At Charring Cross the tube is only a few feet from the river bed. A bomb could be hung from a boat and exploded just above and flood all the underground system. What is being done to prevent this? The police do not seem to check the boats
2006-09-17 03:57:54 · 5 answers · asked by joe king 02 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
youve abvously no idea about how thick teh reinforced cast iron tunnel is, nor about the damping effect of water on an explosion. unless you use a shaped charge and anchored it to the tube celing, thast after youve dug thru X many feet of riverbed mud to expose the tube...
its not going to happen. because although you cant see the boating bill doing anything, ill bet they know every boat ship and launch on the river... trust in the security services... we arent some 3rd world backwater, and Mi5 have been keeping us safe in oour beds for a long time.
watch SPOOKS tonight on bbc1... a testimony to our unseen heroes
2006-09-17 04:09:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you look at the river end of each platform there or at any other station and on any line where there is the possibility of water ingress from above, you will find a strange looking contraption against the end of the tunnel wall, and it is a FLOODGATE. In the event of an emergency, these can be closed to protect the system - and before you all start panicking, they can't be closed if there is a train between any two adjacent gates, so you can't trap a trainful of passengers in a flooded tunnel.
As the Bakerloo tunnels are only a few feet beneath the river bed at Charing Cross, and if you think back a few years when they were rebuilding Hungerford bridge, there was a distinct possibility that the piling work could breach the tunnel, so the floodgates were closed and the line closed between Piccadilly Circus and the Elephant whilst the work was taking place.
2006-09-17 04:06:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
What a lot of work for nothing, and all that noise?
Use your logic.
30% of the water pumped through London ends up underground somewhere.
Day and night pumps and motors are running like mad pumping it back into the Thames.
Pull the fuse.
While you are about it and if you really want to reduce the carbon footprint, yougov.whatever, throw away the fuse and flood the tube.
If you switch off your TV you can save the world.
Move billions of litres water twice each day for Thames Water's profit and it doesn't count.
No wonder the website is yougov
gov are too busy they have lessons to learn.
2006-09-17 04:48:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow! This would make a great plot for a film!
2006-09-17 06:57:14 · answer #4 · answered by Michael E 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
fivetos good answer
2006-09-17 04:51:18 · answer #5 · answered by aldo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