realize what you’ve lost

Here we go again…

I heard on the radio and then saw online that there have been more London “incidents” as they are being called. CNN online is updating things about every 10 minutes, so I’m trying to read that and write at the same time. The BREAKING NEWS line states “Police say three small devices have exploded on London’s transit system. Details soon.” It seems to be two underground and one bus, according to them.

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After some more digging, I found that the Associated Press has it being three underground explosions, and one bus that had its windows blown out. There is one injury but no casualties. Various undergrounds have been evacuated and roads blocked off.

The thing that has really caught my attention was this:
A woman who was on the train at the Oval station when the incident happened said she did not hear a bang, but saw people pushing themselves into her carriage. She said there was a general mood of panic, but the train was not packed. The train was moving when the incident happened. Other people said they smelled sour smoke.

Maybe its because of the West Wing episode last night, but sour smoke? This woman didn’t hear a bang, but people we pushing to get away and there was a sour smell of smoke in the air? How is sour smoke different from regular smoke? Does sour smoke have something else more deadly mixed in than regular smoke? Did someone just release small pox, or another biochemical weapon upon London?

Or am I just overreacting?

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See breaking news is crazy. An explosives expert contacted by CNN says the “sour smell” reported by people coming out of the underground would likely have come from two sources: the rucksack catching fire; and the explosives themselves catching fire after the detonator failed to explode them. The explosives could actually burn and give a toxic smell.

So its probably not small pox, but still……I’m really just waiting for the day that will happen.

Look straight at the coming disaster
Realize what you’ve lost
You keep handing out horseshoes
Horseshoes have gotta be tossed.

My sister Sue and me were doing stunts with electric trains
She said she’d do my dishes, so I handed her the reins
And she engineered a collision steered by a hand-eye protege
Before my train set started burning I heard my sister say

Look straight at the coming disaster
Realize what you’ve lost
You keep handing out horseshoes
Horseshoes have gotta be tossed.

I dreamed I went to heaven ’cause I told my lover lies
When I woke up I went to her and looked her in the eyes
I said “help me cry, ’cause I can’t deny this union’s feeling wrong”
Then a flashback to the dream and angels singing songs

Look straight at the coming disaster
Realize what you’ve lost
You keep handing out horseshoes
Horseshoes have gotta be tossed
Horseshoes have gotta be tossed.

Don’t push the river; if you love it, set it free
I said “go on and see him, you can still come home to me”
I was satisfied, God was on our side
‘Cause we’re freer than the birds.
Sent me a letter. I didn’t read it.
I already knew the words

Look straight at the coming disaster
Realize what you’ve lost
You keep handing out horseshoes
Horseshoes have gotta be tossed.
Horseshoes have gotta be tossed…

Horseshoes ~ Moxy Fruvous