there's a fuck off great big grey cloud over the east end of london
anyone know what that is? looks like smoke
( gravytrain, Mon 12 Nov 2007, 12:23, archived)

a grey cloud?

(Just Harry What should I put here?, Mon 12 Nov 2007, 12:23, archived)

yeah like a massive fire or something
it's huge, nothing on the news yet though
( gravytrain, Mon 12 Nov 2007, 12:24, archived)

it could be a massive grey cloud then
or smoke, or a combination of the two
(Just Harry What should I put here?, Mon 12 Nov 2007, 12:25, archived)

nah something's definitely on fire
tis a clear blue sky everywhere else
( gravytrain, Mon 12 Nov 2007, 12:27, archived)

Look at bbc news 24
It looks properly cool. Strattford apparently, Waterden Road

news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_6610000/newsid_6615400/6615433.stm?bw=bb&mp=rm&news=1&ms3=4#
(bogus official shove it up your cunt, Mon 12 Nov 2007, 12:31, archived)

WATER DEM HOUSES, I say.
rofl.
( Jam Master Geordie Hero of B3ta., Mon 12 Nov 2007, 12:32, archived)

B3TA DISASTER DESK 24
You know what the rest of today is going to be...
( Dave Trouser ; the people's choice - 75% agree, Mon 12 Nov 2007, 12:33, archived)

did the flooding get mentioned at all?
from friday night i think it was
(Just Harry What should I put here?, Mon 12 Nov 2007, 12:34, archived)

No idea.
I do other things on a Friday night.
( Dave Trouser ; the people's choice - 75% agree, Mon 12 Nov 2007, 12:35, archived)

WE DON' NEE' NO WATER LET DE MOTHA FUCKA BURN!

( mike woz ere 7442200 & 7696970 getter, Mon 12 Nov 2007, 12:33, archived)

i've just seen it on the tv
and apparently studies have suggested that adhd drugs, like ritalyn, don't work in the long term
(Just Harry What should I put here?, Mon 12 Nov 2007, 12:33, archived)

Probably smoke then.
My shoe is broken. :(
( LimeyTreat Bitch. Lover. Child. Mother. Sinner. Saint., Mon 12 Nov 2007, 12:24, archived)

It's a cloud of locusts
Sent by allah to kill the infidels
( M o D, Mon 12 Nov 2007, 12:24, archived)

The Aliens are coming

( turb0t, Mon 12 Nov 2007, 12:24, archived)

i can see it
it does look like smoke
( Clairebare Back once again with the Ill behaviour, Mon 12 Nov 2007, 12:24, archived)

post code?

( Damion International - now taking orders., Mon 12 Nov 2007, 12:27, archived)

how should i know

( Clairebare Back once again with the Ill behaviour, Mon 12 Nov 2007, 12:37, archived)

MUZLEMZLOL

( RedStar returneth, Mon 12 Nov 2007, 12:24, archived)

its not me this time
the refinery is fine

EDIT: and you can't see it from essex
( crazyjude is very happy with happytoast and his skill, Mon 12 Nov 2007, 12:24, archived)

george best
funeral rerun?
(Just Harry What should I put here?, Mon 12 Nov 2007, 12:26, archived)

That would be considered a WMD
weapon of mass drinking.
( Tyronne Get To Falkirk, Mon 12 Nov 2007, 12:28, archived)

Is it too late to say sorry for farting ?

( Tyronne Get To Falkirk, Mon 12 Nov 2007, 12:25, archived)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/zomg/nuclear-bomb-hits-hackney.shtml
or maybe it's, y'know, a grey cloud.
( Newington, Mon 12 Nov 2007, 12:25, archived)

Doesn't look like it
Looks like smoke, everyone in my office agrees.
(Psycho Eyes, Mon 12 Nov 2007, 12:26, archived)

I can see it from Manchester.
Looks serious.
( mike woz ere 7442200 & 7696970 getter, Mon 12 Nov 2007, 12:27, archived)

We've only got invading aliens in Oxford

( Dave the Mighty, Mon 12 Nov 2007, 12:28, archived)

you can see it too?

( Damion International - now taking orders., Mon 12 Nov 2007, 12:29, archived)

Yes
According to my collegues upstairs, it's getting bigger quite quickly.
(Psycho Eyes, Mon 12 Nov 2007, 12:31, archived)

Thats nice of them to say so, I am rather proud of it myself.

