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Login/Join to ParticipateWhat a Bummer
3,224 posts
Location: Shatfield, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
was anyone woken up at 6:03 this morn by the explosion in hemel hempstead? Apparently the explosion could be heard 40 miles around, and the vibrations even further. My house shook! in case no one knows what i'm talking about...
BBC News
4,308 posts
Location: York, England
wow.... glad you're safe!
Is it smokey where you are?
Keep your dream alive
Dreamin is still how the strong survive
Shalom VeAhavah
New Hampshire has a point....
What a Bummer
3,224 posts
Location: Shatfield, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
If i look out my lounge window, I can see lots and lots of black smoke... just covering the sky.... Its wierd.. looks like rain cloud, but like... in a line! Im surprised more people werent hurt by it!
Watching the Sky
453 posts
Location: Cambridge(ish)/Bath Spa Uni, United Kingdom
if i was home home (cambridgeish), actually a little village near a town called saffron walden if anyone was wondering, i spose i might have felt it but at bath, nope!
glad ur ok
, i heard youve gotta keep all your windows shut and stuff?! id better call my parentals!
I jumped into the river, what did i see?
Black-eyed angels swam with me. 
What a Bummer
3,224 posts
Location: Shatfield, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
thankies...sposed to... altho, now most of the smoke is blowing south. Spose to be in south hampton by tea time. eeek. The fire is not due to go out for a couple of days... and people are already paniikin and getting there petrol in around here. I'm just sad cos loads of kerosene went up with it....
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
[Because if they don't say where it was in the title... it must have been England. And they call Americans egotistical.
] Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]
7,193 posts
Location: in the trees
i thought you where being rude again asena
well from what i hear from the news it could be felt upto 100 miles away, i watched it on the news this morning aout 8am and it still looked like it was night time behind the reporter
What a Bummer
3,224 posts
Location: Shatfield, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
yup! oooh yeh, the title could be a bit rude!
Carpal \'Tunnel
2,617 posts
Location: Berlin, Ireland
I was asleep!
I live in a world of infinite possibilities.
7,193 posts
Location: in the trees
you wouldn't do that though would you
i suppose all the doom mongers have been up in arms.i heard that a plane had crashed into the site........ then on the news they dismissed it.
i supose if it was a terrorist attack thew wouldn't tell us anyway. i do know it's gonna be burning through the night and possibly most of tomorrow..............they don't have enough " fire retardent material" foam to put it out in one hit
7,193 posts
Location: in the trees
if they where going to hit any where for maximum devistation it would probobly be the chemical site i used to work on....it is one of the five highest listed toxic sites in england. they have some funky stuff there i can tell you and i wouldn't like to be down wind if it went up
Pooh-Bah
1,762 posts
Location: York University, United Kingdom
Written by: NYC
[Because if they don't say where it was in the title... it must have been England. And they call Americans egotistical.
Or you could hover your mouse over the title for a second and find out where it was...
[And they call Americans slow.
] After much consideration, I find that the view is worth the asphyxiation.
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Watching the Sky
453 posts
Location: Cambridge(ish)/Bath Spa Uni, United Kingdom
me dad got woke up by it this morning, even though we're only about 40 mins away and apparently the sky looks pretty freaky!
I jumped into the river, what did i see?
Black-eyed angels swam with me.
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
Written by:
Or you could hover your mouse over the title for a second and find out where it was...
[And they call Americans slow. ]
That doesn't work on all computers, with all connections and browsers, like mine.
But then that again would entail thinking from a perspective other than one's own which, as we see, can be challenging here at Home Of English Poi.
How come every single eyewitness to every single explosion in the history of man kind describes it as "A big ball of fire". You think somebody would come up with a different saying.
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]
Pooh-Bah
1,762 posts
Location: York University, United Kingdom
*bows*
Touch'e
(it's the closest I can get to the accent thing over the "e" in the french word...)
After much consideration, I find that the view is worth the asphyxiation.
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Carpal \'Tunnel
2,666 posts
Location: Preston, United Kingdom
touché
Chief adviser to the Pharaoh, in one very snazzy mutli-coloured coat
'Time goes by so slowly for those who wait...' - Whatever Happend To Baby Madonna?
Watching the Sky
453 posts
Location: Cambridge(ish)/Bath Spa Uni, United Kingdom
ooh! ooh! i worked it out..........................
