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Major earthquake hits Britain
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| George Smiley |
Last night the UK suffered its worst earthquake for 25 years which registered 5.3 on the Richter scale.
The quake strook at 12:56am and was even powerful enough to wake me up!
The country is in absolute pandemonium this morning! It's crazy!
Here's some photos...
...of what the UK earthquake did not look like
The earthquake was felt throughout the middle of England and into parts of Wales. Millions of people were not effected and thousands of properties remained undamaged. However, the UK's most powerful earthquake for 25 years did claim one casualty as a man from Barnsley suffered leg injuries as a chimney collapsed and fell on him.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7266136.stm
Charities across Turkey and Pakistan are frantically trying to collect money in order to bring aid to the survivors of the '08 earthquake, anybody wishing to dontate to this tragic freak event may do so by contacting the Red Cross/Crescent/Oblong |
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| Renegade |
| Wow, that's horrible. My thoughts go out to the people of Great Britain at this difficult time. As the owner of a chimney (a very nice one) I can only imagine the sort of pain that you're all going through right now... :( |
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| Q5echo |
| as much as i am fond of you plucky Brits, i refuse to give anything to those Red Oblong s. |
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| Shakka |
| you must be a deep sleeper. |
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| thecreator |
| quote: | Originally posted by Q5echo
as much as i am fond of you plucky Brits, i refuse to give anything to those Red Oblong s. |
I agree there are however plenty of legitimate charities in which one can donate............... |
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| josh4 |
| quote: | Originally posted by George Smiley
...of what the UK earthquake did not look like
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yeah can you not do that please and thank you |
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| donnybrasco |
In a country full of people who already suffer daily with bad teeth, this tragedy can only hurt all that much more.
That being said, normally I would say; "Smile Britain, it could always be worse". But the truth is, your smile would MAKE it worse. :( |
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| George Smiley |
| quote: | Originally posted by josh4
yeah can you not do that please and thank you |
Yes my many apologies, for those of you stupid enough to build major settlements on major fault lines, here's the actual extent of the damage caused by the earthquake:
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| George Smiley |
| quote: | Originally posted by donnybrasco
In a country full of people who already suffer daily with bad teeth, this tragedy can only hurt all that much more.
That being said, normally I would say; "Smile Britain, it could always be worse". But the truth is, your smile would MAKE it worse. :( |
Excellent! The American education system has been replaced by episodes of the Simpsons! You'd never be able to tell!!! |
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| shaolin_Z |
| quote: | Originally posted by Renegade
Wow, that's horrible. My thoughts go out to the people of Great Britain at this difficult time. |
Same here, I hope everything well on your end personally George :(. |
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| George Smiley |
| quote: | Originally posted by shaolin_Z
Same here, I hope everything well on your end personally George :(. |
Well to be honest as I'm still feeling a little bit tired cos it woke me up an hour after I went to sleep so I'm still feeling the effects but don't worry, I'm sure we'll all be able to find some kind of normalcy soon... |
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| donnybrasco |
| quote: | Originally posted by George Smiley
Excellent! The American education system has been replaced by episodes of the Simpsons! You'd never be able to tell!!! |
Yah, so?
:p |
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