I heard a gas boiler explode when I lived in Manchester. Took the wall of a building out. Sounded exactly like a bomb. Which I know due to having been on the non-bomb side of Harrods when that bomb went off.
The "Immediate Sirens" did sound like a police car rather than an alarm system, so the cops could have been lying in wait for the exploder/explodee, or were perhaps the perpetrators themselves.
Of course, the sudden sound of police sirens in South London is hardly a rare event. Count the number of times you hear them directly after flushing the toilet. Spooky!
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Date: 2003-08-12 12:15 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-08-12 12:44 am (UTC)But it clearly wasn't what it sounded like if there's no news report on it.
Which is a relief.
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Date: 2003-08-12 12:51 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-08-12 05:39 am (UTC)The "Immediate Sirens" did sound like a police car rather than an alarm system, so the cops could have been lying in wait for the exploder/explodee, or were perhaps the perpetrators themselves.
Of course, the sudden sound of police sirens in South London is hardly a rare event. Count the number of times you hear them directly after flushing the toilet. Spooky!
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Date: 2003-08-12 06:37 am (UTC)