Peter Power - Victim Of Coincidence

If Peter Power did the lottery he would be a rich man. Or should I say, he would be an even richer man.
I'm sure most of you don't know who he is; that's understandable. In a decidedly JFK way, I will never forget where I was when I first heard his name and his voice.

Let me share with you what I learned about Peter Power and the order in which I learned it.

Watch This

Then This

Having watched this on the news, I looked to find more out about him and found this, and remembered watching it a year earlier


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/panorama/3686201.stm


and here he is on the panel


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/panorama/3684775.stm


So to recap. He was on Panorama a year before 7/7 as part of the crisis management team dealing with a fictitious scenario where the London tube was bombed in 3 places. Then on the morning it actually happened, he was in London running an exercise/drill where the same thing would happen and IT DID at EXACTLY THE SAME TIME he planned it and at EXACTLY THE SAME STATIONS that his exercise was running.

He was never questioned about the company who he had set up the exercise for.

Mind you, when a clear head is required, Peter Power is the man you want. After all, he was the man known in 1984 as The Pied Piper of the underground.

Read This


http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/witness/november/23/newsid_3227000/3227456.stm


The BBC never quite got around to mentioning this

On 23rd April 1993, the Dorset Echo featured Peter Power on its front page:

Police chief faces inquiry
Echo exclusive by Paul Thomas
Dorset Echo
23rd April 1993

One of West Dorset's top policemen has been suspended from duty, it was learned today.

Superintendent Peter Power who commands a sub-division covering Dorchester, Shaftesbury, Swanage, Blandford, Sherborne, and Wareham, is the subject of a force internal inquiry, said Deputy Chief Constable Tony Pointer.

Mr Pointer would not reveal the nature of the investigation but said Supt Power had been suspended "pending completion of inquiries into an internal matter within Dorset Police."

The Deputy Chief Constable added: "No member of the public is involved."

Supt Power was appointed to his present post last year after transferring to the Dorset force from the Metropolitan Police - where he had served for 19 years - in 1990.

While in London he was involved in major incidents including the Iranian Embassy siege and the Kings Cross fire.

During Supt Power's absence Chief Inspector Ted Ryan has been appointed officer in charge at Blandford.

A scan of the above article is available here. This story was also reported in the national press by the Sunday Times on 8th August 1993:

The Crown Prosecution Service has been sent details of an investigation into a senior police officer with the Dorset force. Dorset police confirmed yesterday that Superintendent Peter Power, the officer in charge of the west of the county, has been suspended on full pay since April but refused to outline the allegations against him. Power, who was involved in the Iranian embassy siege and King's Cross fire, transferred to Dorset in 1990 after serving 19 years in the Metropolitan police.

NB: These reports appear to have mistakenly confused the Iranian embassy siege with the Libyan embassy siege.

On September 2nd 1993, the departure of Peter Power from Dorset Police was announced on page 3 of the Dorset Echo:

Suspended police chief leaves force
Dorset Echo
September 2nd 1993

A West Dorset senior policeman currently under suspension from duty is to retire early on medical grounds.

Superintendent Peter Power (42) will leave the force on September 26.

He was suspended following an internal police inquiry earlier this year after which a file was submitted for consideration to the Director of Public Prosecution.

A Dorset Police spokesman said Supt Power's retirement grounds were "confidential".

She added "Supt Power is entitled to an ill-health pension. His retirement does not affect any liability for action by the DPP".

Supt Power commands a sub-division covering Dorchester, Shaftesbury, Swanage, Blandford, Sherborne and Wareham.

Chief Inspector Ted Ryan was appointed in charge following Supt Power's suspension.

This was also confirmed in the national press by the Guardian on 2nd September 1993:

Superintendent Peter Power, aged 42, who has been suspended on full pay since April, is to leave the Dorset force on September 26 on health grounds.

Poor old Peter is a bit of a jinx. He should have put the lottery on.

I mean what are the chances of those drills happening at the same time and in the same place as it actually happened.

Well, the maths goes a bit like this,

London Underground Stations: 274  

Probability of one attack by hour (5yr mean): One chance in 9,474,920

Open Hours per Day: 19

Probability of 3 station terror hit (5yr mean): One chance in 850,602,500,906,920,000,000

Open Days a Year: 364

Mean Sample frequent (yrs): 5.

Probability of one attack by hour (10yr mean): One chance in 18,949,840

Mean Sample frequent (yrs): 10. 

Probability of 3 station terror hit (10yr mean): One chance in 6,804,820,007,255,360,000,000

Same Time 3 

London Underground Stations: 274

Probability of drill on 1 stations per hour: One chance in 817,342

Open Hours per Day: 19

Probability of drill on 3 stations per hour: One chance in 546,023,643,432,766,000

Open Days a Year: 157

Same Time 3

PROBABILITY OF DRILL AND TERROR ATTACK COINCIDING BY CHANCE (10yr mean): 

One chance in 3,715,592,613,265,750,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

Estimate of Grains of sand in the whole world: 7,500,000,000,000,000,000

In context:

If I go to a beach, or a desert, or under the sea and pick a single grain of sand. What chance is there of you going to the same part of the world, by chance, and picking up the same grain? You are trillions of times more likely to do this, than the London drill coinciding with this attack at that hour.

They think you're stupid, and they can usually rely upon you acting as though you are.



For a list of further coincidences surrounding Peter Power, hit the links below, and don't worry. It's all just coincidence. After all, he speaks properly and is wearing a suit and a tie.

More Here http://www.julyseventh.co.uk/july-7-terror-rehearsal.html

And Here http://u2r2h.blogspot.com/2007_06_01_archive.html