tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32592788.post4753938358214376147..comments2024-03-18T08:24:22.061-07:00Comments on Ali Blah Blah: Shaken But Not StirredAliBlahBlahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03335907266347761153noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32592788.post-54545720821854166182008-08-04T16:43:00.000-07:002008-08-04T16:43:00.000-07:00Ali - funnily enough, my brother was in London on ...Ali - funnily enough, my brother was in London on the day of the bombings too. My mother called to say, "Have you heard the news? I haven't heard from your brother yet, but I'm sure he's fine because he wasn't at work." I think she was terrified! He'd taken the day off work, but was staying in a hotel with his wife near the London Eye. From their hotel room window, they watched the London Eye shut down and thought it must be a bomb threat. As soon as they figured out something serious was wrong (at the time they didn't know what), they headed for Waterloo mainline railway station and amazingly managed to get on a train that was headed out of the city. (Apparently that was the last mainline station to shut down.) The tube bombibg could have affected many of his colleagues as it was very close to where he works, but amazingly no one he knew was hurt. <BR/><BR/>He had close colleagues visiting NYC on 9/11 too - their offices had been relocated from the Twin Towers only a couple of weeks earlier! One of his colleagues called home as the news coverage started, knowing it would be shown in the UK and the call got cut off when the first tower went down and the telecommunications system went to pot . . .Almost Americanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17865905831387595915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32592788.post-15978010125711036512008-08-04T14:47:00.000-07:002008-08-04T14:47:00.000-07:00Heh. We had our "hmm, what is the state of our dis...Heh. We had our "hmm, what is the state of our disaster preparation" moment when the power went out due to the Gap fire. Sorry to say our stuff was scattered, disorganized, and we'd drunk all the water. <BR/><BR/>... like everyone else in this town! ;)Normhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06547335123551743459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32592788.post-36394150314466599752008-08-02T17:57:00.000-07:002008-08-02T17:57:00.000-07:00We lived in San Diego for 3 years and had only 1 l...We lived in San Diego for 3 years and had only 1 little earthquake - I was pleasantly surprised to learn that 3.2 on the Ricter scale felt much the same as a large garbage truck driving down the street.<BR/><BR/>I too only worry about natural disaster when going to bed naked - though only enough to put some clothing on the floor next to the bed.<BR/><BR/>(So glad you 'found' me - I had a lovely moment of post-baby-loss psychosis and decided a new start was in order.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com