Karen ([info]karen2205) wrote,
2005-07-07 10:51:00
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Explosion

I'm at work and absolutely fine.

The mobile/voice networks are down/very slow so don't be concerned if people don't reply to messages right away. [info]mstevens it wouldn't let me reply to yours.

I don't know exactly what's happened - the global email at work says explosions caused by power surges at Liverpool Street station, Kings Cross and Edgware Road. My mother tells me there's been explosions on three buses one in Tavistock Square and two others.

I got to Paddington when the train was held at a red signal for a while and there was an announcement about a massive power failure affecting large sections of the underground. Then I got to Baker Street where the station was evacuated and I caught a No. 2 bus to Vauxhall. I loved the bus driver - 'No, I'm not going to Marble Arch - it says Norwood Garage on the front'. She had a brilliant sense of humour.

I didn't realise there had been explosions until I got to work.

I can't get to http://news.bbc.co.uk so I can't read anything else.

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[info]buzzy_bee

July 7 2005, 10:03:09 UTC 6 years ago

news.bbc.co.uk is extremely slow and timing out. The New Zealand Herald are still reporting it as a power surge.

[info]bopeepsheep

July 7 2005, 10:05:18 UTC 6 years ago

'Bomb' on the R4 news, though. R4 are now going live to 5Live instead.

[info]buzzy_bee

July 7 2005, 10:31:17 UTC 6 years ago

I had radio 4 on in the kitchen and News 24 on in the living room and it was the same coverage.

[info]shreena

July 7 2005, 10:04:05 UTC 6 years ago

The BBC currently says that it wasn't a power surge according to the National Grid (altho' I guess they would say that..) and that there are several reports of explosions on buses not yet confirmed.

[info]mstevens

July 7 2005, 10:10:07 UTC 6 years ago

Think I must have caught the tail end of the SMS network.

Radio saying 20+ killed, unclear how solid that is.

[info]shreena

July 7 2005, 10:13:19 UTC 6 years ago

Yep, it's pretty clear that there have been a few bus explosions so it's not a power surge.

[info]cultureofdoubt

July 7 2005, 10:26:12 UTC 6 years ago

It's a shame they announced it was a power surge. I forsee that this will cause innumerable conspiracy theories and make people think The Powers That Be are regularly lying to us.

[info]karen2205

July 7 2005, 10:34:48 UTC 6 years ago

Well, to be fair, a power surge is the kind of thing that would cause an explosion on the underground and if you only know of your own explosion it's a reasonable assumption until disproved.

[info]cultureofdoubt

July 7 2005, 13:31:35 UTC 6 years ago

Oh indeed. I just mean there will be some nuts who refuse to believe that it was a quite reasonable explanation at the time.

[info]beginning

July 7 2005, 10:26:56 UTC 6 years ago

CNN's driving me nuts here. I need to go downstairs to our digital receiver and turn on CNN International or the BBC. They're starting to cautiously hint at bombings, though.

I'm so glad you're okay.

[info]pseudomonas

July 7 2005, 10:37:28 UTC 6 years ago

I can't get to http://news.bbc.co.uk so I can't read anything else.

http://news.google.co.uk is worth checking for news sources.

[info]karen2205

July 7 2005, 10:51:11 UTC 6 years ago

Yeah, I can get to the BBC site now.

AIUI, what I really want is a proper newsfeed ie. an RSS thing from Reuters. I wonder if one's been syndicated to LJ.

[info]pne

July 7 2005, 11:18:10 UTC 6 years ago

There's [info]reuters_topnews but that doesn't seem to have anything relevant right now.

But then, LiveJournal only polls feeds every so often.

[info]poshashmoshgirl

July 7 2005, 21:58:21 UTC 6 years ago

glad you're safe
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