Earthquake hits kent!! 4.7 on the richter scale

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Elite Baiter Joined: 02 Jul 2006 Posts: 1702

Damn, hope all the baiters are safe down there - any news? anyone in kent..

we didnt feel it in london....

Baiting Guru Joined: 08 Jul 2004 Posts: 11857 Location: UK

I'm in Kent, didn't hear anything about this yet, must have been while I was alseep, going to look on the BBC now.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6602677.stm

It affected Deal which is about 25 minute drive from me, looking out of my window now I can see Deal along the coast, and the epicentre was near Canterbury which is 20 minutes from here by train.

Elite Baiter Joined: 02 Jul 2006 Posts: 1702

Kent always gets hit by nature, glad ur ok tho,
I remember the storm in 87 when all the trees came down everywhere.

This one was quite big, and quite long, UK does get earthquakes and such but they are rare luckily.

Oh and for the dude who is doing the kent bait, i would suggest you use this lol tell em the transfer was lost due to earthquake

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I remember the storm in 87 when all the trees came down everywhere

I lived in Brighton then and the whole town was trashed, i slept through the entire thing Laughing

Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 10:32 am

When I was in Napier (NZ) we had an earthquake that rocked the beds. My daughter shouted "Mum, what's happening?"
I went into her room and hugged her. "It's an earhtquake baby, it'll be over in a minute".
Her answer? "It's fab...Just like being on a rollercoaster!!"

Oh, to have the imagination of a child Rolling Eyes

Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 10:51 am

Earthquakes are very much like making love to a beautiful woman....but without the earth moving. Laughing

Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 12:14 pm

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Earthquake hits kent!! 4.7 on the richer scale

well thats were all the countries money has gone.i take it 4.7 out of 5 is alot of cash.

its grim up north, in and around these parts.
nowt much doin in these parts

Cool

Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 1:31 pm

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on the richer scale

As opposed to the poorer scale? Wink

Elite Baiter Joined: 02 Jul 2006 Posts: 1702

@Kd your* correct, i** blame the lads my speeling is appealing or appaling*** lmao

it should be richter Razz

*you're
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Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 6:51 pm

4.7 is like a gentle rolling ship. I don't even get out of bed for less than 6. LWs.

Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 7:34 pm

It knocked down a few chimneys in Folkestone, cracked a few walls.
�� worth of civic improvements, one of our guys lost bits of ceiling plaster.

Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 7:37 pm

It's great isn't it. People are getting murdered by terrorists around the world and a couple of chimney pots get dislodged in an affluent part of the Blairland kingdom and it's front page news. Crying or Very sad

Did the Earth move for you?

Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 7:46 pm

didnt feel a thing
Shocked

Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 7:49 pm

^^^^

Neither did I.

Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 7:59 pm

someone just posted this on another forum i visit

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A major earthquake measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale hit in the early hours of Saturday. 28 April 2007 Epicentre: Dover.

Victims were seen wandering around aimlessly muttering 'Bloomin' 'ell' and 'whasssapppend'
The earthquake decimated the area causing approximately �30.00 worth of damage. Several priceless collections of mementoes from the Balearics, Spanish Costas and Thurrock boot sales were damaged beyond repair. Three areas of historic burnt out cars were disturbed. Many locals were woken well before their giro arrived.

Kent FM News reported that hundreds of residents were confused and bewildered, still trying to come to terms with the fact that something interesting had happened in Kent.

One resident - Tracy Sharon Smith, a 15-year-old mother of 5 said 'It was such a shock, my little Chardonnay Mercedes came runnin' into my bedroom cryin'. My younges' two, Ashley 'n' Brooklyn, slep' froo it all. I was still shakin' when I was watchin' Kilroy the next mornin'.'

Apparently though, looting, muggings and car crime did carry on as normal. Rescue workers found one girl in the rubble smothered in blood

'Where are you bleeding from?' they asked her. 'Bleedin' Sarfend,' said the girl 'woss that gotta do with it?'

The British Red Cross has so far managed to ship 4,000 crates of Pepsi max to the area to help the stricken locals. Rescue workers are still searching through the rubble and have found large quantities of personal belongings, which include benefit books, jewellery from Elizabeth Duke at Argos and Bone China from Poundland.

