Earthquake!

Mandy · 27-02-2008, 03:38 AM

Who experienced it? Are you all ok??

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7266136.stm

Jacoby · 27-02-2008, 04:19 AM

Kinda funny the first person to mention the 'quake on here is American.

But it's cool, Mandy.

And yeah, I hope you all are alright!

Mandy · 27-02-2008, 04:26 AM

I'm British in soul, really.

Folks are saying that it was a pretty bad one.

apoggy · 27-02-2008, 07:01 AM

I felt it, was playing on Guild Wars when my monitor started shaking, talking to some guys from London on ventrilo and it hit them a few seconds later, was kinda funny as we don't have earthquakes over here.

hi btw

Leonie · 27-02-2008, 08:11 AM

Oh I felt it alright, was dozing off when suddenly everything started shaking and moving around, my bed and me included. I've felt a few before, but nothing like this. Not surprising, as it turns out the epicentre was about 45 miles from here, which is closer than I've ever been. Still, nothing actually broke or smashed, it just shook rather enthusiastically.

I'm really happy to wake up and find there's an earthquake on the news though. Part of my sleepy brain thought, fucksocks, I have some serious Poltergeist issues.

PS. Link for today's earthquake here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7266136.stm

duckula · 27-02-2008, 10:13 AM

Didn't make its way down here sadly.

apoggy · 27-02-2008, 10:29 AM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/7266480.stm

Picture gallery, bet you Americans think us Brits are pussies for making a big deal of this. You guys have 'proper, manly' weather.

Ranman · 27-02-2008, 10:32 AM

Personally I would have crapped myself. Eathquakes, tornado's, Valcano's, all not for me.

Mandy · 27-02-2008, 10:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by apoggy

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/7266480.stm

Picture gallery, bet you Americans think us Brits are pussies for making a big deal of this. You guys have 'proper, manly' weather.

Not really. A massive tornado destroyed an entire city last year in Kansas. Earthquakes can probably do more damage if they're bad enough.

hasselbrad · 27-02-2008, 12:39 PM

Looks like chimney repair is the business to be in for the next few months in the U.K., huh?
That's one thing I've never encountered. Been through hurricanes and tornadoes, but I've never been anywhere near an earthquake. Hope all is well.

Digital_Ice · 27-02-2008, 12:46 PM

i slept through it.

frodo1511 · 27-02-2008, 01:43 PM

Wow, that's pretty amazing. I've been through blizzards, tornadoes, and hurricanes, but never an earthquake. I'd probably yell "THE POWER OF CHRIST COMPELLS YOU" to try to stop it, but that wouldn't do shit.

Kelsey · 27-02-2008, 09:27 PM

Welcome to the club. We get them over here every day, though rarely are we able to feel them.

Ranman · 27-02-2008, 09:33 PM

I was waiting for someone from california to check in, you're probaby laughing at the Brits, 4.6, thats nothing for you.

Leonie · 27-02-2008, 10:16 PM

It wasn't 4.6, it was 5.2/3 depending on which news source you trust. The article Mandy linked to is from an earthquake last year.

It's still no California, but it's kind of unusual here cause Europe's nicely placed upon a tectonic plate, not on the edge of one. Apparently earthquakes like this one only happen once every 10 or 20 years out here.

There's supposed to be about 100 in the UK in total every year, but most of them are impossible to feel.

Mind you - I wouldn't like to swap with San Francisco.

Mandy · 27-02-2008, 10:22 PM

lmao, I didn't even notice that. Someone sent me that link on messenger and I used it.

Wonderful.

Katielondon · 27-02-2008, 10:57 PM

5.2 no wonder i slept through it, still looked like it did some minor damage from the news.

apoggy · 28-02-2008, 06:37 AM

See at about 3:07 mins.

Semi relevance rule applies.

Kelsey · 28-02-2008, 09:19 PM

5.2 is nothing to be ashamed of.

The first one I've been able to feel since the 1989 earthquake (I was two but I can still remember it!) was last year at this time and it was a five. I was in class in the only damn building on campus with two stories.

Mandy · 28-02-2008, 09:51 PM

Haha, "one man's silver bullet is another man's bar of chocolate."

He's brilliant.

27-02-2008, 03:38 AM	#1
Mandy Honourary Brit Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Dorothyville, USA Posts: 3,400	Earthquake! Who experienced it? Are you all ok?? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7266136.stm Last edited by Mandy; 27-02-2008 at 10:23 PM.

27-02-2008, 04:19 AM	#2
Jacoby 'The Flapper' Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: New York Posts: 2,647	Kinda funny the first person to mention the 'quake on here is American. But it's cool, Mandy. And yeah, I hope you all are alright! __________________ I'm only here to remind Brad to take his protein pills daily.

27-02-2008, 07:01 AM	#4
apoggy Mmm Marmite Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Manchester, England Posts: 1,274	I felt it, was playing on Guild Wars when my monitor started shaking, talking to some guys from London on ventrilo and it hit them a few seconds later, was kinda funny as we don't have earthquakes over here. hi btw __________________ If this was school I would be expelled for poor attendance.

