Earthquakes in Manchester UK
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Scary we're about 14miles from the center of Manchester and it shook my desk around 12:45GMT. Developing with C++ is like programming by the seat of your pants
We seem to be getting quite a few lately, 3 today. They are probably only about 3-ish on the richter scale, so people who live in more dangerous places will probably be laughing at us. It is pretty unusual though. Lets hope we don't have 'the big one' :} Ryan. Computers allow you to make more mistakes than any other invention, with the possible exception of handguns and tequila.
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Scary we're about 14miles from the center of Manchester and it shook my desk around 12:45GMT. Developing with C++ is like programming by the seat of your pants
Wow, that's the second one in about a month. I haven't felt either though. Pleased you are ok. :rose:
Help! I'm an AI running around in someone's f*cked up universe simulator. - Marc Clifton
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Scary we're about 14miles from the center of Manchester and it shook my desk around 12:45GMT. Developing with C++ is like programming by the seat of your pants
Yikes! Any idea of the strength? :omg: I used to live in/near manchester in the West Gorton area. I did my degree year in industry at ICL in Manchester. Apart from work, I spent most of my time playing pinball. :-D Roger Allen Sonork 100.10016 I have a terminal disease. Its called life!
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Scary we're about 14miles from the center of Manchester and it shook my desk around 12:45GMT. Developing with C++ is like programming by the seat of your pants
I felt the one this morning but I missed the one at lunchtime as I was in the car. The one this morning was nowhere near as bad as the one about three weeks ago (even though the epicentre that time was miles away in Dudley). Pretty worrying though as I've never experienced one before. Cheers James
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Scary we're about 14miles from the center of Manchester and it shook my desk around 12:45GMT. Developing with C++ is like programming by the seat of your pants
Only a little shake here in Sunny Knutsford ;)
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Scary we're about 14miles from the center of Manchester and it shook my desk around 12:45GMT. Developing with C++ is like programming by the seat of your pants
It didn't reach me down here, but I did feel the dudley one a month ago (4.8 on the richter scale) According to BBC news[^] , the morning quake today was somewhere between 2.5 and 3.0 and the afternoon one was 3.2 - so they were quite a bit less than the Dudley one (remembering that it's a logarithmic scale) The page I bookmarked[^] in my blog says that 3.0 is about the equivalent of 29 tons of TNT, whereas 5.0 is about 32'000 tons! -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit!
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Scary we're about 14miles from the center of Manchester and it shook my desk around 12:45GMT. Developing with C++ is like programming by the seat of your pants
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Scary we're about 14miles from the center of Manchester and it shook my desk around 12:45GMT. Developing with C++ is like programming by the seat of your pants
I live in St. Albans, Herts (about 20 miles north of C. London if memory serves me correct), and I felt the first one -- albeit minorly. It was pretty surprising because only the far end of my bed shook, at first I thought that one of our cats had ran into the end of my bed, then realised my door was closed. Obviously the next thing I considered was that a rabid, wild animal had stowed away in my closet throughout the day waiting to sink its large fangs into my legs late at night, and that this animal had just made a b-line for my exposed feet. It was late at night, and your brain doesn't quite think logically :) Anyway, I then found out in the morning that there'd been an earthquake and it suddenly dawned on me. -- Paul "I need the secure packaging of Jockeys. My boys need a house!" - Kramer, in "The Chinese Woman" episode of Seinfeld MS Messenger: paul@oobaloo.co.uk Sonork: 100.22446
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Scary we're about 14miles from the center of Manchester and it shook my desk around 12:45GMT. Developing with C++ is like programming by the seat of your pants
I didn't experience it, but then again I'm sure Mother Nature has more important things to do than stir up the local tribesmen by ever giving us an earthquake. Shame really - scaring the locals out of town would do wonders to put Tiverton back on the map as a nice town again. :rolleyes: Hmmm... 29 tons of TNT eh? Damn, where is WallMart when you need it... :suss:
David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk
An orgy in Tiverton... ({) `/\^^/\:p (Z) :$/\^^/\` (})
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I live in St. Albans, Herts (about 20 miles north of C. London if memory serves me correct), and I felt the first one -- albeit minorly. It was pretty surprising because only the far end of my bed shook, at first I thought that one of our cats had ran into the end of my bed, then realised my door was closed. Obviously the next thing I considered was that a rabid, wild animal had stowed away in my closet throughout the day waiting to sink its large fangs into my legs late at night, and that this animal had just made a b-line for my exposed feet. It was late at night, and your brain doesn't quite think logically :) Anyway, I then found out in the morning that there'd been an earthquake and it suddenly dawned on me. -- Paul "I need the secure packaging of Jockeys. My boys need a house!" - Kramer, in "The Chinese Woman" episode of Seinfeld MS Messenger: paul@oobaloo.co.uk Sonork: 100.22446
Paul Ingles wrote: Obviously the next thing I considered was that a rabid, wild animal had stowed away in my closet throughout the day waiting to sink its large fangs into my legs late at night, and that this animal had just made a b-line for my exposed feet. It was late at night, and your brain doesn't quite think logically So how was your wife? :-D
David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk
An orgy in Tiverton... ({) `/\^^/\:p (Z) :$/\^^/\` (})
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We seem to be getting quite a few lately, 3 today. They are probably only about 3-ish on the richter scale, so people who live in more dangerous places will probably be laughing at us. It is pretty unusual though. Lets hope we don't have 'the big one' :} Ryan. Computers allow you to make more mistakes than any other invention, with the possible exception of handguns and tequila.
Ha! California's commercials shouldn't say "Behold the power of cheese!" They should say "Behold the power of tectonic plate movement causing vibration of large land masses resulting in millions of damage." Though that's a bit long. We did, however, have a 7 on the Richter scale about 100mi north of here though... Norm Almond: I seen some GUI's in my life but WTF is this mess ;-) Leppie: I made an app for my sister and she wouldnt use it till it was colorful enough:) Norm:good point leppie, from that statement I can only deduce that this GUI must be aimed at children:laugh: Leppie:My sister is 25:eek: -Norm on the MailMagic GUI
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We seem to be getting quite a few lately, 3 today. They are probably only about 3-ish on the richter scale, so people who live in more dangerous places will probably be laughing at us. It is pretty unusual though. Lets hope we don't have 'the big one' :} Ryan. Computers allow you to make more mistakes than any other invention, with the possible exception of handguns and tequila.
Having ridden out the Landers/Big Bear double quake a decade or so ago, I no longer get out of bed for anything less than a 7! It was initially ranked a 9.1, then later reduced to 8+, and when the dust settled we locals in those mountains renamed Big Bear as "Chimney Falls." :-D "Another day done; all targets met; all systems fully operational; all customers satisfied; all staff keen and well motivated; all pigs fed and ready to fly." - Jennie Agard, McGuckin Hardware Systems Manager
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Paul Ingles wrote: Obviously the next thing I considered was that a rabid, wild animal had stowed away in my closet throughout the day waiting to sink its large fangs into my legs late at night, and that this animal had just made a b-line for my exposed feet. It was late at night, and your brain doesn't quite think logically So how was your wife? :-D
David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk
An orgy in Tiverton... ({) `/\^^/\:p (Z) :$/\^^/\` (})
Cheeky -- Paul "I need the secure packaging of Jockeys. My boys need a house!" - Kramer, in "The Chinese Woman" episode of Seinfeld MS Messenger: paul@oobaloo.co.uk Sonork: 100.22446