<p>been up since 2am…thank goodness she has a camp counselour with her</p>
<p>most fllights from this airport were cancelled, so cross your fingers</p>
<p>otherwise, it is</p>
<p>wear she will stay
etc etc etc </p>
<p>double blech</p>
<p>glad the plot was foiled…but now worried about D</p>
<p>CGM…can you tell me more about what this regards? Thanks. </p>
<p>My kid is in France on her own.</p>
<p>there was a group arrested in london, in there homes, that they say had a terror plot to take liquids onto planes going from england to usa, (it was to mix the chemicals)- no word on if they were to fly today, it looks like the plot was entering the final stages so they decided to arrest them today</p>
<p>so the airports in england, ireland, etc, are a mess…mucho flights cancellations, lots of flights around europe are cancelled- and the fallout from those cancellations</p>
<p>my D is at standsted outside of london, and most flights out of england are being or have been cancelled, my d is flying to northern ireland, and we will know within the hour if her flight is leaving in three hours, she has been at the airport for 4-5 hours so far</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14278216/?GT1=8404[/url]”>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14278216/?GT1=8404</a></p>
<p>Bomb plot foiled in London</p>
<p>CGM,</p>
<p>I’m sure she’ll be OK. DD was in London last summer… Praying that this all settles down fast.</p>
<p>citygirlsmom, I can relate to your fear. My D just came home from 6 weeks in Israel. She was 10 miles from the Lebanon border when that crisis began.</p>
<p>You’re right to be concerned, but I’m glad (for her sake and yours) that she is not alone.</p>
<p>My thoughts are with you and I’ll continue to look for posts from you.</p>
<p>Peace.</p>
<p>OK, I read the news, so you don’t have to explain. </p>
<p>My D flies home from France in about two weeks. She then flies back to Italy ten days later for fall semester. </p>
<p>I can picture my mother calling me today. She already dug into me a lot for allowing my 19 (almost 20) year old D to travel on her own in France…her job ends in five days and then she will be traveling on her own within France…and my mother told me she will never forgive me if anything happens to her, etc. etc. So, I am sure if my mother watches the news, which she does, this will ratchet it up. I’m sure I’ll hear from her!</p>
<p>Is your D at the airport trying to get home or is she in England for a while more?</p>
<p>Soozie:</p>
<p>Airports here are affected as well. Check Boston.com for info on Logan, for example. </p>
<p>They are now checking bottles of water, shampoo, etc… as well as the usual stuff.</p>
<p>warn D:</p>
<p>when she flies, NO CARRYONES- at this point it is a clear plastic bag with minimum stuff-passport, glasses, money</p>
<p>no liquids AT ALL on flights- ie, water, eye drops, hair gel, soda, nothing</p>
<p>you can put it in your checked luggage</p>
<p>lines at airports are long, often TWO searches, the first, and then another at gate, so plan for lots of time</p>
<p>some flights got through to usa today, but hundreds cancelled- many short term flights delayed hours and hours or cancelled</p>
<p>I have been coming up with several plans in case flght is cancelled</p>
<p>her flight to usa is from dublin on monday, but her camp in england is over and she was to fly to derry today…</p>
<p>hopefully still will, but its been a long sleepless night</p>
<p>Sorry, we cross posted there. I’m glad that intervention occurred when it did. I am sure this adds anxiety. I am glad that your D likely can fly to Ireland first and then home. I’m sure she’ll be fine. Glad she has staff with her. Glad she is in contact with you. I’ll be thinking of you.</p>
<p>Keep cross posting, sorry. It sounds like a mess but is worth all the checking that is necessary. </p>
<p>What do they do with the carry on luggage that they already have with them (ya know, people returning home who had it when they flew out) such as backpacks? Do they check those through now? </p>
<p>Also, how do they know that the liquids aren’t bombs in the checked luggage…because those go through machines? The detection devices are different for merely carry on luggage? Just wondering because such liquids could be put in checked luggage.</p>
<p>I wonder if the no carry on thing is just in England or elsewhere. My D is not going through England on these trips.</p>
<p>yeah, she will be okay, thanks for the good words</p>
<p>its just coming up with all the contingency plans- other flights, where to stay if cancelled, (she is 17, so not sure how hotels will work her being a “minor”)</p>
<p>her camp person is not available after tomorrow afternoon, so we have called people in london just to see what the option are IF she has to spend more than one night there</p>
<p>so its like:</p>
<p>get her to dublin 2 days early, skip ireland family all together</p>
<p>or</p>
<p>stay in london, and fly to dublin sunday when family is back</p>
<p>I will need my “disco” nap later for sure</p>
<p>the plot was like a chemistry experiment</p>
<p>two chemicals, when mixed together, bam, I guess, or creating some damage</p>
<p>the carryon thing, not sure yet, it might just be england, but at sfo airports, no liquids on planes</p>
<p>I heard on the news that local US airports were also restricting carry-on luggage. My daughter is also in England - i believe lots of flights have been cancelled throughout Europe.</p>
<p>LOVE CELLSPHONES and the internet…</p>
<p>well, she just called and she is checking in, so looks good, but she can’t take cellphone with her on plane (I told her to cry and say she was a minor-we shall see) so she can just use pay phones to keep me posted</p>
<p>a sigh of relief and know 5 more hours of waiting…we have family getting her at the other end, she will have been at the airport for 9 hours!!</p>
<p>Good luck. I will be thinking of you and your D.</p>
<p>Good luck, CGM.</p>
<p>citygirlsmom,</p>
<p>She is in my prayers. My d is stuck in L.A. Airport right now trying to board a flight to Boston. My anxiety is high, but yours is unimaginable.</p>
<p>CGM: you are right, thank goodness for cell phones and the internet. </p>
<p>Cells cause your kid can call. That is what I am relying on with my D overseas. </p>
<p>Internet cause you can look up anything and get up to date information but also cause you have your “support group” on CC to see you through your anxious moments. 
Good luck with the wait. Glad she gets to fly to Ireland, less anxiety with that, I would think. </p>
<p>I gotta go away myself to visit my other kid but will be thinking of you.</p>