BOMB IN COVENTRY!

IamJamesGreens · 12-03-2008, 05:16 PM

Old WW2 bomb behind Belgrade. Which ironically is showing One Night In November - a drama about the Blitz, mega lolz.

City Centre evacutated! Buses redirected to Pool Meadow! I love voluntary medical work. We always get the fun...

Haha, so got a text twenty minutes ago with those fun words: RED ALERT. haha. So **** work, bike home, jump in greens and ready to roll! It's not even Friday yet...

MADNESS

edit: linky: http://iccoventry.icnetwork.co.uk/01...name_page.html

RenewedHope · 12-03-2008, 05:34 PM

Lolz I don't live that far from coventry. How I loves the drama

AbandonedPixie · 12-03-2008, 05:34 PM

Wow, i love the fact that their are still bombs dotted around that haven't exploded after like people building over them and stuff. 'Tis amazing lol.

OutOfTheWoods11 · 12-03-2008, 05:39 PM

lol!

Laaame for those who live there :P
Its a good thing they were discovered (Even though its pretty unlikely they'd go off)

:)

Aphelion · 12-03-2008, 06:05 PM

Oh em gee.

*Scarlett* · 12-03-2008, 06:08 PM

OMG!! My aunty lives in coventry. I stayed there for a weekend just a couple of weeks ago.

klo_flo · 12-03-2008, 06:32 PM

Oh I came to post this!!

You can see my boyfriends offices in this picture:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/c...re/7292097.stm

Eeeek!

Doubt it is live and they have evacuated everyone, but if I go missing for days - you know why!

Chloe x

klo_flo · 12-03-2008, 06:34 PM

They really have closed *everything*. Our Uni has it's famous Varsity day today - that should be interesting!

Chloe x

IamJamesGreens · 12-03-2008, 06:44 PM

City Centre & Ring Road closed
3 Rest Centres opened around city
We're communting with CCC to organize with our members on foot.

klo_flo · 12-03-2008, 06:58 PM

How are you posting?!

Do you know:
1. When it was officially found
2. What they are planning to do.

Stupid question, but what are rest centres? And organising what with the members on foot?

There are sirens everywhere!!!

Chloe x

IamJamesGreens · 12-03-2008, 08:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by klo_flo

How are you posting?!

Do you know:
1. When it was officially found
2. What they are planning to do.

Stupid question, but what are rest centres? And organising what with the members on foot?

There are sirens everywhere!!!

Chloe x

I'm not sure when it was found but evacuation was around 3 because we got members out at ten past. I don't know what they're doing. Rest Centres are for people evacuated and unable to get home. I am part of a voluntary medical organisation who provide medical assistance. In the event of a major incident (aka this) we contact our members to see if they are available to help , where to go, what to take etc. What I mean by members on foot are those on route to help out or cover those that cannot stay for longer. Right now we are preparing night-shift type cover with members replacing members who have been on site since around 3. Our 'communications center' aka our office has 6 phones linked to one number so if one phone dies we have another to use, and two for the offical communications number, plus our mobiles. So we've easily phoned and received over 100 calls already.

I managed to get twenty minutes to nip to chippy for food as mr diabetic needs to get his blood sugar up! Never had anything like this in cov!

Oh and all our information that we've giving our members is thanks to Cov & Warwick radio!

klo_flo · 12-03-2008, 10:20 PM

I'm sad there is nothing that I can do to help.

They still haven't managed to do anything now then? Hmmm, my man is supposed to be coming back into Cov now, that should be a challenge!!

Keep it up lovely,
Chloe xx

Harley's Dad · 12-03-2008, 10:37 PM

Coventry got seriously plastered by the Luftwaffe in the early part of WW2. Amongst other things the old Cathedral was destroyed (I was involved in a Guard of Honour when the new Cathedral was opened in about 1962); more importantly, several hundred people were killed.

Since bombs which don't explode at the time can bury themselves many feet into the ground it is inevitable that we'll go on getting further "finds" for years to come. The explosives involved can become dangerously sensitive over time and the defusing and removal of bombs is a delicate business, only to be tackled by experts. Because there is risk involved the police have to clear the area regardless of inconvenience to the public.

In my day, when we were chiefly dealing with the IRA, the courses run to train the bomb disposal personnel produced a greater level of attention on the part of the students than anything else run in the entire Army - for very obvious reasons!

Tony.

Bruise Pristine · 13-03-2008, 12:41 AM

didn't even find out until my mum mentioned it this evening. I only live 10 minutes away from the city centre as well!

IamJamesGreens · 13-03-2008, 11:41 AM

Well it's all over for me. Controlled explosion around 3 am. Just finished up the paperwork. We stood down at 07.00 so that equals a good 17-hour shift. Time for bed