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Earthquake in Sheffield UK
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Earthquakes in Sheffy, Donny & 'Ull are the least of their problems 
I hope you washed your hands afterwards
I hope you washed your hands afterwards
See, that's the thing. Last year we were devastated by floods, this year we've had an earthquake... I'm starting to feel like I'm living in a real-life version of Sim City.Earthquakes in Sheffy, Donny & 'Ull are the least of their problems
The question is, will it be a Godzilla attack or alien invasion we have to look forward to in 2009?
It felt so much bigger than that. (it felt a lot larger than the 7.1 in Loma Prieta, which I wasn't far from at the time either)
Did you hear the early radio reports? They said it was a 7.6 at first IIRC and then nervously announced that they were told it was 6.7 and that they were wrong. They sounded so strange about it. I am not usually the conspiracy theory type but I remember reading that anything over a 7.0 is classified as "Disastrous" and the government would have to shell out a lot more money to help out victims. IIRC the northridge quake ended up being the most costly (in damges for residents/business owners/road works/etc) in american history? It all just seems a bit odd.
</things that make you go 'hmmmmmm'>
How you feel it is so much a question of where you are when it hits.
Obviously the 7.6 report was wrong. That would be a devastating earthquake by any standards. Buildings, bridges and roads would be wrecked over hundreds of square miles. I doubt anywhere in Britain even has that much seismic potential.
I've always equated aftershocks with having the dry heaves after you puke.
indeed!If you're really interested in following seismic activity worldwide, find and download "QuakeBar." Every earthquake recorded by the USGS causes the icon in your menu bar to flash, and it can take you right to the USGS page for that quake.
See, that's the thing. Last year we were devastated by floods, this year we've had an earthquake... I'm starting to feel like I'm living in a real-life version of Sim City.
The question is, will it be a Godzilla attack or alien invasion we have to look forward to in 2009?
As long as no one starts rearranging the hills and places a toxic waste dump next to our water supply we should be ok. We do need a better road system though!
Woodland Hills for the Northridge, then in Santa Cruz for the Loma Prieta, so both cases I was very close to the epicenter. Both were pretty devastating regardless.
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You seem like a nice person, but please, don't come to visit.
^ I LOL'ed.
Californians should be safe now, I took the damn quakes with me. (Sorry, Britain) I'll put out a warning before I return.
^ I LOL'ed.
Californians should be safe now, I took the damn quakes with me. (Sorry, Britain) I'll put out a warning before I return.
I think you should be required to carry a warning sign.
If you mean this stuff your assumption is pretty much spot on.I've always equated aftershocks with having the dry heaves after you puke.
I've only experienced one earthquake when I was 12 floors up sitting in an office chair on a hardwood floor. I heard a crash and bang (as something above me on the roof fell over), and it felt like the chair was getting nudged around by some unseen hand. Luckily nothing major was damaged I think it was under 4.0 on the scale.
Excuse me, some necessary jokes I have to get out the way first...
Then why are you building a road to our border? Are you trying to help us steal your sheep? Are you lot not kiddy-on Scots anyway, I see Berwick was looking to return to the fold do you lot not want to join them?
Anyway, I wouldn't be joking if there were any serious injuries, but I did find it a bit comical that it was lead news although there was just the one broken leg. If you want to see the charts of the quake, have a look at the British Geological Survey.
There are quite a lot of earthquakes in Britain, they are just normally to weak to feel them.
Here's an idea. There are 12 monitoring stations across Britain, mostly comprising on accelerometers burried in the ground in a drum. Their locations are given on the BGS site. This is what one looks like (my local one in Paisley.)
Why don't we get people across the country all, at a pre-arranged a time, to jump up and down at the same time next to one!
Apparently caused £20 million of improvements!An earthquake oop NORTH? That must have caused tens of Pounds worth of damage!!
Didn't feel it up here.
Then why are you building a road to our border? Are you trying to help us steal your sheep? Are you lot not kiddy-on Scots anyway, I see Berwick was looking to return to the fold do you lot not want to join them?
Anyway, I wouldn't be joking if there were any serious injuries, but I did find it a bit comical that it was lead news although there was just the one broken leg. If you want to see the charts of the quake, have a look at the British Geological Survey.
There are quite a lot of earthquakes in Britain, they are just normally to weak to feel them.
Here's an idea. There are 12 monitoring stations across Britain, mostly comprising on accelerometers burried in the ground in a drum. Their locations are given on the BGS site. This is what one looks like (my local one in Paisley.)
Why don't we get people across the country all, at a pre-arranged a time, to jump up and down at the same time next to one!
I'm going to smack the next person who asks me if the Earth moved for me the other night. It wasn't especially funny the first time, but now I'm heartily sick of people congratulating themselves on their originality when they share this particular gag.
I'm going to smack the next person who asks me if the Earth moved for me the other night. It wasn't especially funny the first time, but now I'm heartily sick of people congratulating themselves on their originality when they share this particular gag.
Why do you think they call it a "gag"?
Fortunately, nobody says that about earthquakes around here -- or there'd be a whole lot of smacking going on.
I'm going to smack the next person who asks me if the Earth moved for me the other night. It wasn't especially funny the first time, but now I'm heartily sick of people congratulating themselves on their originality when they share this particular gag.
"Did the Earth move for you?" "No, but the model sure did." MST 3000 quote
couldn't resist
I'm going to smack the next person who asks me if the Earth moved for me the other night. It wasn't especially funny the first time, but now I'm heartily sick of people congratulating themselves on their originality when they share this particular gag.
It was on the front page of our paper. Thankfully I read only the small words on the back page.
Indeed, ours carried the same predictable headline. This sort of thing is clearly a godsend for lazy sub-editors all across the country.
I generally don't read the little words on the back by the way, they're generally about rugby or something.
You should maybe have put your MacBook down a little more gently this is an admission of guilt if ever I heard it.
Isn't that normally the iPhone advert?
I slept through it, but got woken up by my next door neighbour screaming 5 minutes late
~Callum