Wednesday, 27 February 2008

London is rocked by the biggest quake for 24 years

Oh my god!

Could this signal the end of the world. Had London been razed to the ground? (I've always thought that this "sounds" and odd expression!). Would I witness a wasteland of devastation upon arrival in London this morning?
Would the trains even be able to get there?

PLEASE NOTE - YOU HAVE NOW BEEN READING FOR FIFTEEN SECONDS!
It must have been bad as "...Thousands call(ed) 999 as tremors felt...".

In addition Kiran Sekhon, (who incidentally must be a right wuss) said that he: - "...woke up absolutely terrified".

But, no scene of devastation was found. Mainly because the tremor which at its epicentre only measured 5.2 on the Richter scale, only "...LASTED FOR UP TO 15 SECONDS"!!!

So I must apologise to my dear American Blogees who may read this entry.Some of us do know that when compared with quakes along the San Andreas fault, this UK offering was akin to being tickled with a small feather, but heh we don't get out much, and you also have to remember that when London's Millennium bridge across the Thames was opened in 2000, it had to be closed after one day, so that they could spend £5m repairing it - because it wobbled a bit, as shown in the following link: -!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQK21572oSU&feature=related

By comparison, a real wobbly bridge can be seen in the following link: -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcoHJHo8d6k&feature=related

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