Cannon Street station is closed. My brother works there. Mobile number isn't working. Mum hasn't heard from him. BBC radio stream keeps cutting out. If anyone locally hears anything about that area, please post here or email to my profile address.

Good luck to all who have friends or family in London.

I think I will stay away from the news today.

Anything important happens, I'll hear it from someone I know.

Play with those puppies, msbelle.

Uhg. Well, I got an extra hour of sleep. When the radio went off this am I caught the "bombings" part, but not where. Decided I was NOT going to wake up, pulled the pillow over my head, caught the location and went back to sleep. Not a very useful technique.

Wishing the best for all.

Cindy is supposed to start dumping her leftovers here tonight. Here's hoping Dennis gets a cold and proves to be a failure as a hurricane.

I'm glad ita's family is okay and I hope that Tom's family is too.

I can't take too many bad news all at once. I turn the tv/radio off, even at the stage that connie described, when things are not yet fully known. I just can't take too much of it. I'll check a news site online once every hour or so, but anything more than that makes me numb.

It's odd. I'm a big ol' news junkie, but the place I first heard about the London bombings was on lj.

Me too. Last night, before they knew they were bombings. That was only five hours ago now. I saw my friend's post, went WTF, checked the news, and went to bed reassured but slightly uneasy.

Jesus.

ita, I'm glad the family's ok. I hope the hurrican lessens or just whooshes by with little damage.

Bombs are fucking stupid. Gah.

Kat, BTW, I'm out of town 8/5-8/8, damnit.

Safety vibes for your brother, grommit.

Yikes, best wishes for all Londonites and people with friends and family in London.