Terror in London
Terror in London
Are our London friends on the board okay? This is not the news I want to be waking up to.
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Sad news.
Sad news.
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Drama here this morning. My 15 year old son was in a right old state - his dad and wife live in London and his brother rang to say his dad had taken her to work this morning and both their mobile phones were dead. She uses Aldgate station which was one of the ones hit by bombing. We had a horrible hour ringing round trying to find out if they were ok.
All is well - both are ok but his dad had a lucky escape. He had dropped his wife off and decided to walk back as its about twenty min walk- got to Aldgate station and was getting some cash out of a hole in the wall when he heard the bomb blast!
More frantic ringing round ensued to my daughter and nephews all of which use the London tubes - everyone is safe thank god.
All is well - both are ok but his dad had a lucky escape. He had dropped his wife off and decided to walk back as its about twenty min walk- got to Aldgate station and was getting some cash out of a hole in the wall when he heard the bomb blast!
More frantic ringing round ensued to my daughter and nephews all of which use the London tubes - everyone is safe thank god.
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Glad to hear they're all safe Gilli. Frightening scenes.Gillibeanz wrote:Drama here this morning. My 15 year old son was in a right old state - his dad and wife live in London and his brother rang to say his dad had taken her to work this morning and both their mobile phones were dead. She uses Aldgate station which was one of the ones hit by bombing. We had a horrible hour ringing round trying to find out if they were ok.
All is well - both are ok but his dad had a lucky escape. He had dropped his wife off and decided to walk back as its about twenty min walk- got to Aldgate station and was getting some cash out of a hole in the wall when he heard the bomb blast!
More frantic ringing round ensued to my daughter and nephews all of which use the London tubes - everyone is safe thank god.
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got an email from our favorite pet bunny this a.m. (my a.m., her 1pm)
she's fine, and asked me to drop a note here since she can't access from work and may not be online for a bit.
hugs to all my buds on the far side of the pond from here!!!!!
she's fine, and asked me to drop a note here since she can't access from work and may not be online for a bit.
hugs to all my buds on the far side of the pond from here!!!!!
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Definitions of terror on the Web:miss buenos aires wrote:This sounds very frightening and awful...but I have to say, wouldn't the thread have been better named, "Panic on the Streets of London"? Is it just way too inappropriate of me to say that?
panic: an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
I wasn't implying any sense of responsibility, terror is terror, despite the fact that people automatically think Islamic militants when the word is mentioned.
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Been in North London this morning. I sometimes use mainline rail and then take the tube back out. However, the underground has always felt vulnerable to this kind of attack and I have been put off in recent years....I took the car.
On my way out of town at 10.30, I guessed something was wrong when I kept hearing and seeing emergency vehicles racing the other way into the capital from the motorway. There'll be a lot of worried people whose loved ones won't be home tonight. Words are not enough.
On my way out of town at 10.30, I guessed something was wrong when I kept hearing and seeing emergency vehicles racing the other way into the capital from the motorway. There'll be a lot of worried people whose loved ones won't be home tonight. Words are not enough.
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The people who perform these cowardly acts will not stop with diplomacy. It makes us all feel better to assume we can relate on some rational plane, but the foundation upon which terrorism is based is irrational and unstoppable unless force is met with an oppossing force of equal or greater might.
The mission of those who attack covertly, without warning, and indiscriminately is to eradicate western influence. Not neutralize it. Not diminish it. Eradicate it, every man, woman, and child. We were stunned to hear of a shooting in NY (Westchester County) yesterday were a perfectly innocent woman and mother was gunned down by an ex-con (con) for one simple reason: she was white. He expressed his MO as an imperative to kill any representative of the white lifestyle. He chose her because he couldn't stand how she opened her car door in the parking garage.
Irrational behaviour, no? Why isn't this big news?
But completely consistent with the acts of the terrorist. We either take the battle to them, or they will continue...and I use that word selectively, continue to take the battle to us. It will happen again, especially as public support for the anti-terror efforts diminish. It will happen again. Big cities.
God Bless and Keep all in London and thereabouts who are affected by these assholes, whatever their mission. Our prayers are with you.
The mission of those who attack covertly, without warning, and indiscriminately is to eradicate western influence. Not neutralize it. Not diminish it. Eradicate it, every man, woman, and child. We were stunned to hear of a shooting in NY (Westchester County) yesterday were a perfectly innocent woman and mother was gunned down by an ex-con (con) for one simple reason: she was white. He expressed his MO as an imperative to kill any representative of the white lifestyle. He chose her because he couldn't stand how she opened her car door in the parking garage.
Irrational behaviour, no? Why isn't this big news?
But completely consistent with the acts of the terrorist. We either take the battle to them, or they will continue...and I use that word selectively, continue to take the battle to us. It will happen again, especially as public support for the anti-terror efforts diminish. It will happen again. Big cities.
God Bless and Keep all in London and thereabouts who are affected by these assholes, whatever their mission. Our prayers are with you.
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We wake up a bit later here on the West Coast and I was really worried when my radio came on and I heard live broadcasts of breifings prefaced only by "coverage of the bombing of London" and I feared something even worse.
Anyhow, right now my thoughts are with all our London-based posters. We've heard from Gillibeanz, Jackson Monk, So Lack and I gather from Poppet's post, Lapinsjoli (who I didn't even know was anywhere near London! She's from Florida....).
That leaves Otis, Anjabro, BWAP, Verbal and I'm sure I've left out a few people. Hopefully, we'll hear from all of them shortly.
Anyhow, this is a threat which I suspect, sadly will continue around the world. I'm sure New Yorkers are having some unpleasant memories today, and we in So. California are foolish if we think we'll remain eternally untouched. In fact, after 9-11, I expected this kind of thing to happen a lot more all over the world, including the U.S. We've been lucky so far.
Anyhow, right now my thoughts are with all our London-based posters. We've heard from Gillibeanz, Jackson Monk, So Lack and I gather from Poppet's post, Lapinsjoli (who I didn't even know was anywhere near London! She's from Florida....).
That leaves Otis, Anjabro, BWAP, Verbal and I'm sure I've left out a few people. Hopefully, we'll hear from all of them shortly.
Anyhow, this is a threat which I suspect, sadly will continue around the world. I'm sure New Yorkers are having some unpleasant memories today, and we in So. California are foolish if we think we'll remain eternally untouched. In fact, after 9-11, I expected this kind of thing to happen a lot more all over the world, including the U.S. We've been lucky so far.
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i want to go STOMP on the people who did this, who think it's okay to go around bombing other folks. particularly those who say 'god told me to' before they set off the bombs.
i still haven't finished my first cuppa coffee. it's a BIG cup.
::imagine lots of horribly colorful swear words to descibe those g-d m-fs::
london! i LOVE london. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
and there's nothing i can do to be helpful, other than what i've done. i should be working.
i still haven't finished my first cuppa coffee. it's a BIG cup.
::imagine lots of horribly colorful swear words to descibe those g-d m-fs::
london! i LOVE london. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
and there's nothing i can do to be helpful, other than what i've done. i should be working.
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I don't know what to say, but as an American, I always feel the need to say something (that's a joke).
I'm relieved that everyone and their loved ones are all right so far, and I will keep checking this thread until everyone is accounted for. My heart goes out to all of you and your beautiful city.
I'm relieved that everyone and their loved ones are all right so far, and I will keep checking this thread until everyone is accounted for. My heart goes out to all of you and your beautiful city.
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