dublinbay Posted February 27, 2008 Posted February 27, 2008 Just about to get into bed last night/this morning when the earth moved. I thought Santa was here too late/early............the chimney had fallen down............a train was running on the wrong type of track???!!!..............light aircraft??..............and so on. Who said adults don't have good imaginations! Hope no one suffered any major damage to their person especially but also to property. Quote
mundia Posted February 27, 2008 Posted February 27, 2008 DB you beat me to it, that was exactly the title I was going to use!! Yep felt it here, woke me up, I knew what it was as I remember the Dudley quake a few year back. Quote
Steve Posted February 27, 2008 Posted February 27, 2008 Nothing down here in East Sussex. Was it exciting or terrifying? Glad no-one was apparently hurt. Quote
mundia Posted February 27, 2008 Posted February 27, 2008 I don't DO excitement at 12.50am! It was a tad scary as I was asleep, but once i was nearly half awake I knew what it was, and thought typical waking me up like that when I've an important day tomrrow!! After which I had to check the house, the garden, the house again, the pond, the fish, the house again, (typical being home alone this time..). Quote
Guest Posted February 27, 2008 Posted February 27, 2008 Nothing here in West Sussex...hope you guys are ok Quote
JacquieL Posted February 27, 2008 Posted February 27, 2008 It moved for me here in Wigan. It woke me up and my first thought was earthquake, but my hubby said it was the cat jumping off the bed. A slight disagreement ensued and I thought that my imagination was working overtime. Of course i now feel very smug Quote
Guest Posted February 27, 2008 Posted February 27, 2008 Hiya - I live about 30 miles from Market Rasen - the epicentre - we thought our central heating was blowing up! Whole house shook for about 30 seconds- needless to say 4 year old daughter wide awake for half an hour afterwards! What an odd experience! Quote
dublinbay Posted February 27, 2008 Author Posted February 27, 2008 DB you beat me to it, that was exactly the title I was going to use!! Great minds Mundia! Great minds! Good luck for today. Quote
Guest Posted February 27, 2008 Posted February 27, 2008 I felt it wasnt sure what it was thought, it was a bit scarry mainly being in on my own and not knowing what it was. I was wondering if there had been an explosion or something.glad when i got up this morning to find im not imagining things. Quote
Guest Posted February 27, 2008 Posted February 27, 2008 We were about the same, Janine. Fortunately no structural damage but people reporting pictures falling from the wall etc. The noise was probably more scary than the shaking in a way. I think the worse thing was waking from a deep sleep - people thought there'd been an explosion etc initially. I think we're all suffering from shortage of sleep today so I hope the kids are kind to us! Quote
beth1 Posted February 27, 2008 Posted February 27, 2008 Well firstly the pet budgie made a lot of noise, then the cupboard door in my bedroom started swing backwards and forwards, and my bed. I ended up getting mys sore foot stuck in my covers, so I was half awake at the time. I did sprain my left ankle on monday and it is painful. My mum though that my dad was having an epliptic (sp) fit when the bed moved. Well dad sleep though it and only found out by watching the telly this morning. Quote
Jester Posted February 27, 2008 Posted February 27, 2008 I woke up a few minutes before it started. I actually could not believe it, when I woke up in the morning I had to listen to the radio to make sure it wasn;'t a dream! Quote
Andreamay Posted February 27, 2008 Posted February 27, 2008 they were all talking about it at work this morn Didnt hear a thing Quote
aliamch Posted February 27, 2008 Posted February 27, 2008 Felt the tremors in Herts. I was awake and it probably wouldn't have woken me if I'd been sleeping, I phoned hubby who works nights to tell him, only for him to laugh and tell me it was probably an artic driving past! Karrie Quote
Guest Posted February 27, 2008 Posted February 27, 2008 Heard about it on the radio this morning and both me and hubby said - oh there must have been an earthquake somewhere, I wonder where it was! Didn't feel a thing, although THREE very large glasses of wine last night could have had something to do with it!!!!!! Hope everyone came out of it unhurt and without too much damage to property. Quote
fizzy Posted February 27, 2008 Posted February 27, 2008 I thought someone was breaking in my house! sooo scary. Quote
Guest Posted February 27, 2008 Posted February 27, 2008 I seem too have slept through all the excitment. Not sure how as I usually wake up if either of the children so much as hiccup in the night! Hope no one has been to badly affected, either themselves or property. Sal! Quote
hali Posted February 27, 2008 Posted February 27, 2008 Jacqui..lol i heard it (thought it was thunder - but it did feel a bit odd) i sat bolt upright in bed! cat happened to walk out of bedroom when i woke hubby to ask him and what did he say 'must have been the cat jumping off the bed'!!!!!! - wait till he gets home Quote
Guest Posted February 27, 2008 Posted February 27, 2008 I was soooo scared the noise before the bed started shaking was terrible. I had woke a few minutes before it started. I darent get out of the bed for 5 mins and then got up and stayed up all night. my hubby said it will just be a tremor and went back to sleep.My imagination works great I had potergeists, gas explosion ( we had no gas all weekend as the water board had fractured a pipe so this wasnt too far fetched), then it was a warning of something bad going to happen. anyway when I went down and put the telly on it came up as breaking news.Even when I knew it was a earth quake and not a poltergeise I still couldnt go back to bed . Am so tired and now got to go out to visit my Mum in hospital, this will take 2 1/2 hours untill i get home anyway glad no one was seriously hurt. Quote
Helen Posted February 27, 2008 Posted February 27, 2008 Jacquie and Hali, Have you got HUGE cats? Quote
Guest Posted February 27, 2008 Posted February 27, 2008 We didn't feel it here. It must have been so scary for those who did. Quote
Jackie H Posted February 27, 2008 Posted February 27, 2008 Yes, the earth moved for me last night, but not my husband! He did take me seriously and go outside with the torch when i woke him. We did catch a mouse in the attic last week, he presumed it was another mouse scuttering along, It must have been a bloody huge one then i replied! LOL Quote
HappyMaz Posted February 27, 2008 Posted February 27, 2008 Jacqui..lol i heard it I actually had an early night last night hali (don't fancy my chances for tonight though - methodology and all that). Didn't hear a thing. Apart from youngest son talking in his sleep Maz Quote
Guest Wolfie Posted February 27, 2008 Posted February 27, 2008 Slept right through it, unlike anybody else in our vicinity - came down this morning to find all the books out of the bookcase on the floor! I didn't know why until I heard the news! Quote
beth1 Posted February 27, 2008 Posted February 27, 2008 I went to my weight watchers meeting and was talking to some of the people I have got to know. One sleep thought it, one sat upright and said to hubby 'its an earthquake go back to sleep!' and the third person said it made her jump when the doors slamed. I think I heard someone else say they were thrown out of bed or something of that discription very noisy in class tonight. Hali it must be a very very very large cat indeed! Beth Quote
HappyMaz Posted February 27, 2008 Posted February 27, 2008 Hali it must be a very very very large cat indeed! ...only if it had eaten the parrot! Maz Quote
JacquieL Posted February 27, 2008 Posted February 27, 2008 Hmm not a huge cat just an unimaginative husband Mind you we must need huge cats to catch Jackie H's HUGE mouse! Quote
Guest Posted February 28, 2008 Posted February 28, 2008 I was so scared, woke to the bed shaking.... at first thought i was dreaming then as bottles fell of my bedside cabinet i realised i wasn't dreaming.... it was a very odd experience. Dawn Quote
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