Four Explosions in London.

[daylyn]

My thoughts and prayers go out to everyone in London right now. No one should ever have to experience the horror caused by sensless, cowardly terrorist acts. God, WTF is wrong with this world? I literally feel sick to my stomach by this.

Hope everyone is alright.

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[daylyn.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad to hear you're OK. What a nightmare it must be.

[sputz-n-micah.livejournal.com]

Actually, everyone seems to be exhibiting what the media terms 'British stoicism', so we seem to be getting on all right. Maybe it's the inherited 'stiff upper lip' or something, but Londoners seem to be getting on with whatever they have to do without causing a fuss. Emergency services are running, public transport is gradually being restored and things generally seem to be under control.

Thankyou for your support. Luckily, as far as I've been able to find out none of our families and friends have been hurt either... and Sputz herself is safe in Israel at the moment.

That being said, it's still a horrible shock to realise that at least 37 people died suddenly and for no good reason this morning, and nothing can change that... And it was rather tense waiting to hear from others we knew were in London - it took about 6 hours to get hold of my dad, and I knew he'd been on the Tube that morning... But everyone on LJ has been a brilliant, and the community set up to post news on the events helped a lot.

[daylyn.livejournal.com]

The not knowing is the hardest part, isn't it? I'm glad to hear that your Dad is OK.

And the British 'stiff upper lip' is one of the things I love most about your country. One of my LJ friends, son_of_darkness had the best quote about it:

"Not seriously" isn't quite the term, but I know what you mean. It's the British reaction. The yes-okay-but-where's-my-tea-I-want-to-watch-Corrie response. You feel like going "Damn, I wish it was the French, it's fun to blame them for everything". When the news reporter said "Shopkeepers are opening their doors bringing out blankets and cups of tea" I just smiled. It's like yes. That's Britain for you. Tea solves everything. You're a bit cold? Tea. Your boyfriend has just left you? Tea. You've just been told you've got cancer? Tea. Coordinated terrorist attack on the transport network bringing the city to a grinding halt? TEA DAMMIT! And if it's really serious, they may bring out the coffee. The Americans have their alert raised to red, we break out the coffee. That's for situations more serious than this of course. Like another England penalty shoot-out."

I'm going off to make a cup of tea right now, and thinking of everyone in London while I drink it.