Uh Oh... whats going on in london... not such big explosions but people

[southernleftylady]

are passing out???
i hope its not a dirty bomb that went off :(

[Laura PourMeADrink]

1. where'd you hear that ?? CNN and MsNBC are saying it was

nothing, just a scare.

[southernleftylady]

3. I just heard it on CNN.. they said that the intensity isnt nearly as bad

as two weeks ago ..
they said 3 small devices have exploded

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

2. Didn't hear that...

If it's people passing out in the tube stations, I can see that. They're horribly claustrophobic. Not a good place to be stuck in a crowd.

[jim3775]

4. BBC reporting 1 person injured and...

the bomber who set off a detonator on the upper level of a bus got away and someone who's rucksack exploded got away as well.

[geekgrrl]

abc news just said police "closed off a hospital" in london...

I hope it is nothing like dirty bombs!

[TeeYiYi]

22. I think the exploding rucksack guy . . .

. . . is in the hospital. The police went there to 'talk' to him.

TYY

[Viva_La_Revolution]

5. I'm not hearing of casualties.. on CNN

am hearing Police have been detonating them.

spelling:eyes:

[Viva_La_Revolution]

7. now London police say they did NOT explode bombs...

but 3 small explosives were used.

the bus was a nail bomb. Since when does AQ use nail bombs?

[jsamuel]

8. maybe it's a copycat ?

[globalvillage]

6. Someone reported a sour smell (CNN)

I just realized the redundancy of my post title.

[bleedingheart]

16. perhaps someone had some skanky beer and curry the night before

...and well you know...that can be really nasty the next day.

[DoYouEverWonder]

9. Keep in mind on 7/7

the British authorities kept insisting the explosions were a power surge. It wasn't until the bus blew up that they began to admit what was really going on.

[SoCalDem]

12. Amazing how they keep emphasizing "small devices"

If the guy next to me's Bic explodes, it's a BIG deal to me..:eyes:

[geekgrrl]

10. eyewitness on abc reporting a "terrible rubber" smell...

it just seems strange that even though these might be homemade explosives, that all 3 of them wouldn't work.

[On the Road]

21. Unless They're All from the Same Source

that might result in 0-for-3.

[htuttle]

23. Burned sulfur can kind of smell like rubber

Since rubber uses sulfur for vulcanizing.

If someone mixed up a batch of black powder and got it wrong, it might smell just like that. You'd have to be pretty incompetent to make it wrong, though. It's pretty easy.

:shrug:

[DistressedAmerican]

11. Expanding the Cordone and evacuating nearby buildings?

Between reprots of a "sour smell" and these new evacuations, I am beginning to think this is a chemical device situation. Small explosion, sour smell and evvacuating nearby buildings. Very odd...

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

15. Reporting a sour smell coming from the Tube is like...

...reporting a rancid grease smell coming from a McDonald's.

:)

[geekgrrl]

13. OH- police in biohazard suits entering Warren St. Station! abc saying this

they are clearly trying not to make a big deal of it- but they are saying people are going in with chemical suits on-- "just to rule things out"

[Viva_La_Revolution]

14. few casualties, small explosions.,,

but now officially "bombs"

[nickinSTL]

17. BBC now saying 4

explosions

And the University College Hospital is being cordoned off, and the cordon is being expanded.

Heavily armed men sent into the hospital.

[Guy_Montag]

18. Initial reports: No trace of nasty chemicals

well apart from explosives.

Nothing on radiological, biological.

Sounds like the police have followed one of the culprits into UCL hospital (A&E dept).

[nickinSTL]

19. right, the Oval location has been investigated

and so far, no evidence of chemical agents.

[southernleftylady]

20. GOOD! nt

[ThomWV]

24. People Would Not Pass Out From A "Dirty Bomb"

In fact there would be no outward symptoms for at least a couple of days.

[stevietheman]

25. Too bad for Rove nobody was killed.

Sorry, folks... my mistrust of this administration is running so high it's hard not to suspect the administration of having something to do with events like this.

[nickinSTL]

26. man arrested in Whitehall

reporters being pushed back away.

The man is being taken by police into Richmond Hall (Department of Health building)

[nickinSTL]

27. BBC reporter outside Downing Street asked to turn off camera

just prior to expected comments by PM Blair.

:wtf: