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Title: Small earthquake, not many dead.
Post by: eldaec on February 27, 2008, 03:13:37 PM
Disaster struck the UK today, as the worst earthquake to hit for 25 years very nearly shook the country IN HALF.

Happily internet connections are just about holding up, so we can still report out of the disaster zone.

It is thought that at least one person was hurt in Market Rasen, Lincolnshire.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/02/27/nquake927.xml
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7266668.stm

PS. I aten't dead.


Disaster strikes in Goole, East Yorkshire:
(http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44453000/jpg/_44453990_jefferson_416.jpg)

Traffic chaos as untidy pile of bricks blocks pavement:
(http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/graphics/2008/02/27/quake/quake03.jpg)

Fireman works to save community from confusion in chimney pot storage area:
(http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/graphics/2008/02/27/quake/hull-chimneys.jpg)

Rex Clark: sleep interrupted by quake:
(http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44454000/jpg/_44454156_rexclarke_203.jpg)


Title: Re: Small earthquake, not many dead.
Post by: WayAbvPar on February 27, 2008, 03:14:42 PM
I heard there was a dachshund with a slight limp spotted somewhere as well.


Title: Re: Small earthquake, not many dead.
Post by: Nebu on February 27, 2008, 03:16:26 PM
OH TEH HUMANITY!


Title: Re: Small earthquake, not many dead.
Post by: Merusk on February 27, 2008, 03:17:53 PM
I hear the US is already swinging into full alert and you can expect the first aid package in about two weeks.


Title: Re: Small earthquake, not many dead.
Post by: tazelbain on February 27, 2008, 03:37:22 PM
By aid package, he means "accidental" carpet bombing.


Title: Re: Small earthquake, not many dead.
Post by: Engels on February 27, 2008, 04:54:24 PM
Well, if BBC murder mysteries are anything to go by, every hill, dale and quaint little hamlet is rife with murderers, so we may as well finish them off.


Title: Re: Small earthquake, not many dead.
Post by: Righ on February 27, 2008, 05:06:48 PM
Actually you just need to go to Midsomer and wait. Not only do murderers trot through at a rate of at least one a week, but so do all the different villages in which murders take place, magically morphing into being part of Midsomer for the duration of Barnaby's investigation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midsomer_Murders_filming_locations


Title: Re: Small earthquake, not many dead.
Post by: Signe on February 27, 2008, 06:28:18 PM
We were married near this murder scene!

(http://cache.virtualtourist.com/1139815-Travel_Picture-Kingston_upon_Thames.jpg)


Title: Re: Small earthquake, not many dead.
Post by: stu on February 27, 2008, 06:53:10 PM

Iris Seismic Monitor (http://www.iris.edu/seismon/)

neato


Title: Re: Small earthquake, not many dead.
Post by: Trippy on February 27, 2008, 09:29:20 PM
5.2? In California that's considered a tremor.


Title: Re: Small earthquake, not many dead.
Post by: NowhereMan on February 28, 2008, 02:14:00 AM
In fairness I was on a night out and missed it entirely. Apparently one of my housemates thought someone was having really vigorous sex in our house.

But the psychological trauma is still there  :ye_gods:


Title: Re: Small earthquake, not many dead.
Post by: Sky on February 28, 2008, 06:18:02 AM
I hear in Britain the earthquakes just rattle your teeth.


Title: Re: Small earthquake, not many dead.
Post by: Llava on February 28, 2008, 09:34:53 AM
What teeth? :rimshot: