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As far as I understand that's how far behind the train my sister was on from one of the ones that was blown up. She was running late this morning, so if circumstances were different she'd could have been caught in the explosion. That's very weird knowledge to have, and it's easy to see the undertone it's had on the way my family has behaved today. My real concern now is that my sister got back home okay. Times like this I wish she didn't have to work in London or at least was closer than Cambridge. My thoughts go out to all those people who were less fortunate today.

To think I went on the underground for the first time yesterday on my way back home from Switzerland, didn't go through any of the affected stations though.

The reaction, or non-reaction really, of people doesn't suprise me too much. As a country we've lived with the threat of terrorist bombing for over 30 years, I can remember hearing about the canary warf bomb as a child (I think) and the manchester one a few years ago, in some ways terrorist bombs exploding in this country is just one of the background things people have got use to. At least it wasn't a chemical or biological attack.

To me it seems they were more interesting in disruption and spreading terror than the actual kill count considering how many people were crowded in London in the last few days for Live 8 and the Olympics announcement. I don't think winning the olympic bid is a good thing, my sister (

prosepina) has a very good summary why in her LJ.

I have so much I want to post about, much from the time when exams and dissertations consumed my life, I shall get it all up soon, but today is not an appropriate day to do so.

Degree results tomorrow from 3pmish, I'm not thinking about it, not that hard to do at the moment.