London
I'm listening to BBC Five Live. People are already gathering forensic information. One advantage London has is all the cameras watching people. Someone said there are few places on the public street in London where you are not being watched by two or three cameras. Apparently, they are really recorded all the time. The city of Houston claims most of their cameras are live shot only for checking traffic. That is a drag. What happens when you have a terrorist action and you need to review the footage? It sounds like London has the advantage here. They still don't know if it is a planted explosive, or suicide bombers, or a combination of things.
People are giving their account of the attack. Every one seems to say the same thing. "It was all so sudden and unexpected." It is strange to hear people describe the smell of the blown up bus. You forget the smells during things like this. The tube (subway) was full of smoke as people were lead to safety. Some group has claimed responsibility. They is a European group linked to Al Qaeda that seems to have a popular web page where they like pronouncing their evil actions.
So many people say it was just a matter of time before something like this happened. They said the same thing about 9/11 after the fact. If it is so damn inevitable, why can't we do something about it in the first place? Because we are not willing to do so. We are not willing to win. We are not willing to do what is needed. It would lower us to their level. Well, if their level works better, then why are we so damn high and mighty. We bathe in our pride and turn our noses up at the tasks that need to be done.
I'm listening to some one describe how they ran out of the tunnel in pitch darkness to safety. Someone had a little gadget light on his keyring. That was what guided them. It makes me glad I carry a small flashlight in my pocket. I carry another brighter one in my bag. It is the boyscout in me. This guy in the interview says he had to get off the buss after his miraculous escape from the flaming train in the tube. He felt like the world was coming to an end. His family was hysteric when he family made it home.
It all really sound horrible.