MEMEHUNTER

London

Ok.
So, have now established that none of my family or friends in London have been hurt, so that's ok.
Blimey.
The thing I'm finding strange is that work is very much carrying on as normal around me, while I'm here glued to the news, texting everyone I can think of back home because the mobiles all went down. Trying to work out whether I'd be doing the same if it were another UK city.
Last time I remember this feeling was back in, er, 2000? 2001? can't recall exactly. It was the nail bomb attacks in London. Bars and clubs in the West End of London were being attacked with nail bombs. Nasty business. I remember though that everyone from London in my uni town looked the same, all slightly bemused and a little distracted, generally clutching a newspaper. This one's different though. That was some homophobic madman blowing stuff up, effected Londoners alone really. This one... well, I don't know. This could be bigger.

Well, anyway, it's going to stir things up a bit, to put it mildly. Scary.

Strasbourg has already held a minute's silence in solidarity.

I feel as if I should do something, but I don't know what it is.

Shit.

posted by Memehunter @ 12:56 PM