HOW CAN YOU HELP

This appeal is to raise money for food and clothing, parcels for those unfortunate to be caught up in this disaster. Clothing is most sought after, items most needed include: Fila or Burberry baseball caps, Kappa tracksuit tops (his and hers), shell suits (female), white sport socks, Rockport boots and any other items usually sold in Matalan. Food parcels may be harder to come by, but are needed all the same. Required foodstuffs include Microwave meals, tins of baked beans, ice cream and cans of Special Brew.

22p buys a biro for filling in the compensation forms,
2.00 Pounds buys chips, crisps and Tango drinks for a family of 9,
5.00 pounds will pay for a packet of B&H and a lighter to calm the nerves of those affected.

Please do not send tents for shelter,as the sight of posh housing is unfair on the population of neighbouring areas of Hythe, Deal and New Romney.

good old british sense of humour

mods- should this be moved to funny/joke thread above??
my apologies if it needs to be there.

Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 8:08 pm

^^^How about a generous donation of Ford XR3i's and Burberry Caps Wink

Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 8:11 pm

didnt see karaoke machine and staffordshire bull terrier on the list either
but there will more essentials missing i suppose.
will wait for the blue peter appeal maybe then things will be donated.

ive got a spare flat cap and donkey jacket that i will send down there in my kwik save bag

Wink

Baiting Guru Joined: 19 Mar 2007 Posts: 2628

^^
our donations, in Lidls carrier bags, will be arriving shortly

We will boltster you with our supplies.
Hope Buckfast isn't too rich for your tastes

PS WTF thinks Kilroy still seen on tv.

its all JK or Trish

Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 11:44 pm

Earthquake in Kent... damn it, will Major Bloodnok never get the chance to intone "Earthquakes in East Acton"?

Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 1:13 am

We had an
m 6.1 in Tahoe about 10 years ago. I fell asleep on the couch watching TV. About 4 AM, the dishes came flying out of the cabinets. My roomate came down the hall at top speed, all freaked out, (250 pounds, and 6'3") making his own quake. The cats flipped out. I woke up in midair. I whipped into the kitchen, treading shattered China, and held the remaining cabinets closed. It lasted a good minute. It was like, "Damn, is this going to stop"?It started like a rolling sensation, then went into super vibratory "Jackhammer" mode. We were bouncing about, hanging on. When it was done, we were left standing there, looking about, frozen in our steps. Quite a ride, it was. The cats came home the next day, looking not too sure about anything.
My wife rode out the "Loma Prieta" SFO "Quake, in 1988, or 89 October, I recall. She said when she ran outside, the ground
waves were lifting cars off the ground, and they looked like Ocean waves in the earth, coming at you. I would have soiled my shorts.

Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 2:43 am

Being caught in a Tahoe earthquake is like making love to a beautiful woman.

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It lasted a good minute. It started like a rolling sensation, then went into super vibratory "Jackhammer" mode. We were bouncing about, hanging on. Quite a ride, it was. The cats came home the next day, looking not too sure about anything.

Sorry I couldn't help myself.. I've got my coat and the taxi's on it's way. Cool

Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 2:51 am

If you sent that spoof news report to a lad I wonder if you could finesse it into some kind of bait? Something like "My sister Vicky Pollard was killed in this terrible tragedy whilst shoplifting in Asda. She left some dodgy giro cheques and told me to distribute them to orphans in Africa so the Social don't find out. Are you interested?"

We had a mild earthquake in Melbourne a few months ago. The earth certainly didn't move for me, but it did go off with quite a bang.

Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 6:07 am

biggest i have ever been in was a 3.3 - here in Virginia - but again it was shallow and you felt a little more..

ut again a co-worker says there are no earthquakes here in the mountains - and I said How the F---k did the mountains get here then!

Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 10:32 am

Our area suffered what was termed an "air tremor" back in the early 70's (I was about 9 at the time)
We had a record rack on the TV that was full of 45's (remember them?!) which was thrown into the centre of the living room.
There was a second shock a few moments later; slightly heavier - it moved the chair I had just sat down in. Shocked

It's a very disquieting feeling having the earth move around you!

I've not trusted this bloody planet since.... Cool

Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 1:55 pm

@Les Noise

Laughing

I'm losing my touch.

Apparently, looking at the news on TV today, the earthquake did a million pounds (US$2M) of improvements to properties in Folkestone, oh and some woman twisted her neck. Meanwhile back in the real world people are starving, trafficked into slavery and getting blown up by suicide bombers.

As for the Great Gale of 1991, that was just a myth perpetrated by attention-seeking comedy actor Gordon Kaye to resurrect his ailing career as Rene, allegedly. I will say this only once.

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