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Molly Coddle Dec 14th 2014 12:10 pm

Re: It's going down in Sydney
 

Originally Posted by carolinephillips (Post 11502299)
OH has been in lockdown, but says that his office at least is being sent home by car- no trains from where he is at Circular Quay.



Husband reckons London will be next. :unsure:

Swerv-o Dec 14th 2014 12:10 pm

Re: It's going down in Sydney
 

Originally Posted by carolinephillips (Post 11502299)
OH has been in lockdown, but says that his office at least is being sent home by car- no trains from where he is at Circular Quay.


I think that closing all the transport is something of an over-reaction TBH. They will be grounding flights next.


S

Amazulu Dec 14th 2014 12:10 pm

Re: It's going down in Sydney
 
SAS their asses

Molly Coddle Dec 14th 2014 12:12 pm

Re: It's going down in Sydney
 

Originally Posted by Amazulu (Post 11502303)
SAS their asses



Surely they will have been prepared for this?

carolinephillips Dec 14th 2014 12:14 pm

Re: It's going down in Sydney
 

Originally Posted by Swerv-o (Post 11502302)
I think that closing all the transport is something of an over-reaction TBH. They will be grounding flights next.


S

Flights have already been diverted away from the CBD, apparently, due to suspicious packages in the Opera House and Kings cross hospital. They need clear space for the helicopters.

Molly Coddle Dec 14th 2014 12:19 pm

Re: It's going down in Sydney
 

Originally Posted by carolinephillips (Post 11502307)
Flights have already been diverted away from the CBD, apparently, due to suspicious packages in the Opera House and Kings cross hospital. They need clear space for the helicopters.



I've got a bad feeling about this. It's been building up and building up.
I just hope Australia have a plan.




I'm not sure whether to come up tomorrow now :unsure:

Kim67 Dec 14th 2014 12:25 pm

Re: It's going down in Sydney
 
It maybe all over :fingerscrossed:

Molly Coddle Dec 14th 2014 12:29 pm

Re: It's going down in Sydney
 
Swerv-o and Beoz. Are you in the city?

Kim67 Dec 14th 2014 12:33 pm

Re: It's going down in Sydney
 

Originally Posted by Kim67 (Post 11502317)
It maybe all over :fingerscrossed:

False alarm, they've arrested someone else near the cafe with a gun apparently, not the gunmen that are inside holding the 50 people.

carolinephillips Dec 14th 2014 12:33 pm

Re: It's going down in Sydney
 

Originally Posted by Molly Coddle (Post 11502313)
I've got a bad feeling about this. It's been building up and building up.
I just hope Australia have a plan.




I'm not sure whether to come up tomorrow now :unsure:

If the terrorists make you change their plans, then they have won. Keep your life as normal as possible and don't let them control what you do.

the troubadour Dec 14th 2014 12:37 pm

Re: It's going down in Sydney
 

Originally Posted by Molly Coddle (Post 11502301)
Husband reckons London will be next. :unsure:

Next what? It's a hostage situation. Which to my reckoning infers a criminal act. What has London to do with it? Or are you suggesting more sinister forces at work?

Molly Coddle Dec 14th 2014 12:38 pm

Re: It's going down in Sydney
 

Originally Posted by carolinephillips (Post 11502330)
If the terrorists make you change their plans, then they have won. Keep your life as normal as possible and don't let them control what you do.

I suppose Sydney will be the safest place in Australia in the coming weeks.

Beoz Dec 14th 2014 12:41 pm

Re: It's going down in Sydney
 

Originally Posted by Molly Coddle (Post 11502325)
Swerv-o and Beoz. Are you in the city?

Not today .... one of my clients is in Martin Place but I do them on Wednesdays thankfully not Mondays.

Hope this works out.

Molly Coddle Dec 14th 2014 12:48 pm

Re: It's going down in Sydney
 

Originally Posted by the troubadour (Post 11502332)
Next what? It's a hostage situation. Which to my reckoning infers a criminal act. What has London to do with it? Or are you suggesting more sinister forces at work?

I am suggesting what has been building up for the last six months. Have you not been following the news?

This isn't just an isolated incident, as I'm sure you know. This is a network of extremists with one aim, and that is to attack the western world. They might all be from different groups, different countries, per say but it isn't just about an isolated incident, the picture is bigger. I'm sure you know that.


My husband works in London, Bond Street to be precise and they have had to have emergency drills the last few months in case the inevitable happens. And it will, it might not be today, or next week, but it will happen at some point.

Molly Coddle Dec 14th 2014 12:49 pm

Re: It's going down in Sydney
 

Originally Posted by Beoz (Post 11502337)
Not today .... one of my clients is in Martin Place but I do them on Wednesdays thankfully not Mondays.

Hope this works out.

Phew! Bet your wife is pleased about that.


I hope it works out too. :fingerscrossed:


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