mikas_gal07 Posted February 27, 2008 Posted February 27, 2008 The most scariest thing ive experienced in my LIFE !! I hid under the covers hoping i wouldnt need a priest and be exorcised !! ... But no seriously , ive never been so terrified and being woke up like that was a huge shock!! , it measured 5.4 on the richter scale , and the noise was like an underground train with things falling off my TV! It was only ten seconds long but felt like 10 minutes ! all the neighbours were out clarifying it was an earthquake and not an explosion! Lincolnshire seemed to get it worst i hope everyone from the MFC is ok , and are not injured or have too much damage xxx
FREDDIESDOUBLE Posted February 27, 2008 Posted February 27, 2008 The earth didnt move for me hun but my engineers felt it Said the house shook
mikas_gal07 Posted February 27, 2008 Author Posted February 27, 2008 The earth didnt move for me hun but my engineers felt it Said the house shook well it definately moved for me .... was awful , something i never wanna experience again , shook the whole street up ... scary xx
Blue Sky Posted February 27, 2008 Posted February 27, 2008 It is such a shock when an earthquake hits. Lots of MFCers live in earthquake zones around the world, so we get used to them coming every now and then, and our houses and buildings are built with the frequent quakes in mind. NOT like London and the rest of the UK which hardly ever has to even think of them. I hope nobody as hurt by things falling onto their bed while they were sleeping. (One reason we have nothing hanging on the wall above our beds)
mikas_gal07 Posted February 27, 2008 Author Posted February 27, 2008 It is such a shock when an earthquake hits. Lots of MFCers live in earthquake zones around the world, so we get used to them coming every now and then, and our houses and buildings are built with the frequent quakes in mind. NOT like London and the rest of the UK which hardly ever has to even think of them. I hope nobody as hurt by things falling onto their bed while they were sleeping. (One reason we have nothing hanging on the wall above our beds) I know , i actually said to my grandad this morning , you forget to think about other countries who have them much stronger than 5.4 , it must be TERRIFYING ... like i say i was extremely shook up and it was only 10 seconds long ! felt much longer ! i dont think there has been many injuries but lots of building damage and a man with a broken pelvis from a chimney falling on him x apparantly it was the biggest earthquake in england for 25 years , you forget to think how lucky we are really that it was just once and rare x my 5 year old son was much braver than me , he just thought the dog had jumped on his bed
mikas_gal07 Posted February 27, 2008 Author Posted February 27, 2008 You have a son? what do you mean ??? yes my son
FREDDIESDOUBLE Posted February 27, 2008 Posted February 27, 2008 Nice to see Nico cares about all the injured people Hope everyone is ok
mikas_gal07 Posted February 27, 2008 Author Posted February 27, 2008 Nice to see Nico cares about all the injured people Hope everyone is ok yeah my thoughts too !
Sarah_loves_mika Posted February 27, 2008 Posted February 27, 2008 Hands down one of the scariest moments of my life. Apparently its 5 on the scale!! Thats huge for England. We got it bad here in humberside - a picture frame fell off the wall downstairs and smashed. It was awful! There was a huge noise too - like a rumbly wooshy sound and everything was proper shaking :tears: Its the worst one we've had in 25 years - apparently people were feeling it in Wales and London! (goes and studies earthquakes for Geography exam.....)
mikas_gal07 Posted February 27, 2008 Author Posted February 27, 2008 Hands down one of the scariest moments of my life. Apparently its 5 on the scale!! Thats huge for England. We got it bad here in humberside - a picture frame fell off the wall downstairs and smashed. It was awful! There was a huge noise too - like a rumbly wooshy sound and everything was proper shaking :tears: Its the worst one we've had in 25 years - apparently people were feeling it in Wales and London! (goes and studies earthquakes for Geography exam.....) i know hun , never been so frightened , ive just been told the road at the end of my street is blocked off , a roof has fell off
nico_collard Posted February 27, 2008 Posted February 27, 2008 what do you mean ??? yes my son I didn't know you had a son, that's all... It's the first I've heard of your son... or maybe I'm not stalking in the right threads ... Nice to see Nico cares about all the injured people Hope everyone is ok That's me Freddie...I'm a caring person... yeah my thoughts too ! *points to above comment*
mikas_gal07 Posted February 27, 2008 Author Posted February 27, 2008 I didn't know you had a son, that's all... It's the first I've heard of your son... or maybe I'm not stalking in the right threads ... well ive never spoken to you so i wouldnt have thought you would know , i just wondered what was so shocking ? a comment like i didnt know you hadda son ? would have been more understandable without a shocked face ....
