Earthquake last night!!

[Kelly]

Yeah!! And I could feel it here in Manchester about 1am the house had a little shake My first words where WTF was that! the whole place was rumbling

4.8 on the Richter scale! not huge but good enough

Pretty exciting! I've never experienced an earthquake before!What about you guys in London? I bet it was worse down there


News:
Large parts of England and Wales have been hit by an earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale.
Buildings shook for up to 30 seconds in parts of the West Midlands, Wales, North Yorkshire, London, and Wiltshire.

The tremor began at approximately 0054 BST and its epicentre was around Wolverhampton and Dudley in the West Midlands.

There was minor structural damage but no reports of any injuries.

West Midlands Police said they had 5,000 calls to their switchboard within an hour of the tremor happening and 600 calls to the 999 number.

Dudley police said 12 people in nightclothes walked into their local police station.

In the latest earth tremor, the whole length of Wales was shaken and people over 120 miles apart felt two sudden shockwaves.

 

[Race Idiot]

1am?

I didnt notice it and I was up at 1am?
How odd maybe its just me?

 

[slip2rock]

Nope!

Not a thing.

First i knew of it was when i looked in the paper this morning.

Damn, that would've been great! :grrr:

 

[Race Idiot]

Yeah it wouldve been quite cool to experience a minor earthquake Lotus your sooo lucky!

 

[slip2rock]

Originally posted by Y2TUSCAN
Yeah it wouldve been quite cool to experience a minor earthquake Lotus your sooo lucky!

Yep! Gutted from London.....

 

[keeno_uk]

I was asleep never felt a thing they said it effect most of england though

 

[Kelly]

Originally posted by Y2TUSCAN
Yeah it wouldve been quite cool to experience a minor earthquake Lotus your sooo lucky!

Yeah I know, it was cool

 

[boombexus]

Earth quake!

Man, that would have been quite the expeience. Don't quite know what I would have done in that sort of situation, your powerless.

I would have run around screaming like a girl! :haha:

 

[Kelly]

Originally posted by boombexus
Earth quake!

Man, that would have been quite the expeience. Don't quite know what I would have done in that sort of situation, your powerless.

I would have run around screaming like a girl! :haha:

Well it weren't that bad! but good enough!

Big sissy ya!

 

[boombexus]

I have had a desire to live in California again, but it's such an earthquake prone area and that has kept me away from returning there. I think that I'll just stay put here in Colorado so when California finally breaks off and slides out into the Pacific, I will be living in some prime beach front property.

 

[Race Idiot]

Boombexus pah, I think you should be called wussbexus

 

[boombexus]

Originally posted by Y2TUSCAN
Boombexus pah, I think you should be called wussbexus

Yeah, I guess earthquakes are over rated huh.!. OK, California, here I come!

So Lotus, are earthquakes over there a rare occurence or do they happen from time to time?

 

[slip2rock]

Originally posted by Y2TUSCAN
Boombexus pah, I think you should be called wussbexus

Ahhh hahahahahahahaaaaaaaaa!!

 

[Race Idiot]

I dont think earthquakes are common in the UK, because we are not on a fault line (or something like that) or where two tectonic plates rub together. I did allot of stuff on earthquakes last year for my Geography A-Level but I seem to have forgotten allot of it.

 

[Kelly]

Originally posted by boombexus


Yeah, I guess earthquakes are over rated huh.!. OK, California, here I come!

So Lotus, are earthquakes over there a rare occurence or do they happen from time to time?

Pretty rare ..

1931..6.1 biggest ever recorded, about 120km off Great Yarmouth
1984...5.4 biggest on land in Lleyn, north Wales
1990....5.1 in Bishop's Castle, Shropshire
2000.....4.2 in Warwick
2001.....4.1 shook Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire

 

[boombexus]

Originally posted by slip2rock


Ahhh hahahahahahahaaaaaaaaa!!

I'm glad you found that amusing there Slip.

Why I otta! 😈

 

[Race Idiot]

Originally posted by lotus350
2001.....4.1 shook Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire

Pork Pie Land!

Sorry I had point that out

 

[Kelly]

Originally posted by Y2TUSCAN


Pork Pie Land!

Sorry I had point that out

I never noticed that , yum yum Melton Mowbray pork pies

 

[Race Idiot]

dont get me started I havent had any breakfast yet

 

[boombexus]

Pork pies?

No wonder we left for the new world!

 

[Kelly]

Originally posted by boombexus
Pork pies?

No wonder we left for the new world!

You never tried pork pie ?

 

[boombexus]

Originally posted by lotus350




You never tried pork pie ?

That's because we know better than to try it.

 

[Race Idiot]

You should try them

Whats wrong with some pork in a pie?
Or is this your chefs intuition?

 

[boombexus]

Chef's intuition!

Just don't think pork pies will go over well on a menu out here. But hey, you never know.

Are there any other cooking methods you use besides boiling?

 

[Race Idiot]

Hey are you tryin to say that us brits cant cook

well its true

Anyway im half indian so I can actually use other methods of cooking. Unlike my dad who just puts everything in the oven, no matter what. Oh he likes to boil the taste out of vegetables as well

 

[Kelly]

I can just imagine boom now thinking about pork in a pie

They're not what you think boom they're basically a lump of :spammy: in pastry to be eaten cold!. Well to me they are


And no us Brits can't cook! especially me

Anyone for beans on toast ?

 

[Kelly]

And thanks!! Y2TUSCAN for changing my topic into a pork pie thread! 😈

 

[space]

Earthquakes can be cool

we used to live in adak alaska, and earthquaks happened every so often. i think the strongest was int eh range of 3-5, prolly a 4. knocked pictures off the wall, and broke some coffee cups.

also, anyone who lives in central florida, get a "floridaquake" from the space shuttle reentry. double sonic booms will scare the piss outta ya if you are going to the bathroom in the dark

heh, corny pun

 

[GilesGuthrie]

Originally posted by lotus350
And no us Brits can't cook! especially me

Anyone for beans on toast ?

Speak for yourself love! Some of us can cook!

And what's with the "Seattle " location?

We're too far north for the earthquake, although my parents are only a few miles from the epicentre.

 

[Rossell]

Was in bed. In Coleford. Felt it. Thought our overflow had ****ed up again.