What The Bloody Hell Was That?!?!?
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What The Bloody Hell Was That?!?!?
Monday, 23 September, 2002, 00:23 GMT 01:23 UK
Earth tremor hits UK
The UK has a powerful quake about once a decade
The UK has been hit by an earth tremor.
It affected parts of the West Midlands, Wales, North Yorkshire, London, and Wiltshire.
The tremor was felt at approximately 0100 BST.
There were no reports of any injuries.
BBC weather forecaster Pete Gibbs said: "It's not that unusual to have an earth tremor, but it is unusual to be that widespread and that widely reported.
Sudden shockwaves
"However, earth tremors are certainly not that uncommon in the UK."
The whole length of Wales was shaken and people over 120 miles apart felt two sudden shockwaves
In south Wales, people in Cardiff, Newport, Caerphilly, the Vale of Glamorgan and as far west as Swansea, felt the powerful shock waves.
Callers to the BBC reported doors slamming and windows rattling.
Many miles further north, in Wrexham, officers from North Wales Police said their control room in a tower block shook violently.
Earth tremor hits UK
The UK has a powerful quake about once a decade
The UK has been hit by an earth tremor.
It affected parts of the West Midlands, Wales, North Yorkshire, London, and Wiltshire.
The tremor was felt at approximately 0100 BST.
There were no reports of any injuries.
BBC weather forecaster Pete Gibbs said: "It's not that unusual to have an earth tremor, but it is unusual to be that widespread and that widely reported.
Sudden shockwaves
"However, earth tremors are certainly not that uncommon in the UK."
The whole length of Wales was shaken and people over 120 miles apart felt two sudden shockwaves
In south Wales, people in Cardiff, Newport, Caerphilly, the Vale of Glamorgan and as far west as Swansea, felt the powerful shock waves.
Callers to the BBC reported doors slamming and windows rattling.
Many miles further north, in Wrexham, officers from North Wales Police said their control room in a tower block shook violently.
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Yep we are both using PC's here at ~*SD's*~ place. I'm still here with her.
We were both sitting on the settee here at her place and watching TV / Vegging out and all of a sudden the house started shaking like nuts!
The walls moved, low level rumbling, the place physically shook (nope, we had no curry prior nor extra curricular activities before this happened. ) it was freaky.
My first thoughts were "Earthquake!" but then ~*SD*~ was thinking it could have been a concorde flown over too. We hit the BBC news online as well as on TV to see what was up and BBC online came through with the report.
Crazy huh?
We were both sitting on the settee here at her place and watching TV / Vegging out and all of a sudden the house started shaking like nuts!
The walls moved, low level rumbling, the place physically shook (nope, we had no curry prior nor extra curricular activities before this happened. ) it was freaky.
My first thoughts were "Earthquake!" but then ~*SD*~ was thinking it could have been a concorde flown over too. We hit the BBC news online as well as on TV to see what was up and BBC online came through with the report.
Crazy huh?
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It would be pretty cool, if somewhat scary, to experience that (not saying eathquakes are cool, but as long as no one was hurt, must be an experience). Us southern southerners never get any excitement. But I do hear Portsmouth would be considered a prime UK target during the possible forthcoming nuclear war, yay!!!!! I think?
He was in a boy band!
It woke me up, cause some books and things on my shelves fell off and me bed was rattling, it soon passed though so I could get some kip.
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Yes, I was a little shocked by that. Here, the windows rattled and the floor shook a bit. I was in Best Firsts chat room at the time with Computron and BigMaki. Computron sacrificed his drink so that we all may live.
Once I logged off, there was a message on the anserphone from Glen Danzig. He wanted to know if I was ok and to offer his help and support.
I never phoned him back.
Once I logged off, there was a message on the anserphone from Glen Danzig. He wanted to know if I was ok and to offer his help and support.
I never phoned him back.
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No, you think about it. Ever crossed your mind I might be slightly sarcastic regarding the nuclear war thing?Originally posted by Divebomb
why in the bloody hell would you be waiting for that. do you really want to see that happen. I thank christ that **** like that doesn't happen here.
Think about it.
If you were talking about the earthquake comment, an earthquake of that strength is no worse than a severe thunderstorm, which I actually find quite spectacular to look at (hell, there were enough of them in Florida), even if it is quite scary. Sorry for being fascinated by a rare event, I'll remember to ask your permission next time I want to post something.
He was in a boy band!
Haha, welcome to my neck of the woods. I live in California, and around here when one hits, people take bets on the magnitude. And no, i'm not kidding - I've seen it happen.
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