hope all our friends and their families over there are unharmed. Londoners, my heart goes out to you. be strong. Quote
1ngram Posted July 7, 2005 Report Posted July 7, 2005 Holy shit!!!! Hope our board members are all right! ← BBC says at least two devices, one in a bus which "opened like a can of sardines with bodies all over the place" and one in tube station. I've no access to tv at work but my son has phoned to say its all over the tv. Horrendous. Quote
porcy62 Posted July 7, 2005 Report Posted July 7, 2005 Hope all our friends and their families over there are unharmed. Londoners, my heart goes out to you. be strong. ← What he said Quote
1ngram Posted July 7, 2005 Report Posted July 7, 2005 Guardian reports two bus explosions and two separate further explosions on the tube network with many injuries. All reports I have read so far have been from individuals "on site", nothing official from the emergency services. Quote
BERIGAN Posted July 7, 2005 Author Report Posted July 7, 2005 Now CNN is saying that there were 3 buses blown up, and 6 explosions in the underground. Fox, via SKY news said that there might have been a new explosion... Quote
Phil Meloy Posted July 7, 2005 Report Posted July 7, 2005 Hope all our friends and their families over there are unharmed. Londoners, my heart goes out to you. be strong. ← What he said ← Details are just starting to come through. So far at least one bus has been blown apart in Tavisock Square and there has been an explosion in Edgeware Road tube station. Quote
Rosco Posted July 7, 2005 Report Posted July 7, 2005 Reports of a 'major incidence' in King's Cross... some reports that there has been a train crash... Quote
brownie Posted July 7, 2005 Report Posted July 7, 2005 Things look pretty chaotic in London right now! Hope the casualties figures will keep on the low side! Quote
EKE BBB Posted July 7, 2005 Report Posted July 7, 2005 My sincerest condolences to London. Living in Madrid, I know what you feel in that situation: panic, anger, pain, desolation... Fer Urbina, a Spanish member of this board who lives in London, is alright. He emailed me a few minutes ago. Quote
brownie Posted July 7, 2005 Report Posted July 7, 2005 This looks really bad! Sources indicate some 20 dead! Quote
1ngram Posted July 7, 2005 Report Posted July 7, 2005 (edited) "Sir Ian Blair, Metropolitan Police Commissioner, has told the BBC that there have been six explosions so far today, one on a bus. In what is clearly intended to be a calming message, he asks that Londoners stay where they are, do not call the emergency services unless there is a life-threatening situation, and promises there will be more information. London's emergency plan has kicked into action, and he says they are "returning order to the situation"." - from Guardian. Tony Blair will make a televised statement at 12 noon. Edited July 7, 2005 by 1ngram Quote
king ubu Posted July 7, 2005 Report Posted July 7, 2005 Oh my God! I sure hope all our UK members and their beloved ones are alright! Quote
White Lightning Posted July 7, 2005 Report Posted July 7, 2005 (edited) Friends here in Jerusalem tell me that the Scotland Yard sent warning to Jerusalem PRIOR to the blasts that a terrorist attack is due. If that's true, why didn't the Yard warn the Londoners? Edited July 7, 2005 by White Lightning Quote
Phil Meloy Posted July 7, 2005 Report Posted July 7, 2005 (edited) Things look pretty chaotic in London right now! Hope the casualties figures will keep on the low side! ← The info coming through is all a bit garbled at the moment. Mobile phone networks appear to have been closed down in central London as a precaution against them being used to trigger bombs. Reports of explosions are now coming in of six explosions at Liverpool Street, Russell Square (Tavistock Square is just around the corner), Moorgate, Algate East, Kings Cross and Edgeware Road. It is unclear if all these are actually terrorist attacks. It is possible that some of these may be electical explosions which have occurred because of terrorist attacks on the tube system elsewhere. There are a lot of people injured but as yet no reports of serious injuries or fatalities but it is still very unclear what the extent of the terrorist attack has been. There is still no official confimation of a terrorist attack as yet but the bus incident at Tavistock Square certainly seems to point to this. Edited July 7, 2005 by Phil Meloy Quote
J.A.W. Posted July 7, 2005 Report Posted July 7, 2005 Friends here in Jerusalem tell me that the Scotland Yard sent warning to Jerusalem PRIOR to the blasts that a terrorist attack is due. If that's true, why didn't the Yard warn the Londoners? ← Perhaps they wanted to avoid panic... Anyway, I hope all UK members and their family are alright and well. My thoughts are with you. Quote
BERIGAN Posted July 7, 2005 Author Report Posted July 7, 2005 Friends here in Jerusalem tell me that the Scotland Yard sent warning to Jerusalem PRIOR to the blasts that a terrorist attack is due. If that's true, why didn't the Yard warn the Londoners? ← It is a damned if you do, damned if you don't situation. Perhaps they didn't know what type of an attack it was. Or when. What could they do, tell people not to go to work this week? I heard something about an "incident" in Singapore yesterday, but a google search didn't pull anything up, does anyone know what happened there? Quote
sidewinder Posted July 7, 2005 Report Posted July 7, 2005 News over here on the media still very vague about what happened and the casualty numbers. Doesn't sound good. Tony Blair is apparently to make an announcement at 1200. He has had a roller-coaster week. Quote
Rosco Posted July 7, 2005 Report Posted July 7, 2005 Two confirmed casualties at Aldgate... many more to come I fear Quote
Claude Posted July 7, 2005 Report Posted July 7, 2005 ITV says a government official reported 20 deaths Quote
White Lightning Posted July 7, 2005 Report Posted July 7, 2005 Mobile phone networks appear to have been closed down in central London as a precaution against them being used to trigger bombs. I my experience, the first things that crash down are the mobile networks. Everybody want to make a call in a small area and the networks simply stop functioning almost at once. Quote
Phil Meloy Posted July 7, 2005 Report Posted July 7, 2005 Mobile phone networks appear to have been closed down in central London as a precaution against them being used to trigger bombs. I my experience, the first things that crash down are the mobile networks. Everybody want to make a call in a small area and the networks simply stop functioning almost at once. ← This happened too but I think they have now cut the network in central London as a precaution. Quote
Claude Posted July 7, 2005 Report Posted July 7, 2005 One blast on a bus is reported to have been a suicide bomber. Quote
sidewinder Posted July 7, 2005 Report Posted July 7, 2005 Current reports state 2 deaths and many injured. Quote
fent99 Posted July 7, 2005 Report Posted July 7, 2005 Things are muted in my office (opposite parliament) and waiting to hear some clear news. So far all friends and colleagues are fine and I hope there are few casualties. Quote
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