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[cleolinda]

Y'all, if you're in London, please let me know that you're all right, and what you're seeing over there.

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[draconifers.livejournal.com]

Gods, that is scary. I hope everyone is alright. I can't believe the bombing...

[tecno-fairy.livejournal.com]

I'm in London, but a way out in the East End. The nearest explosion was a few miles from where I live. It's been hard to get through to people - the mobile phone networks have been overloaded but I've finally found out that all my friends are ok. Buses and mainline trains were suspended but are starting to get back on track now, the tube network is still suspended till tomorrow morning. Parts of it won't re-open till much later.

Overall the capital seems quite calm - there hasn't been any widespread panic and the emergency services have done an amazing job. 33 people have been confirmed dead, and the number may rise because they're still not sure how many people died on a bus that was blown up. I've made several entries about it in my journal if you want more details.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I'm definitely hearing that it's being handled really well. I'm so glad you're all right.

Good place to find out if London LJ users are safe

[magegirl.livejournal.com]

http://www.livejournal.com/community/london_070705/

This community has been set up to give people a central place to check up on LJ users in London and to find the latest news. Thought you might want to know.

Re: Good place to find out if London LJ users are safe

[filthy-paws.livejournal.com]

Seconding that - great news source, with long rollcalls and contact details for different countries. Have been following it most of the night.

Re: Good place to find out if London LJ users are safe

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Thanks--I posted it (as you've probably seen).

[particle-person.livejournal.com]

There is a check-in list for LJers over here:
http://www.livejournal.com/community/london_070705/tag/rollcall

[prncssaurora.livejournal.com]

I have some friends in London, one of whom was at King's Cross 20 minutes before the bomb went off. She said she walked home from work - 2 hours - and there were hundreds of people out on the streets, walking. Apparently stores were crowded with women buying suitable shoes to walk home in.

Many people have said it's a very eerie feeling in London today. Yesterday the air was thick with excitement from the Olympic bid announcement, everybody was celebrating... and today there's nothing but confusion and fear. :(

[papervolcano]

I had a job interview near Russell Square today. Or rather, I was meant to. Thankfully, I'd not got further than a tiny bit out of Gloucster Road station before the tube was shut down.

Lacking anything better to do, I've been wandering London a bit - the vast majority of the people I've seen seem - well, fine isn't the right word, but you get where I'm coming from. Stiff Upper Lip, blitz spirit and all that. We've been bombed by a better class of bastard than this before (thankyou, metaquotes), and undoubtably will be again. Flapping about isn't going to help anything.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

See, that's generally my reaction to things. I'd rather keep my eyes and ears open and do what I can at the moment, and freak out later if necessary.

[alysscarlet.livejournal.com]

I'm in London, but fortunately I wasn't in central London this morning as I had other places to be first thing. But the Kings Cross bomb was on my route at about the time I would normally be travelling. Brrr.

My boyfriend was at work and heard the bus bomb. He's been walking home for over 3 hours...

[twilight-zen.livejournal.com]

I'm always amazed by the stories of people who were normally in that place but for some reason weren't when the tragedy happened. Anyway, glad you weren't there, and I hope your boyfriend gets home soon.

[hobbitomm.livejournal.com]

Still up north thankfully. If I had chosen to go to our conference (in Windsor, just outside London) I might have been in the area, but natural indolence kept me up here!

My London contacts tell me that things are calm in a grim sort of way, if a little surreal. An ex girlfriend of one of my colleagues was at the British Medical Association headquarters in Tavistock Square today- thankfully she's okay, if a bit shell-shocked, having had to do triage and emergency care from the bus bombing.

[fierywaif.livejournal.com]

Thanks Cleo- I just found out about the attacks from loading my friends list. I'm freaked out especially as I'm in Boston right now, and was planning on going home to NYC this weekend via the trains and subways later today.

