London transit bombings

At last count 54 people died in the London transit bombings and many more were injured. Thousands were inconvenienced. But if you compare it to the Madrid or 9/11 attacks, you can see that it was not as effective. If you compare it to the typical day in Iraq, it was not as effective. In terms of a local perspective, it was about the same lethality of a snowstorm on St. Louis drivers. I think that one of the scariest parts of it is that it wasn't in fact all that deadly. It's not like the terrorists took out an obvious landmark like the Twin Towers or the Pentagon. The tube stops were not apparently significant other than that they were in the financial district. If they had picked a different city, it could really have been anyone who got caught in the blast. So it's not like you can learn something that'll keep you safe. At least with a snowstorm there is some warning.