Am fine

[mandragora]

As Tem wrote, I was sleeping in and first I knew about it was when alsoa contacted me to check whether I was okay. Thank God I wasn't planning to go into the office today.

Am watching BBC News 24. The latest is:

Two people are dead at Aldgate East. There are multiple fatalities with the bus at Tavistock Square - the top deck has been ripped off. There are 6 explosions to date. All buses, tubes and non-mainline trains are down.

It is believed to be Al-Quaeda.

Comments

[tboy.livejournal.com]

Oh, I was waiting for you to chime in. Thankful you're ok. *hugs*

[mandragora1.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the good wishes. London as a whole will bounce back - we always do. But, God, three of the explosions are on my direct route to the office.

What a day to sleep in.

[tboy.livejournal.com]

London as a whole will bounce back

I know. I have every confidence in that.

I'll raise a glass to your sleeping-in-ness.

Glad to hear

[evildrem.livejournal.com]

..your okay.

Re: Glad to hear

[mandragora1.livejournal.com]

Thanks Em. Much appreciated.

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

Very glad to hear you were sleeping in. This whole thing is just appalling.

[mandragora1.livejournal.com]

It is awful. I have two routes into work. One is via Kings Cross and the other into Moorgate. It's pretty chilling.

The only good thing is that everyone I know seems to be okay and solicitors' firms across the City are being inundated with calls from anxious clients wanting to know that their lawyers are okay. Which is heartwarming.

[keletkezes.livejournal.com]

I think that's everyone who I know was in Central London who's reported up on LJ now :) Hope everything's OK: am keeping up-to-date via BBC website.

[mandragora1.livejournal.com]

Glad to read that everyone you know is okay. Thank God for LJ and the internet.

[keletkezes.livejournal.com]

Indeed! And WebMessenger.

[moonlettuce.livejournal.com]

::hugs::

More than glad you weren't in the office today.

[mandragora1.livejournal.com]

Me too. I either go through Kings Cross and Russell Square, or into Moorgate... Should be interesting getting to court tomorrow.

Many thanks for the hugs, hon.

[smaragdgrun.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad you're okay! It just didn't strike me when I heard it that people I knew might be involved. Of course, it never occurred to me that people would be worried about me on 9/11, so I clearly have some denial issues.

We've gone to high orange alert here -- which is just a whisper from red, and then they shut down the government, public places, etc. I bet the metro is going to be very, very empty this evening.

It's really not good, is it?

[mandragora1.livejournal.com]

It isn't, but it wasn't unexpected. We were told quite a long time ago that we *would* be attacked at some point. That was why the emergency services were so well prepared, they'd had the disaster plan in place for a while.

I heard that other countries had been upgrading the alert level. It's probably a good idea, although the thinking here is that it was home-grown fanatics who did it. Young idiots who have been indoctrinated. Apparently, one of the two people who died on the bus is thought to have been the bomber - who blew himself up by mistake.