27-02-2008, 08:11 AM	#5
Leonie Elle Join Date: May 2003 Location: Nottingham Posts: 2,631	Oh I felt it alright, was dozing off when suddenly everything started shaking and moving around, my bed and me included. I've felt a few before, but nothing like this. Not surprising, as it turns out the epicentre was about 45 miles from here, which is closer than I've ever been. Still, nothing actually broke or smashed, it just shook rather enthusiastically. I'm really happy to wake up and find there's an earthquake on the news though. Part of my sleepy brain thought, fucksocks, I have some serious Poltergeist issues. PS. Link for today's earthquake here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7266136.stm __________________ Last edited by Leonie; 27-02-2008 at 08:30 AM.

27-02-2008, 10:29 AM	#7
apoggy Mmm Marmite Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Manchester, England Posts: 1,274	http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/7266480.stm Picture gallery, bet you Americans think us Brits are pussies for making a big deal of this. You guys have 'proper, manly' weather. __________________ If this was school I would be expelled for poor attendance.

27-02-2008, 04:26 AM	#3
Mandy Honourary Brit Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Dorothyville, USA Posts: 3,400	I'm British in soul, really. Folks are saying that it was a pretty bad one.

27-02-2008, 10:13 AM	#6
duckula Nobler in the mind. Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 1,214	Didn't make its way down here sadly.

27-02-2008, 10:32 AM	#8
Ranman KKW's Therapist Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Traveling the world Posts: 2,065	Personally I would have crapped myself. Eathquakes, tornado's, Valcano's, all not for me. __________________ My mother told me every girl wants my body, and moms don't lie.

27-02-2008, 12:39 PM	#10
hasselbrad Senior Citizen Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Sugar Hill, GA... finally! Civilization! Posts: 4,590	Looks like chimney repair is the business to be in for the next few months in the U.K., huh? That's one thing I've never encountered. Been through hurricanes and tornadoes, but I've never been anywhere near an earthquake. Hope all is well. __________________ "Purgatory's kind of like the in-betweeny one. You weren't really shit, but you weren't all that great either. Like Tottenham." I'll try being nicer...if you'll try being smarter.

27-02-2008, 12:46 PM	#11
Digital_Ice Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: 127.0.0.1 Posts: 3,741	i slept through it. __________________ Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man. -- Friedrich Nietzsche

27-02-2008, 01:43 PM	#12
frodo1511 Pin Dick Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 2,400	Wow, that's pretty amazing. I've been through blizzards, tornadoes, and hurricanes, but never an earthquake. I'd probably yell "THE POWER OF CHRIST COMPELLS YOU" to try to stop it, but that wouldn't do shit. __________________ Believe...

27-02-2008, 09:27 PM	#13
Kelsey Holly Moderator Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Wild Wild West Posts: 1,188	Welcome to the club. We get them over here every day, though rarely are we able to feel them. __________________ ~* Kelsey *~ Check out my blog: http://www.thingsephemeral.blogspot.com

27-02-2008, 09:33 PM	#14
Ranman KKW's Therapist Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Traveling the world Posts: 2,065	I was waiting for someone from california to check in, you're probaby laughing at the Brits, 4.6, thats nothing for you. __________________ My mother told me every girl wants my body, and moms don't lie.

27-02-2008, 10:16 PM	#15
Leonie Elle Join Date: May 2003 Location: Nottingham Posts: 2,631	It wasn't 4.6, it was 5.2/3 depending on which news source you trust. The article Mandy linked to is from an earthquake last year. It's still no California, but it's kind of unusual here cause Europe's nicely placed upon a tectonic plate, not on the edge of one. Apparently earthquakes like this one only happen once every 10 or 20 years out here. There's supposed to be about 100 in the UK in total every year, but most of them are impossible to feel. Mind you - I wouldn't like to swap with San Francisco. __________________

27-02-2008, 10:22 PM	#16
Mandy Honourary Brit Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Dorothyville, USA Posts: 3,400	lmao, I didn't even notice that. Someone sent me that link on messenger and I used it. Wonderful.

27-02-2008, 10:57 PM	#17
Katielondon Jezebel Join Date: May 2006 Location: London UK Posts: 385	5.2 no wonder i slept through it, still looked like it did some minor damage from the news. __________________ can i look up to you as you look down on me can i feel in to you as you felt in to me i can't help what you see, i can't help but to be for what i needed to need, she'll make it love, it's who you know

28-02-2008, 06:37 AM	#18
apoggy Mmm Marmite Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Manchester, England Posts: 1,274	See at about 3:07 mins. Semi relevance rule applies. __________________ If this was school I would be expelled for poor attendance.

28-02-2008, 09:19 PM	#19
Kelsey Holly Moderator Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Wild Wild West Posts: 1,188	5.2 is nothing to be ashamed of. The first one I've been able to feel since the 1989 earthquake (I was two but I can still remember it!) was last year at this time and it was a five. I was in class in the only damn building on campus with two stories. __________________ ~* Kelsey *~ Check out my blog: http://www.thingsephemeral.blogspot.com

28-02-2008, 09:51 PM	#20
Mandy Honourary Brit Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Dorothyville, USA Posts: 3,400	Haha, "one man's silver bullet is another man's bar of chocolate." He's brilliant.

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