( Tyronne Get To Falkirk, Mon 12 Nov 2007, 12:32, archived)

Mrs Trouser also just reported this smoke.
She texted to ask me to "check b3ta, nothing's on the bbc yet".
( Dave Trouser ; the people's choice - 75% agree, Mon 12 Nov 2007, 12:27, archived)

We've all been looking
out the top floor windows.
(Psycho Eyes, Mon 12 Nov 2007, 12:25, archived)

Terrorism?
edit: Why wouldn't the board let me write "TERRORISM!"?
( mike woz ere 7442200 & 7696970 getter, Mon 12 Nov 2007, 12:25, archived)

TERRORISM!
your intertube must be too thin for capital letters
( glued eel /questions/questionsyoudliketoask/post1648081, Mon 12 Nov 2007, 12:27, archived)

Hrmm, I tried twice and it wouldn't have it.
Odd...
( mike woz ere 7442200 & 7696970 getter, Mon 12 Nov 2007, 12:28, archived)

Did you get a message saying you couldn't put it or something?
Or had you just forgotten to fill in the message box?
( Dave the Mighty, Mon 12 Nov 2007, 12:30, archived)

TERRORISM!
I don't see a problem
( Dave the Mighty, Mon 12 Nov 2007, 12:28, archived)

Had you written it before?

( Newington, Mon 12 Nov 2007, 12:28, archived)

It doesn't let you make exactly the same post twice in a row.
Although I don't usually bump into this with anything more complicated than "No".
( Newington, Mon 12 Nov 2007, 12:30, archived)

It didn't work the first time.
Then the second time I imagine that script kicked in.
( mike woz ere 7442200 & 7696970 getter, Mon 12 Nov 2007, 12:31, archived)

How peculiar.

( LimeyTreat Bitch. Lover. Child. Mother. Sinner. Saint., Mon 12 Nov 2007, 12:31, archived)

I just tried it and it didn't let me. Hmm.

( LimeyTreat Bitch. Lover. Child. Mother. Sinner. Saint., Mon 12 Nov 2007, 12:32, archived)

TERRORISM!

( WHARRGARBL, Mon 12 Nov 2007, 12:32, archived)

Worked for me.

( WHARRGARBL, Mon 12 Nov 2007, 12:33, archived)

Are you using IE?
Maybe Microsoft is doing its bit to combat the spread of TERRORISM!
( Flapjack I spay a little mare for you, Mon 12 Nov 2007, 12:33, archived)

No no, I meant ariting the same thisng twice in a row.

( LimeyTreat Bitch. Lover. Child. Mother. Sinner. Saint., Mon 12 Nov 2007, 12:36, archived)

it's actually hair, GIANT DON KING IS DESTROYING LONDON

( glued eel /questions/questionsyoudliketoask/post1648081, Mon 12 Nov 2007, 12:25, archived)

post code

( Damion International - now taking orders., Mon 12 Nov 2007, 12:27, archived)

LONDON 1

( RedStar returneth, Mon 12 Nov 2007, 12:28, archived)

Mrs Trouser is in Holburn.

( Dave Trouser ; the people's choice - 75% agree, Mon 12 Nov 2007, 12:28, archived)

umm well
i'm looking straight east from oxford street, so in the city maybe
( gravytrain, Mon 12 Nov 2007, 12:28, archived)

oh really?
Im on regent street and cant see it
( Damion International - now taking orders., Mon 12 Nov 2007, 12:31, archived)

have you got your eyes open ?

( Tyronne Get To Falkirk, Mon 12 Nov 2007, 12:32, archived)

Go up.

( Dave Trouser ; the people's choice - 75% agree, Mon 12 Nov 2007, 12:33, archived)

I miles away and I can't see it.

( MONO!, Mon 12 Nov 2007, 12:33, archived)

Divine retribution

(bogus official shove it up your cunt, Mon 12 Nov 2007, 12:27, archived)

Large Fire
Currently on Sky News BBC News 24

EDIT : According to the BBC it's a Fire on Wandsworth Road in Stratford.
( fastcar, Mon 12 Nov 2007, 12:28, archived)

Ay
It's on the "More soon" ticker on the BBC site.
( Newington, Mon 12 Nov 2007, 12:31, archived)

Puny compared to Buncefield...

( Dave Trouser ; the people's choice - 75% agree, Mon 12 Nov 2007, 12:32, archived)

www.londons-burning.co.uk/
( WHARRGARBL, Mon 12 Nov 2007, 12:29, archived)

yeah it's the stratford area

(Quatermass and teh Shit, Mon 12 Nov 2007, 12:30, archived)

Pour on water.

( Newington, Mon 12 Nov 2007, 12:32, archived)