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Minor earthquake just now here in Lancaster. I thought a truck had crashed into our building!

 
Posted : 28/04/2009 10:25 am
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£80,000 worth of improvements reported already.

 
Posted : 28/04/2009 10:26 am
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Simon; I know people who work at News International. Do you want to sell your story, as a 'survivor'?

'My Earthquake Hell'. One man's tale of suffering and pain, and how he overcame all the odds, to fight back against adversity.

I'm negotiating the film and book rights, as we speak.

We can discuss my fee, later.

 
Posted : 28/04/2009 10:30 am
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BREAKING NEWS - First reports suggest the Lake District is now a vast flat plain, similar to East Anglia.

 
Posted : 28/04/2009 10:32 am
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We had one near Dudley a while ago, in the middle of the night.
My wife and I woke to a tremor and deep rumble - the like of which I'd never heard before, and first thoughts were that a plane had come down or we'd been nuked.
All I could think of was our daughter and I ran into her bedroom. (Don't know what I thought I was going to be able to do, but it felt like the end of the world.
After a few moments when I'd woken up properly, I realised what it was, but it was really unnerving for those few seconds!

 
Posted : 28/04/2009 10:36 am
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I've had a report the shock was felt 15 miles away...

 
Posted : 28/04/2009 11:04 am
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Epicentre in Ulverston apparently! 3.7 on Richter scale.

We had an earthquake down here a while ago, I went from being fast asleep to being stood, wide awake, in the centre of the room wondering what the hell had happened. It was only next morning when I heard it on the radio that I worked it out...

 
Posted : 28/04/2009 11:08 am
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I was in the Dumfries quake of 2006. These things don't half make a loud bang ay?

 
Posted : 28/04/2009 11:10 am
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I live and work in Ulverston. The office is right beside the A590 so we're quite used to the clunking and rumbling of passing HGVs, but this felt like the building dropped about six inches and it made a hell of a bang.

We were looking out the windows for a truck with a spilled load of plate steel, but the only thing in sight was a Nissan Micra. Only when a local client phoned up and asked if we'd just felt anything did we realise there'd been some seismic activity.

How exciting! More! More!

 
Posted : 28/04/2009 11:46 am