You know you're living in a totally separate type of London world when you can get to work oblivious to a major terrorist incident.
I walk to work and avoided the total shutdown of the London Underground (the Tube) and a large part of the bus network. When the Tube is out of order, you might as well rule out ANY type of transport in London - the push on effect means everything else gets overwhelmed.
At work, the day wasn't any better. Working for a news organisation would, you'd think, make it easier to keep on top of the facts. It doesn't. It just makes you have greater access to the mis-information, hearsay, and general lack of information that you would get as you sit at home watching BBC News and Sky News.
Credit goes to the BBC for their reporting style. Body count (not a nice term but accurate) only listed when confirmed - therefore at 2 for most of the day despite the "totalled" double-decker bus that must have had major casualties. Also for only reporting it as a terrorist incident once this had been confirmed - London has had a huge number of transport related deaths in recent years from plain bad maintenance - no terrorists required.
Now the accurate details are coming out, we can, well "panic" based on facts rather than "gossip".
It's so sad for those people and their families effected by this - again violence hits the innocent. :(
You appreciate your friends on a day like this. Thank you friends!
