Sounds of the City

Since last Friday's failed attempt to detonate a car bomb in central London, there has been a noticeable increase in security and when you are outside you hear "Sirens after Sirens". I thought it was bad before last week but now it seems like a continuous sound.

They have arrested 8 people believe to be part of the latest attacks. The profiles have changed as several of the people arrested are Doctors and have come here within the past couple years from Jordon and Iraq. The two people that drove a SUV into Glasgow's airport terminal apparently were Doctors. The police found another car at the local hospital that contained bomb material and had to be control detonated.

Yesterday, I had to go to the Liverpool Rail station and I used the underground (tube). This is the first time that I have seen police riding on the tube. Since we are staying directly across from Scotland Yard, I can see the increase in the number of police with sub-machine guns. Also just along Victoria Street this morning, I noticed more police on the street.

London has more CCTV cameras than any place in the world. Somewhere around 3 million including vehicle registration identification cameras. It has been reported that a normal person in London for 1 day, that their image will be captured around 300 times. I walk by Scotland Yard almost daily and normally wave to the CCTV cameras.


We are headed to Norway on the 4th of July and will return on the 10th. At least we will be out of London on the 2 year anniversary of the 7 Jul 05 bombings......