Sarah_loves_mika Posted February 27, 2008 Posted February 27, 2008 It is such a shock when an earthquake hits. Lots of MFCers live in earthquake zones around the world, so we get used to them coming every now and then, and our houses and buildings are built with the frequent quakes in mind. NOT like London and the rest of the UK which hardly ever has to even think of them. I hope nobody as hurt by things falling onto their bed while they were sleeping. (One reason we have nothing hanging on the wall above our beds) I know, i kind of feel like Britain is making a big deal of nothing, because some places in the world cope with big earthquakes in their everyday life. Dont some schools even have Earthquake Drills? Similar to our fire drills, but where they get under a table or something? But i have to say, because ive never experienced an earthquake before - it was scary. Very scary. i know hun , never been so frightened , ive just been told the road at the end of my street is blocked off , a roof has fell off Sheesh. I know. I have to go out to meet a careers advisor in an hour - i'm wondering what im going to see.
mikas_gal07 Posted February 27, 2008 Author Posted February 27, 2008 I know, i kind of feel like Britain is making a big deal of nothing, because some places in the world cope with big earthquakes in their everyday life. Dont some schools even have Earthquake Drills? Similar to our fire drills, but where they get under a table or something? But i have to say, because ive never experienced an earthquake before - it was scary. Very scary. Sheesh. I know. I have to go out to meet a careers advisor in an hour - i'm wondering what im going to see. i know what you mean , its something i never wanna experience again and feel for people who have been in worse in other countries too , very scary x yeah i have to go to uni in an hour , im wondering too
Sarah_loves_mika Posted February 27, 2008 Posted February 27, 2008 To be honest, i can't quite believe that more people on here didnt feel it. But they're all in London i suppose. I thought i'd come on here this morning and see about 20 of the same threads......
mikas_gal07 Posted February 27, 2008 Author Posted February 27, 2008 To be honest, i can't quite believe that more people on here didnt feel it. But they're all in London i suppose. I thought i'd come on here this morning and see about 20 of the same threads...... LOL i know my friend has just rang me and was like , what the hell was that text about at 1am ?? what earthquake ?? i was like OMG you didnt feel it !!!
nico_collard Posted February 27, 2008 Posted February 27, 2008 well ive never spoken to you so i wouldnt have thought you would know , i just wondered what was so shocking ? a comment like i didnt know you hadda son ? would have been more understandable without a shocked face .... Okay... *edits original message*
Sarah_loves_mika Posted February 27, 2008 Posted February 27, 2008 LOL i know my friend has just rang me and was like , what the hell was that text about at 1am ?? what earthquake ?? i was like OMG you didnt feel it !!! I know! As if some people didn't feel it! I don't know how they couldn't have?? did you hear the noise too? My mum said the only noise she could hear was things shaking on the table etc. but i heard a rumbly, wooshy sound. like a train or something. arrrgh! I keep re-living it and it's awful!! :boxed:
mikas_gal07 Posted February 27, 2008 Author Posted February 27, 2008 I know! As if some people didn't feel it! I don't know how they couldn't have?? did you hear the noise too? My mum said the only noise she could hear was things shaking on the table etc. but i heard a rumbly, wooshy sound. like a train or something. arrrgh! I keep re-living it and it's awful!! :boxed: yeah i did !! it was like the london underground !! the dvd rack on my tv fell off and ornaments ! I actually thought i was imagining things untill all the neighbours were out
hotdlp Posted February 27, 2008 Posted February 27, 2008 golly, i've never experienced a real earthquake before! it was freaky. I was in bed and I thought my mum was like jumping around upstairs so I was thinking stop jumping the house is gonna break! Then it calmed down a tiny bit and I thought I was imagining it cos I was so tired. I had considered the thought of it being an earthquake, but that was a at the bottom of my list
Sarah_loves_mika Posted February 27, 2008 Posted February 27, 2008 yeah i did !! it was like the london underground !! the dvd rack on my tv fell off and ornaments ! I actually thought i was imagining things untill all the neighbours were out Yes! That's exactly what the noise was like! A picture frame fell off downstairs, and loads of my folders fell off my shelves but that was about it to be honest. Wow. I really had no idea what it was - i was going to get out of bed and see what it was, but i couldnt be bothered! A boeing 757 could have landed in the garden for all i knew, i just wanted to go back to sleep! It lasted about 10 seconds if that.
Kelzy Posted February 27, 2008 Posted February 27, 2008 WOW!! I hope everyone's ok and No severe injurys!! I've never felt an earthquake... It would scare the hell out of me..
Sarah_loves_mika Posted February 27, 2008 Posted February 27, 2008 golly, i've never experienced a real earthquake before! it was freaky. I was in bed and I thought my mum was like jumping around upstairs so I was thinking stop jumping the house is gonna break! Then it calmed down a tiny bit and I thought I was imagining it cos I was so tired. I had considered the thought of it being an earthquake, but that was a at the bottom of my list I can't believe that people are feeling it in London and Wales - like 125 + miles from the epicentre. Was it quite strong there??? It was up here. I never want to go through that again!!!
mikas_gal07 Posted February 27, 2008 Author Posted February 27, 2008 golly, i've never experienced a real earthquake before! it was freaky. I was in bed and I thought my mum was like jumping around upstairs so I was thinking stop jumping the house is gonna break! Then it calmed down a tiny bit and I thought I was imagining it cos I was so tired. I had considered the thought of it being an earthquake, but that was a at the bottom of my list LOL! i thought my nextdoor neighbours were argueing , i could here her banging on the door saying let me in , then i felt shaking and thought , FFS what is she doing now !!?? then i realised no woman could make a house shake like that
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