Earthquake in Hull/Scunthorpe area
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i'm shocked the regulars haven't already posted this... a 4.6 that was felt all over the UK.
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.../nquake127.xml
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The house shook as I was online, and I thought, oh hell! Its epicentre was almost under my ass!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.../nquake127.xml
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Not to my knowledge it isn't. Anyway, I'm hitting the sack. Hopefully, no more quake tremors will hit. I tell you, it was quite a shock. There I was, minding my own business, when wham! I near left my seat involuntary!
Nite, nite all...
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I know now how close the quake's epicenter was to my own abode. It hit Market Rasen, where I shop and have friends.
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sorry... but its a logarithmic scale... please don't assume people are dumb.
also in a country that has 1 earthquake every 10 years or so a 4.6 (or 5.3 as later reported) is significant.
personally I've been through lots as I lived in LA for several years.
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But isn't everywhere close to London? If they had said Market Rasen I don't know of one single US friend that would be able to tell me where it was. It would be more like a game of pin-the-tail-on-the-bloody-donkey.
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"Whur's 'Lincolnshar"? I get asked when in Texas. "Is that in London"?
"Huh, huh... London is spread way up north, did you know"
"Oh righty..."
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It is reported that only 2.5% of Americans know of Belgium, let alone a small market town situated just north of Lincoln - in Lincolnshire (the second largest county in England).
"Whur's 'Lincolnshar"? I get asked when in Texas. "Is that in London"?
"Huh, huh... London is spread way up north, did you know"
"Oh righty..."
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"Whur's 'Lincolnshar"? I get asked when in Texas. "Is that in London"?
"Huh, huh... London is spread way up north, did you know"
"Oh righty..."
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