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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7090725.stm

If you can get a view at all then you'll be able to see the smoke from
this drifting over east London. Looks bad.

OT - Massive fire at Olympic games site
 

Mizter T wrote:
If you can get a view at all then you'll be able to see the smoke from
this drifting over east London. Looks bad.

quote
The blaze is close to the Channel Tunnel high speed rail link, however
Eurostar has said the fire is not having an impact on services.
/quote

Funny, that.

Theo

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"Theo Markettos" wrote in message
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Mizter T wrote:
If you can get a view at all then you'll be able to see the smoke from
this drifting over east London. Looks bad.

quote
The blaze is close to the Channel Tunnel high speed rail link, however
Eurostar has said the fire is not having an impact on services.
/quote

Funny, that.

Theo

It shouldnt be affecting E* services cause the first one does not start
running until Wed morn

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On Nov 12, 3:36 pm, "Frank Incense" wrote:

It shouldnt be affecting E* services cause the first one does not start
running until Wed morn

Bet there are lots of test runs though.

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If you can get a view at all then you'll be able to see the smoke from
this drifting over east London. Looks bad.

I watched it for about 20 minutes while waiting for my train at
Pudding Mill Lane - pretty much from the very beginning of the smoke.
Creepy, but at first I thought it was some part of the construction
works ;-)
And it definitely was less annoying then the constant noice of from
the construction site.

Then 40 minutes later I came back to Pudding Mill Lane to find my home
under the thick black cloud. It even became darker for a while.

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On 12 Nov, 15:36, "Frank Incense" wrote:
"Theo Markettos" wrote in message

...

Mizter T wrote:
If you can get a view at all then you'll be able to see the smoke from
this drifting over east London. Looks bad.

quote
The blaze is close to the Channel Tunnel high speed rail link, however
Eurostar has said the fire is not having an impact on services.
/quote

Funny, that.

Theo

It shouldnt be affecting E* services cause the first one does not start
running until Wed morn

I think that was what Theo was trying to pointing out.

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"Mizter T" wrote in message
ups.com...
On 12 Nov, 15:36, "Frank Incense" wrote:
"Theo Markettos" wrote in message

...

Mizter T wrote:
If you can get a view at all then you'll be able to see the smoke from
this drifting over east London. Looks bad.

quote
The blaze is close to the Channel Tunnel high speed rail link, however
Eurostar has said the fire is not having an impact on services.
/quote

Funny, that.

Theo

It shouldnt be affecting E* services cause the first one does not start
running until Wed morn

I think that was what Theo was trying to pointing out.


Either that or it would be unlikely to be affected down in its tunnel?

Paul

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On Mon, 12 Nov 2007, Mizter T wrote:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7090725.stm

If you can get a view at all then you'll be able to see the smoke from
this drifting over east London. Looks bad.

It's visible from as far afield as Maidstone:

http://flickr.com/photos/andybeck/1983761114/

tom

--
Love as a principle and order as the basis; progress as the goal.

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On 12 Nov, 18:41, Tom Anderson wrote:
On Mon, 12 Nov 2007, Mizter T wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7090725.stm

If you can get a view at all then you'll be able to see the smoke from
this drifting over east London. Looks bad.

It's visible from as far afield as Maidstone:

http://flickr.com/photos/andybeck/1983761114/

tom


OK, I admit it, I like Flickr!

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Paul Scott wrote:
"Mizter T" wrote in message
ups.com...
On 12 Nov, 15:36, "Frank Incense" wrote:
It shouldnt be affecting E* services cause the first one does not start
running until Wed morn

I think that was what Theo was trying to pointing out.

That was my point :)

Either that or it would be unlikely to be affected down in its tunnel?

The line runs through Stratford International, which is a big concrete box
open to the sky. If smoke got into the box such that it was reducing
visibility of through the platforms or the station (a big glass and concrete
affair which has no opening date planned) or the tunnels then it might be a
problem. But the trains have cab signalling, so they can presumably operate
when they can't see lineside signals. Possibly it'd be a problem if passing
trains drew smoke into the tunnels.

Theo