my building is shaking
Dec 20th 2010, 5:46 pm
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my building is shaking
is there an earthquake or something? my lights are moving and can definitely feel a bit of movement- what do you do in the event of an earthquake? eek!
Dec 20th 2010, 5:49 pm
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Re: my building is shaking
erm, that's not good. Seriously. maybe go for a meal out this evening...
Dec 20th 2010, 5:53 pm
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Re: my building is shaking
my friend in Downtown has had the same thing- he is now freaking out as well!
Dec 20th 2010, 5:58 pm
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Re: my building is shaking
hmm... maybe it is then. The UAE is near a fault line that runs through Dibba though
http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/en...plans-1.274621
as you were...
http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/en...plans-1.274621
as you were...
Dec 20th 2010, 6:23 pm
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Re: my building is shaking
there has been a small earthquake 6.3 in Southern Iran apparently.
Dec 20th 2010, 6:33 pm
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Re: my building is shaking
Really Pats-eek- 6.3 is classed as strong on the richter scale. I'm sleeping under a doorframe tonight with a whistle and a bottle of something just in case!
http://earthquake-report.com/2010/12...ember-20-2010/
http://earthquake-report.com/2010/12...ember-20-2010/
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Dec 20th 2010, 7:49 pm
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yes in iran, watch out for the ones that hit dibba
Dec 21st 2010, 6:16 am
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Re: my building is shaking
If inside, get under the most solid piece of furniture you can (usually a table), second best in a door frame. Try to keep away from windows. They say don't try to get outside because of the danger of falling debris (especially glass), but I reckon its a toss up. Don't use the lift, obviously.
If outside, get away from buildings and other structures (eg the Metro).
If you're in 49er's, grab the nearest person of the opposite sex, and enjoy. Coz if there was a fire (often the greatest cause of death in an earthquae), there's no way you'd get out.
If outside, get away from buildings and other structures (eg the Metro).
If you're in 49er's, grab the nearest person of the opposite sex, and enjoy. Coz if there was a fire (often the greatest cause of death in an earthquae), there's no way you'd get out.
Dec 21st 2010, 7:22 am
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Dec 21st 2010, 4:58 pm
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Re: my building is shaking
If inside, get under the most solid piece of furniture you can (usually a table), second best in a door frame. Try to keep away from windows. They say don't try to get outside because of the danger of falling debris (especially glass), but I reckon its a toss up. Don't use the lift, obviously.
If outside, get away from buildings and other structures (eg the Metro).
If you're in 49er's, grab the nearest person of the opposite sex, and enjoy. Coz if there was a fire (often the greatest cause of death in an earthquae), there's no way you'd get out.
If outside, get away from buildings and other structures (eg the Metro).
If you're in 49er's, grab the nearest person of the opposite sex, and enjoy. Coz if there was a fire (often the greatest cause of death in an earthquae), there's no way you'd get out.
Not an Ikea store surely?
Dec 22nd 2010, 12:51 pm
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Re: my building is shaking
Inside a building. If I was inside Marzipan Price (see contemporaneous thread), I wouldn't notice the earthquake. And if you're in Ikea, you deserve to die anyway (and there's no solid furniture to get under, its all made of reconstituted fag ends); sadly, though, the buildings are all steel, and they flex too much too fall down. Damned turnips.
Jan 4th 2011, 1:36 pm
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Re: my building is shaking
Hold the front page: earthquake in Ilkley last night, 3.7 on the Richter scale. Couldn't get under the billiards table quickly enough, wife and cat thought I was bonkers. Stayed there all night just in case of aftershocks.
