I'm not inclined to get in a car and move out as cars are being hijacked and set on fire.
I live a mile from where the Olympics are due to happen a year from now.
Monday, August 08, 2011
London's burning
I'm not inclined to get in a car and move out as cars are being hijacked and set on fire.
I live a mile from where the Olympics are due to happen a year from now.
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Katherine, please be safe. The world seems to be especially crazy today.
ReplyDeleteBecause of your non-post, I stopped at CNN. I hope the needless violence stops soon. Stay safe....
ReplyDeleteIts very worrying. I hope it calms down soon and you're untouched by it directly.po
ReplyDeleteIndeed take care, and keep faith.
ReplyDeleteStay safe.
ReplyDeleteThanks for all the good wishes
ReplyDeleteThey're now overturning cars and looting a few streets away
Very worrying time.Stay safe. Not good for the Olympics next year. Perhaps we wont make that visit later next year.
ReplyDeleteStay safe and take care.
ReplyDeleteOh No!! Please be very careful, this is very scary, get together those irreplaceable items just in case you have to leave.
ReplyDeletewow! I am staggered at the awful news. Stay safe!! To think it was only last week I was in London!
ReplyDeletehoping like mad that all will be well with you - fingers tightly crossed
ReplyDeleteSo sorry this is happening so close to you, hope you and your friends will be safe. Watching it on http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14449675 right now.
ReplyDeleteTake care Katherine.
Good Lord, Katherine. Please take care! I lived near the rioting in Kansas City back in the early 70s and remember well how terrifying it is.
ReplyDeleteStay safe Katherine - my thoughts are with you, hope it's under control very soon.
ReplyDeleteStay safe Katherine.
ReplyDeleteThanks for all the comments
ReplyDeletePrime Minister has announced that there will be 16,000 police on the streets of London tonight - probably in recognition that the Met Police lost control of the capital last night
I'd just like to see some near where I live!
Stay safe, Katherine. Incredible events there.
ReplyDeleteI cannot believe what I am seeing.... Stay safe, Katherine!
ReplyDeleteI did in fact start seeing police on the streets near where I live - which was very reassuring!
ReplyDeletePlus London shut down early on Tuesday as everybody scurried to get home and get indoors. The combination of police and local communities who came out to patrol their own streets appears to have had the right effect here in London.
Just got to get back to a normal sleep pattern now!
Just a pity that the IOC delegation turned up to do some Olympic testing! http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/davehillblog/2011/aug/09/london-riots-2012-olympic-safety-fears
I think the Met Police might be about to review their intelligence led approach and invest in a few blackberries!
I am so sorry to hear about this awful violence near your home! Stay safe.
ReplyDeleteA further fall of an 'Empire'. The disenfranchised yoof have energy, anger and no single purpose (ok, no more summarizing why's). It seemed like a time bomb had struck.
ReplyDeleteA further fall of an 'Empire'. The disenfranchised yoof have energy, anger and no single purpose (ok, no more summarizing why's). It seemed like a time bomb had struck.
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