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#271892 - 11/12/2005 12:50 BANG!
g_attrill old hand Registered: 14/04/2002 Posts: 1172 Loc: Hants, UK	Just wondering if anybody here felt the explosion this morning? If I was awake at 6am (fat chance!) I probably would have, I am far down south but apparently it was felt in Folkstone which is further away (far south east). Interestingly it measured 2.4 on the richter scale (PDF), presumably the effects that people felt far away were from a pressure wave because a 2.4 event wouldn't be felt more than a few tens of miles away. edit: Just been reading Pistonheads (car enthusiast site) and this thread is pretty cool, people being woken up and then posting on the forum. edit 2: Good video here, better than anything I've seen on the news. Gareth Edited by g_attrill (11/12/2005 13:17)
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#271893 - 11/12/2005 13:07 Re: BANG! [Re: g_attrill]
tman carpal tunnel Registered: 24/12/2001 Posts: 5528	My sister was in Hemel and apparently got woken up by a bang noise but then went back to sleep. I'm over in Cockfosters and there is a huge grey/black cloud over everything. Didn't notice a thing but I was fast asleep at 6am.
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#271894 - 11/12/2005 13:21 Re: BANG! [Re: tman]
Roger carpal tunnel Registered: 18/01/2000 Posts: 5683 Loc: London, UK	Quote: I'm over in Cockfosters and there is a huge grey/black cloud I'm over in Highgate and the sky's a little darker than normal, but if I didn't know about the fire, I'd have put it down to low clouds and mist -- it's hard to tell. Edit: Actually, taking another look out of the window now that the Sun's moved round a bit, I'd like to retract that statement -- see the attached. Quote: Didn't notice a thing Me neither -- I was fast asleep at 6am. Attachments 271927-smoke-over-highgate.JPG (108 downloads) Edited by Roger (11/12/2005 13:38) _________________________ -- roger
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#271895 - 11/12/2005 16:03 Re: BANG! [Re: Roger]
furtive old hand Registered: 14/08/2001 Posts: 886 Loc: London, UK	Something woke me up at around 6am this morning. Chances are it was that. Sky was very black this afternoon. Good old British public out panic buying fuel _________________________ Mk2a RioCar 120Gb - now sold to the owner of my old car Rio Karma - now on ebay...
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#271896 - 11/12/2005 21:48 Re: BANG! [Re: g_attrill]
bonzi pooh-bah Registered: 13/09/1999 Posts: 2401 Loc: Croatia	I caught this evening "Explosion in London" on local news recap and, of course, thought "Not again!". CNN set me straight. It's a miracle that nobody was killed... _________________________ Dragi "Bonzi" Raos Q#5196 MkII #080000376, 18GB green MkIIa #040103247, 60GB blue
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#271897 - 11/12/2005 22:12 Re: BANG! [Re: bonzi]
msaeger carpal tunnel Registered: 23/09/2000 Posts: 3608 Loc: Minnetonka, MN	I thought I heard on the news here that there were deaths but thankfully I must have mis-heard. _________________________ Matt
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#271898 - 12/12/2005 09:20 Re: BANG! [Re: bonzi]
furtive old hand Registered: 14/08/2001 Posts: 886 Loc: London, UK	Quote: I caught this evening "Explosion in London" on local news recap and, of course, thought "Not again!". CNN set me straight. It's a miracle that nobody was killed... I had a quick look on the Fox News website to see what their take on it was. The main headline was "EXPLOSION IN LONDON" And when you clicked on the link you got "LONDONS BURNING" Or something equally incorrect. _________________________ Mk2a RioCar 120Gb - now sold to the owner of my old car Rio Karma - now on ebay...
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#271899 - 12/12/2005 09:46 Re: BANG! [Re: furtive]
tman carpal tunnel Registered: 24/12/2001 Posts: 5528	Yeah. Everybody seems to be reporting it as London for some reason. I guess "A place near London is burning!" doesn't quite have the same ring to it.
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#271900 - 12/12/2005 11:55 Re: BANG! [Re: furtive]
g_attrill old hand Registered: 14/04/2002 Posts: 1172 Loc: Hants, UK	It seems that Fox News knows of two places in England: London and Scotland. Gareth
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#271901 - 12/12/2005 12:19 Re: BANG! [Re: g_attrill]
furtive old hand Registered: 14/08/2001 Posts: 886 Loc: London, UK	Quote: It seems that Fox News knows of two places in England: London and Scotland. Gareth 3 places actually - they know about that well known part of England called Ireland too _________________________ Mk2a RioCar 120Gb - now sold to the owner of my old car Rio Karma - now on ebay...
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#271902 - 12/12/2005 12:37 Re: BANG! [Re: furtive]
furtive old hand Registered: 14/08/2001 Posts: 886 Loc: London, UK	I wonder if I'll get paid on Friday. This company handles my payroll: Quote: Meanwhile Northgate Information Solutions, one of the UK's leading suppliers of specialist software for human resources, said four of its employees had been taken to hospital but were later discharged. In a statement to the stock market, Northgate said: "The fabric of the building and the fixtures and equipment inside have been badly damaged. The back-up systems that were in place have also been rendered inoperable. "Northgate's ability to service its customers has therefore been temporarily affected." _________________________ Mk2a RioCar 120Gb - now sold to the owner of my old car Rio Karma - now on ebay...
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#271903 - 12/12/2005 14:39 Re: BANG! [Re: furtive]
Cris pooh-bah Registered: 06/02/2002 Posts: 1904 Loc: Leeds, UK	What a great backup system they have in place I bet it was 486 sat next to the 386 that does all the real work, all sat on the end of "the guy from IT"'s desk. I hope you get paid, sure is a bad time not to get paid Cheers Cris.
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#271904 - 12/12/2005 15:17 Re: BANG! [Re: Cris]
g_attrill old hand Registered: 14/04/2002 Posts: 1172 Loc: Hants, UK	Quote: What a great backup system they have in place I bet it was 486 sat next to the 386 that does all the real work, all sat on the end of "the guy from IT"'s desk. I haven't seen any photos of the damage, but time will tell whether the companie(s) have proper backup plans in place. 3Com's UK head office is nearby, as is Dixon's Stores Group, however I doubt the customer service of the latter company will be affected at all. It also seems that they were running a hosting facility from teh building, the website of Richer Sounds a large indepedent audio/video dealer has gone down along with Northgate's own site. Gareth
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#271905 - 12/12/2005 16:11 Re: BANG! [Re: furtive]
wfaulk carpal tunnel Registered: 25/12/2000 Posts: 16706 Loc: Raleigh, NC US	Surely Ireland is a part of Scotland, right? _________________________ Bitt Faulk
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