[MadIvan]

Oh, joy. But it's not going to stop me living my life, nor saying that we ought to kill every last Al Qaeda bastard out there.

Regards, Ivan

[MadIvan]

Ping!

[Amelia]

DAMN.

[NautiNurse]

Frightening!

[SpyGuy]

They better keep an eye on the Chunnel too. Especially since France is on the other end.

[dawn53]

These AQ guys don't seem to have an original idea among them.

Flying a plane into the Capitol came from Clancy.

Didn't I see a Sylvester Stallone movie a few years back about flooding a tunnel?

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

London subways (tubes) are very deep compared to other cities. In a dense urban environment it is less expensive to build a deep subway system than a shallow one. (Has to do with rerouting utilities.)

[lentulusgracchus]

I see your colors -- oops, I meant colours -- don't run either, mate.

Anti-terror chiefs recently highlighted that the radio systems of some emergency services do not work in the deepest Tube stations.

The ability of radio waves to penetrate deeply into underground structures and substructures (by reflection) is frequency-dependent. The most recent 900-MHz and higher-frequency radios and telephones (most 800-MHz phones date from about 10-15 years ago, more recent services are above 1200 MHz) will perform in the subway tunnels, but older VHF and UHF radios tuned to the 100-MHz to 460-MHz bands will tend, like FM radio signals, to fade out inside the tunnels.

They might be able to salvage existing frequencies (avoiding the horrendous expense of wholesale changes) by introducing small repeaters throughout the tunnel network. That could work.

Anything to keep Inspector Tennyson fully supported against the horrid Wuzzies.

[dennisw]

If this happened it would be the UK that nuked Mecca. Not Israel or the US.

[ko_kyi]

I am curious about the details of this plan. I am sure the tunnels are far beneath the river, and it would take a lot of explosives to crack the rock above. I would think the police/subway employees might get suspicious if someone tried to bring a thounsand pounds (or kilos, in this case)of packages on a single car.

[NYC GOP Chick]

Oh, joy. But it's not going to stop me living my life, nor saying that we ought to kill every last Al Qaeda bastard out there.

Precisely the right attitude -- stay safe and alert, but also brave!

[Happygal]

But it's not going to stop me living my life

Quite right!
These terrorists win if we live our lives in fear.

[cpdiii]

nor saying that we ought to kill every last Al Qaeda bastard out there.

I like your attitude!

[DoctorZIn]

This article has been posted to DoctorZin’s New News Blog!

[najida]

Ya know,
I am not afraid of spiders or snakes.

But being underground just gives me the willies. This story is going to give me nightmares!

[AxelPaulsenJr]

Don't worry, kerry will be reporting for duty soon.

Gad!

[burlywood]

I remember seeing a TV programme a couple of months back in which an assortment of people from trade and industry were invited to take part in a role-playing scenario involving a terrorist attack on London, and this situation was one that they had to deal with. Do you suppose that tape ended up in Afghanistan?

In the TV scenario, when the tunnel was breached beneath the Thames the participants were forced to decide whether to order the closure of watertight doors to localise the flooding, and condemn anyone at or between the affected stations to certain death, or delay the closure and risk a far higher death toll as the flooding spread further into the network. Not an easy decision to make!

[quant5]

Agreed. No dount their will be casualties in this new global war. After all, the players are just picking sides now.

I will keep two months of light, food and water at all times and go about my life. I trust in Jesus Christ above all things.

[Cacique]

We WILL in all probability get hit in NYC again. It's just par for the course. There is nothing we can do about it except vote for Bush to insure we kill at least 100 of them for everyone of us they get because I know that Kerry will be more "sensitive" and negotiate our surrender. That being said we have to be vigilant and not congregate in places that are obvious possible targets unless we need to be there. Even with all that the odds of you being a victim of terrorism are still rather small compared to being murdered or robbed.