I totally agree, but happily from what I hear, yesterday's Birmingham evacuations went pretty smoothly. I have a DJ friend who also lives in Wolverhampton, so I have visited Birmingham a few times for some of her gigs (being in Wolverhampton yourself it's possible you might know her actually), and like the place. It seems to be a similar atmosphere to London. Attacks can happen even in smaller places and be equally devastating. Look at Lockerbie for instance. I heard of a lot of suspect parcels around the UK on friday, including one on the Nottingham tram system, my friend's boss was delayed in getting to work because of that one. For me, the London bombs brought the threat close to home anyways, but this did it even more so.