éééééééé!
I jumped into the river, what did i see?
Black-eyed angels swam with me.
Carpal \'Tunnel
2,666 posts
Location: Preston, United Kingdom
Oo la la, cest magnifique madame sunnysam *claps*
Or did you just copy and paste like I did? lol
Chief adviser to the Pharaoh, in one very snazzy mutli-coloured coat
'Time goes by so slowly for those who wait...' - Whatever Happend To Baby Madonna?
Watching the Sky
453 posts
Location: Cambridge(ish)/Bath Spa Uni, United Kingdom
nope! eeeeeeeeeeeeee! or éééééééééééééééééé! am i aloud to share the secret?
I jumped into the river, what did i see?
Black-eyed angels swam with me.
Liquid Cow
2,629 posts
Location: High Wycombe, England
I live about 30 miles away and I slept straight through the blast, although my parents were woken up by it.
I took a couple of pictures of the smoke this evening, I hadn't realised the fire was quite so large until I looked out the window and could see smoke drifting across the sky
But there's no sense crying over every mistake. You just keep on trying till you run out of cake.
4,308 posts
Location: York, England
please do share the secret sunnysam!
oh, and glad everyone's seeming to be ok... no asthmatics then? or is the smoke not that thick?
Keep your dream alive
Dreamin is still how the strong survive
Shalom VeAhavah
New Hampshire has a point....
had her carpal tunnel surgery already thanks v much
4,145 posts
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland (UK)
Written by: NYC
[Because if they don't say where it was in the title... it must have been England. And they call Americans egotistical.
You could've extrapolated from Asena's location, you know...
"vices are like genitals - most are ugly to behold, and yet we find that our own are dear to us."
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Watching the Sky
453 posts
Location: Cambridge(ish)/Bath Spa Uni, United Kingdom
ok,................the secret........................................
hehehehehehehehehehehe!
its Ctrl+Alt+e=ééééééééééééééééééééé
love it!
I jumped into the river, what did i see?
Black-eyed angels swam with me.
Insert Champagne Here
13,215 posts
Location: without class distinction, Australia
really? for me it's Alt+1+3+0 if you use the number pad! é
and for ±; it's Alt+7+5+3
or § is Alt+7+8+9
and then theres ƒ Alt+1+5+9!!!
Or maybe I should go to bed...
i would have changed ***** to phallus, and claire to petey Petey
Rougie: but that's what I'm doing here
Arnwyn: what letting me adjust myself in your room?..don't you dare quote that on HoP...
Watching the Sky
453 posts
Location: Cambridge(ish)/Bath Spa Uni, United Kingdom
áéóíú - thats all the stuff i can do with Ctrl+Alt
touché
hey, i can do capitals too!!
TOUCHÉ
I jumped into the river, what did i see?
Black-eyed angels swam with me.
1,019 posts
Location: Huddersfield + Hull Uni... UK.
Written by: sunnysam
ok,................the secret........................................
hehehehehehehehehehehe!
its Ctrl+Alt+e=ééééééééééééééééééééé
love it!
Or simply Alt Gr and e.
Willy - is bad for your health...
7,193 posts
Location: in the trees
anyhooooooooooo back to the thread...............the plume of smoke can be seen from space
Pooh-Bah
1,750 posts
Location: london, United Kingdom
I was definatly asleep, no smoke to be seen in Bournemouth, but the wind took it east apparently.
My parents are in london and they saw it.
Never assume
Always Acknowledge
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
Written by: BirgitWritten by: NYC
[Because if they don't say where it was in the title... it must have been England. And they call Americans egotistical.
You could've extrapolated from Asena's location, you know...
Well if I'd have already clicked on the thread I could have just read that too. I extrapolated it from the fact that it wasn't mentioned and therefore must be British.
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]
What a Bummer
3,224 posts
Location: Shatfield, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
lol, ye, I'm asthamatic and I'm ok. Only 9 miles. But I went out to the shops last night and I all I could smell was fuel fumes. So i went home to light up my poi cos I got addicted
Pooh-Bah
1,762 posts
Location: York University, United Kingdom
Written by: ravehead
anyhooooooooooo back to the thread...............the plume of smoke can be seen from space
Dude, individual people can be seen from space... It's not that much of a challenge...
After much consideration, I find that the view is worth the asphyxiation.
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