# Sky News Reports Central London "Incidents" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 21, 2005, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sky-news-reports-central-london-incidents/313451 "2005-07-21T12:16:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ColonelDax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@ColonelDax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ColonelDax)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2005, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sky-news-reports-central-london-incidents/313451/1 "2005-07-21T12:16:23Z")
Warren Street, Oval and Shepherd’s Bush Tube stations evacuated, Sky says. ---
**Author:** ![zuma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9c0ed/32.png) [@zuma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zuma)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2005, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sky-news-reports-central-london-incidents/313451/2 "2005-07-21T12:25:23Z")
Crap. witnesses are reporting smoke in three separate underground stations. I’m praying this isn’t serious, but it’s sounding like another attack. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2005, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sky-news-reports-central-london-incidents/313451/3 "2005-07-21T12:29:56Z")
[CNN report](http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/07/21/london.tube/index.html) PLEASE don’t let this be serious ---
**Author:** ![ColonelDax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@ColonelDax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ColonelDax)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2005, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sky-news-reports-central-london-incidents/313451/4 "2005-07-21T12:32:47Z")
Reuters: Nail bomb exploded at Warren Street. ---
**Author:** ![Tabby\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tabby\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabby_Cat)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2005, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sky-news-reports-central-london-incidents/313451/5 "2005-07-21T12:34:00Z")
Damn. BBC’s got it covered, too. [‘Incidents’ spark Tube evacuation](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4703777.stm) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2005, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sky-news-reports-central-london-incidents/313451/6 "2005-07-21T12:34:15Z")
NBC reports gun shots heard at one of the stations. SHIT! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Jinks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d9b06d/32.png) [@Jinks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinks)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2005, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sky-news-reports-central-london-incidents/313451/7 "2005-07-21T12:37:01Z")
And an incident on a bus now too? What the hell is going on. ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2005, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sky-news-reports-central-london-incidents/313451/8 "2005-07-21T12:39:25Z")
Shit. Not again. :mad: I hope everyone in London is alright. I can’t believe this has happened again. ---
**Author:** ![zuma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9c0ed/32.png) [@zuma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zuma)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2005, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sky-news-reports-central-london-incidents/313451/9 "2005-07-21T12:43:55Z")
I think they said a bus was evacuated… hopefully just precautionary. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2005, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sky-news-reports-central-london-incidents/313451/10 "2005-07-21T12:48:17Z")
Mere speculation from thousands of miles away but, if this indeed turns out to be something, here’s hoping it just some small scale copycat incident intended to gain attention and not any coordinated, serious attack. Geez, you guys have been through enough. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2005, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sky-news-reports-central-london-incidents/313451/11 "2005-07-21T12:48:21Z")
It’s deja vu all over again. :eek: Two weeks to the day! Damn, Londopers. Stay safe and check in when you can. ---
**Author:** ![ColonelDax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@ColonelDax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ColonelDax)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2005, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sky-news-reports-central-london-incidents/313451/12 "2005-07-21T12:50:23Z")
London Underground is shutting down, Sky says. ---
**Author:** ![Jennyrosity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@Jennyrosity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennyrosity)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2005, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sky-news-reports-central-london-incidents/313451/13 "2005-07-21T12:59:19Z")
Fuck. I can’t handle this. ---
**Author:** ![One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/838e76/32.png) [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2005, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sky-news-reports-central-london-incidents/313451/14 "2005-07-21T12:59:35Z")
Now BBC reporting dummy explosions using detonators only. Real nice sense of humor someone has there… ---
**Author:** ![Rodd\_Hill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ab097/32.png) [@Rodd\_Hill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodd_Hill)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2005, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sky-news-reports-central-london-incidents/313451/15 "2005-07-21T13:21:22Z")
“Dummy” explosions?? Early for speculation, but I’ll wager just sloppy bombmaking–thank god! I sincerely hope that report is correct about the det going off, and nothing else. Nail bombs are very, very ugly things–and designed to cause maximim grief against densely packed human targets–just as you would find on trains and buses. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2005, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sky-news-reports-central-london-incidents/313451/16 "2005-07-21T13:27:25Z")
I’m listening to BBC World Service, which my local NPR station is broadcasting in lieu of the normal programming. They’re saying witnesses are reporting hearing “small explosions” and seeing smoke, and there was another explosion on the upper deck of a bus when no passengers were on. Bus driver went up and found the windows blown out. They’re also reporting only one injury so far, and no deaths. ---
**Author:** ![tirial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@tirial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tirial)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2005, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sky-news-reports-central-london-incidents/313451/17 "2005-07-21T13:32:21Z")
The [BBC](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4703777.stm) says it was detonators only. Tubes at Warren Street, Oval, Shepard’s Bush and a bus in Hackney. Too bad no one managed to grab the guy at Oval, although if (as reported) an injury at Warren Street was the guy carrying the rucksack the bomb was in they should have some leads. ---
**Author:** ![Jinks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d9b06d/32.png) [@Jinks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinks)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2005, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sky-news-reports-central-london-incidents/313451/18 "2005-07-21T13:34:30Z")
There were reports a short while ago about armed police entering a local College Hospital. They’ve kinda left that story though so I’m not sure how that is playing out. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2005, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sky-news-reports-central-london-incidents/313451/19 "2005-07-21T13:41:50Z")
Sorry, update to the bus story: there were passengers on the bus. There was a bang and once people cleared off the upper deck, they saw a black backpack had been left and some smoke was coming out. Explosion wasn’t even strong enough to shatter the windows, though, and no one was hurt. ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2005, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sky-news-reports-central-london-incidents/313451/20 "2005-07-21T14:28:25Z")
An armed man’s just been arrested in Whitehall. Outside Downing Street. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sky-news-reports-central-london-incidents/313451.md?page=2)