Random babblings… 2005-07-07
by Karrde on Jul.07, 2005, under Rant
So the wife wakes me up to the news of the bombings in London. We have a couple of friends out that way, which is is why she notified me. Gary is of, was home in Scotland instead of in London working, as has been his norm lately. Chris, James, how you two doing??
It’s an interesting effect that things like this have on you. This definatley wasn’t the strike like 9-11, but it still moves you in some way. Few random links of interest:
- Wikipedia Article
Google Maps focused on the area
BBC map With blast locations
I’d like to find a version of that map with the markers… Might be my excuse to get an API key for GM and just do it myself.
The Wikipedia article was quite through by 09:30 EDT… amazing how fast people can bring this stuff together.
Any point to all this… Not likely, just a poor mans excuse for a blog. I might keep on with this, I might not.
December 14th, 2007 on 22:25
Response at posts original location by James:
Chris now lives out in Ashford, and he’s alright.
I had an interesting experience, because that was the day that I was due to travel up to York from Hastings (travelling through London to get there).
My plans changed dramatically over the course of the day, as I got on different trains to the ones I thought I would have to.
It ended up that I had been travelling for 8 hours due to delays and having to go around London entirely, and even then the transport system in London was at a standstill, and the entiretly of England’s transport was crippled, having to deal with those trying to get out of London and those having to go around.
I’m fine, though, and I got to York okay.