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London Bombing - Please Reply

Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 9:56 am
by DanJ
If you haven't heard there's been a number of bombs exploded in London.

Sites mentioned include Edgeware Road, King's Cross, Russell Square, Liverpool Street, Moorgate and Aldgate East tube stations and a bus at Tavistock Square.

It is believed they have turned off mobile phone masts in London as they are possibly the trigger for the bombs. That's not been confirmed yet though.

Arab sources have told the BBC that the bombs are almost certainly the work of Al-Quieda.

I've tried to call the EEV/I-C/etc guys who work there but the phone lines are clogged. If you are safe can you please let us know Night, Villa, Amber, Zole and anyone else who could be down that way. Thanks.

Updated:
Safe: Night, Zole, NotSoWise, Villa, Neilbob, Amber

Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 10:27 am
by Night
Don't come into central London today !

Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 10:28 am
by zole
Yah im ok, so is family.

Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 10:32 am
by neilbob
Thanks for letting me know dan. I hadn't seen the news, and had to make some nessecary phone calls.

As I understand it there have also been incidents at liverpool street, tavistock square and kings cross.

Hope everyone's safe.

Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 10:32 am
by zole
Will is in newcastle this week, so im sure he is ok. be nice to get a confirmation tho.

Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 10:34 am
by Villa
The secretary of state has escalated the national state of alert to Amber.
The last time this happened was before we went into Iraq.

Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 10:41 am
by zole
Good to know you're ok villa.

Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 10:42 am
by Villa
Scary thing is, half thos eincidents happened on routes or locations I would have had to pass through on my way to work - had I been on time this morning.
Fortunately I wasn't.

Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 10:57 am
by blue
man, im glad you guys are safe, im waiting to hear from two of my friends, serenity and calas thunder, hope they're ok too.

Edit - calas is safe

Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 10:57 am
by Night
Another bomb just gone off at Cannon St station apparently :(

Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 11:18 am
by Winder
@ All Londoners here: Hope you, your friends and your families are ok.

Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 11:49 am
by Angus
My uncle normally goes on one of the said mentioned routes.
God - So lucky he had to drive in today (instead of tube).

Glad to see you lot are ok.

Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 12:57 pm
by Sonez
My girlfriend went into London yesterday with her mum, was gonna go today but her mum had a dental appointment; or so she thought.

Turns out her appointment was yesterday and she missed it. Pretty gg as trains from Southend run into Liverpool street :|

Oh and fyi there's been a bomb scare down here in Poole. Probably some dickhead pranking but they had the bomb squad out and everything.

Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 1:41 pm
by neilbob
Yeah, they reported earlier that there was a 'security incident' at Brighton too. What that was I have no idea, but not heard anything since about 11.00 about that.

Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 3:46 pm
by Noxin
Could have been so much worse I guess.
Still sucks though. You can watch live coverage from the link Dan provided.