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Earthquake in Kent?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6602677.stm
Seems like nobody's injured - but why are people calling the BBC??
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28-04-2007, 09:23
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Re: Earthquake in Kent?
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Paul Smye-Rumsby, who lives in Dover, said: "It was about 08.15 when suddenly the bed shook violently. "I thought my wife had got cramp or something but then I saw the curtains were moving and the whole house was shaking. It lasted about 1.5 seconds.
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28-04-2007, 09:29
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28-04-2007, 10:40
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Re: Earthquake in Kent?
It's on occasions like this that we see the British character at its best:
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People are standing outside talking to each other about it.
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Love it!
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28-04-2007, 10:41
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Re: Earthquake in Kent?
Just recieved the following press release from Kent Fire & Rescue Service:
Kent Fire and Rescue Service is dealing with several incidents in the east of the county following reports of an earthquake this morning.
The first call was received at 8:19am and the KFRS Control Room has since taken more than 100 emergency calls. The main incidents so far are:
Six appliances and a height vehicle were sent to Pavilion Road in Folkestone after reports of structural damage to a building.
Three appliances and a specialist team from KFRS’s Urban Search and Rescue unit were called to Radnor Park Crescent after reports that a person was trapped under a collapsed building but all persons are now accounted for.
One appliance has been sent to Penfold Road after reports of a smell of gas and officers are also checking two incidents of chimneys being left in a dangerous position.
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28-04-2007, 10:41
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Re: Earthquake in Kent?
No, the British character would be someone selling Tshirts on ebay with the slogan "I survived the kent earthquake".
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28-04-2007, 11:55
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Re: Earthquake in Kent?
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Did the earth move for you, darling?
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On the lines of the above, I texted my bro-in-law, who lives near Sandwich, Kent, with the same message.
He texted back - "When it happened, I thought (his wife's name) was being "fresh" on a Saturday morning, then realised there was more chance of an earthquake happening" 
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28-04-2007, 13:30
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Re: Earthquake in Kent?
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No, the American character would be someone selling Tshirts on ebay with the slogan "I survived the kent earthquake".
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28-04-2007, 13:33
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Re: Earthquake in Kent?
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Now thats a lot better
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28-04-2007, 15:33
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Re: Earthquake in Kent?
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Originally Posted by Russ B
...Seems like nobody's injured - but why are people calling the BBC??
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Surely they should be calling Virgin Media...they get blamed for everything else.
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Did the earth move for you, darling?
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"It lasted about 1.5 seconds"
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28-04-2007, 21:19
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Re: Earthquake in Kent?
oh well, perhaps now they get earthquakes VM wont ass them so much and give them upgrades first as well as all the trials ?
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28-04-2007, 21:28
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Re: Earthquake in Kent?
I wonder if the Channel Tunnel has been effected by it?
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28-04-2007, 21:30
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Re: Earthquake in Kent?
Report this morning said that trains were running as normal......
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28-04-2007, 22:12
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Re: Earthquake in Kent?
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Originally Posted by Locky
oh well, perhaps now they get earthquakes VM wont ass them so much and give them upgrades first as well as all the trials ?
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It's no good - I've even tried re-arranging the words, and it still doesn't make sense............. 
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29-04-2007, 12:42
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Re: Earthquake in Kent?
Anything the Americans do, we've got to do the same haven't we.
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