exatreide Posted July 7, 2005 Share Posted July 7, 2005 Terrorist Strike hits U.K Capital.5 confirmed dead, 90 casulties....devloping Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted July 7, 2005 Share Posted July 7, 2005 http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsa/n5ctrl/live/bb/rm/video/now3_bb.ramLive BBC FeedGet Real Alternative to watch instead of the realplayer crap. Good program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EWS Posted July 7, 2005 Share Posted July 7, 2005 They reckon its going to rise to above 40.Apparently the emergency services were excellent, goes to show that all this preperation was useful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ordos45 Posted July 7, 2005 Share Posted July 7, 2005 Watching the BBC live on BBC America and CNN. CNN just had camera phone video from inside the tubes. BBC has the better coverage though, if you have BBC America I reccomend it, they've interrupted regular programming.http://www.livejournal.com/community/london_070705/ This link has emergency services numbers for those in the UK, as well as directions if you're foolish enough to travel on what roadways are blocked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted July 7, 2005 Share Posted July 7, 2005 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_London_transport_explosionsHas lots of info.The url in my above post doesn't seem to work anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiyouta Posted July 7, 2005 Share Posted July 7, 2005 Happened when I was sleeping... woken up by a call from my dad telling me not to travel into the city and watch the TV to know why. I think he works around Leicester Square. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tako Posted July 7, 2005 Share Posted July 7, 2005 was working while it happened I saw it on a big screen in the school but it did not hit me right away.it said 45 dead and 1000 woundedhow many explosions is it now? 8 I thought Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante Posted July 7, 2005 Share Posted July 7, 2005 It all go a splode. Here come the Big Brother laws... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erjin999 Posted July 7, 2005 Share Posted July 7, 2005 Lets get used to the idea of having to carry ID cards around.I was awoken by a call from work, asking me if I was making my way to bedford as expect. I was asleep :PWent in to the local office and found everyone was on their way home, so hung around a bit, watch hunddreds of people pass on the streets, never saw a single bus, then came home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khan Posted July 7, 2005 Share Posted July 7, 2005 33 Dead was the last I heard, with about 1000 wounded of which 150 were serious.I was asleep at a mates at the time and woke up to a call from my parents asking if I was Ok.Lets get used to the idea of having to carry ID cards around.Meh I need one anyway, always get asked for ID at clubs... I'm still 17 but 7 more days should fix it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Posted July 7, 2005 Share Posted July 7, 2005 On CNN I recall the figures being 37 dead, roughly 30 in for serious or critical injuries, and another 100 for minor injuries. Surely not a thousand: not on several buses or a subway car. Check Wiki for the accurate figures. I might, of course, be wrong.EDIT: Here we go, "The number of injured treated is at least 300. At least one news report has quoted 360 injured." So, actually, I think I'll revise my earlier impression of events and say that, yes, indeed, it's quite possible that 1000 people could have been injured. In which case, I think London is lucky to have such a low comparative death toll - it could have been much worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ordos45 Posted July 7, 2005 Share Posted July 7, 2005 That time of day...in the tubes...could've been far worse. Seems rather horrid to say this, but be glad casualties were what they were. >:( Seshen, over on Livejournal, made this image and remarked that on 9/11 Britain flew its flags at half staff for the USA. I know this isn't the best tribute to the dead, but online, it will have to do: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tako Posted July 7, 2005 Share Posted July 7, 2005 Lets get used to the idea of having to carry ID cards around.get used, it is already a law here in holland! don't got one that's a fine or jail... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khan Posted July 7, 2005 Share Posted July 7, 2005 Yeah but we like our freedoms and privacy over here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anathema Posted July 7, 2005 Share Posted July 7, 2005 It's terrible, but at the same time fortunate that the death toll could be kept low thanks to the precautions.The law of having to carry ID around 24/7 is a joke. More then half of the people here don't do it, and you won't even notice anything as long as you don't run into the police. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemafakei Posted July 7, 2005 Share Posted July 7, 2005 Ok, to confirm:There were 4 explosions, of which 3 were on underground trains 1 was on a busReports of 7 were because tube passengers were coming out of multiple stations (since at least two trains were between stations).Shortly after the third explosion, the tube network was shut down, then the buses in the centre were stopped after the fourth bomb.33 are confirmed dead from the first three explosions, and quite a few more will have been killed on the bus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khan Posted July 7, 2005 Share Posted July 7, 2005 Does anyone else find it slightly suspicious that figures from the bus have been stalled for so long? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante Posted July 7, 2005 Share Posted July 7, 2005 Does anyone else vaguely suspect that our own government did this in order to force ID cards onto us? I wouldn't put it past them, especially not Blunkett... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiyouta Posted July 7, 2005 Share Posted July 7, 2005 Don't be so stupid. Can't you leave ur conspiracy theories alone for the day and just think about the victims for a change? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante Posted July 7, 2005 Share Posted July 7, 2005 You obviously don't realise exactly how deep my cynicism runs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erjin999 Posted July 7, 2005 Share Posted July 7, 2005 I hear you dante dude. I am not going to suggest that IS definately what happened, but the thought did cross my nasty mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EWS Posted July 7, 2005 Share Posted July 7, 2005 I thought it was the french... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khan Posted July 7, 2005 Share Posted July 7, 2005 Agreed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super-ness Posted July 7, 2005 Share Posted July 7, 2005 Racists allowed where?In the world?I'm afraid we can't stop them :(I mean London was bombed during the G8 Summit, obviously to draw our attention, to pull our troops out of Iraq. It's up to Blair what to do now. But if we pull out, Iraq's regime will go back to what it once was. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khan Posted July 7, 2005 Share Posted July 7, 2005 Not necessarily, in fact things would probably get much better if we left Iraq Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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