We were just discussing 9/11 in class 2 days ago, and this girl from southern US was talking about how her only reaction when watching the news footage on 9/11 was that she'd seen so much better special effects of buildings blowing up from movies,... and I was so personally offended by that as a New Yorker. I guess no one really understands what it feels like to be in that sort of situation unless you actually experience it, in which case, as someone who's been through it all before, I definitely understand and feel for any of you guys in London right now.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Speaking as a Southerner? What an idiot.

[newsong.livejournal.com]

I'm from Canada and on 9/11 one of the guys at my high school saw it and said, "They deserved it."

I was so ready to punch his lights out. Ass.

[denimjo.livejournal.com]

I hope everyone realized that that moron does not represent the feelings of all Canadians. *proceeds to beat asshole down with an unabridged dictionary*

[newsong.livejournal.com]

Man, he got out of there fast or he would have had a mob of angry Canadians knocking some sense into him.

[semajws.livejournal.com]

*twice*

Not really defending the idiot, per se

[terrierhead.livejournal.com]

We were just discussing 9/11 in class 2 days ago, and this girl from southern US was talking about how her only reaction when watching the news footage on 9/11 was that she'd seen so much better special effects of buildings blowing up from movies,.

I had a similar series of thoughts when watching the towers fall. Intellectually, I knew that it was real, but I was in shock. I just kept thinking how unreal it all was, and that spilled over into thoughts about "special effects." Of course, that was an immediate reaction as the news footage was shown on September 11. If that was this woman's only reaction, even after the shock lessened, I weep for her lack of humanity.

[chopper8825.livejournal.com]

I don't think they've been telling the whole truth...I live not too far away from Croydon in UK, and I heard from a mate who was in Croydon that an attack or two went off there as well, as well as the finding of a 'suspicious package'...but I've heard nothing about it on the news. They're also refusing to admit how many attacks there have been, how many are actually dead (words like 'approximately' and 'estimated' are being used to the max). We're being advised to stay at home, keep kids from playing outside, and stay out of central London.

And I'm pretty sure they're understating the death count too, despite all their 'estimates'...for example, the Picadilly line train blast has been described as having the 'dead and the dying' being stepped over, and the survivors describe these as being quite plentiful :-(

It's all very surreal...I'm so, so glad my brother wasn't doing sales shifts up there. But for those who did suffer...I'm thinking of them

Yuff xXx

[shanisasha.livejournal.com]

I'm not surprised they're keeping information under wraps. I've heard rumors of incidents on Leiscester square as well. Confirmed explosions started at 7 and are now down to 5.

In all honesty? I don't expect we're going to find out all the truth any time soon. And maybe it's alright right now, since it helps keep the panic down, but not later on. There are more than 33 dead. I would pray if that was the real number, but I can't believe it.

Not in London, but have plenty of friends there providing feedback (all accounted for, thankfully)

OMG!

[rosemarie16.livejournal.com]

I just heard about the attack in London this morning. My Mom freaked out 'cause we have some friends who where planning on going to London in a few days. I don't think there going to go now. I'm not sure.

I hope everyone who survived it are ok... and those who didn't..I'll keep them in my thoughts.


~Rosie~

P.S. I added you to my friend's list.... is that ok with you? You can do the same, and read my journal if you like.

[ninepointfivemm.livejournal.com]

I didn't have to go into central London early this morning (on field trip days I usually go into town around 9 or 10), so I decided I was going to sleep in! I heard the news immediately when I woke up...

I've not been into central London (the place I'm staying in is the northwest outskirts of London), but it's... a bit creepy. My professor was talking about how it was supposed to be a gorgeous day, and when I woke up, it was raining and grey, which I thought was definitely fitting.

[perrie.livejournal.com]

I had an aunt and a cousin heading in today, a friend who was going in this evening, and my cousins husband who polices Downing St. He got through Liverpool St just before the first one went off, so...

It's scary, very close to home, but it's been handled really well. Props to all those working to clear things up in there, and love to everyone who's been affected by it. I'm just thankful I'm lucky enough that nobody I know was hurt.

[shesnotallthere.livejournal.com]

Just wanted to tell Cleo's UK readers that I'm thinking about y'all.