Just arrived home from Labour's Spring Conference in Brum to discover some of the damage caused by the weekend gales right in my back garden.
Two sections of my neighbour's fencing landed in my driveway and two more lie on top of my favourite rose-bed of climbers, floribundas and tea-roses.
Many other people have lost more than a few roses of course.
According to the BBC, Lincolnshire Police dealt with 500 calls overnight on Friday, most of them weather-related.
All this just days after Lincolnshire was the epi-centre of an earthquake.
What is the world coming to...?
Showing posts with label Earthquake. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Earthquake. Show all posts
Sunday, March 02, 2008
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
It WAS an earthquake: Did the earth move for you...?
Earthquake in The Deepings...? A few minutes ago there was a giant rumble, a strange feeling in the air and suddenly the walls seemed to shake for a second. Felt like a lorry had hit the house. Checked around. No damage. No lorry. Neighbours out on the street in their pyjamas asking what happened...
A frightening, albeit brief, experience. I've never experienced an earthquake, but it seems that a very minor one is the most rational explanation...
Just checked outside and birds singing in the trees at 1.15 am...Very strange. No, I haven't had a drink...!
UPDATE 02.15 Lincs Echo says epicentre was 15 miles north of Lincoln and tremors felt from Manchester to Norfolk.
UPDATE 02.00: BBC now reporting that people from across large parts of England have reported an earth tremor. The BBC has received calls from people in Yorkshire, the West Midlands, Manchester, Berkshire, London and Gloucestershire about a "quake".
The tremor could be felt in central Birmingham at about 0100 GMT but it is unclear if it has caused any damage.
UPDATE: This from Associated Press in New York (of all places): 6 minutes ago
NEW YORK (AP) — An earthquake struck in England early Wednesday and was reportedly felt across large parts of the country, geological officials and the BBC reported.
The 4.7-magnitude quake struck at about 1 a.m. and was centered about 125 miles north of London, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
A frightening, albeit brief, experience. I've never experienced an earthquake, but it seems that a very minor one is the most rational explanation...
Just checked outside and birds singing in the trees at 1.15 am...Very strange. No, I haven't had a drink...!
UPDATE 02.15 Lincs Echo says epicentre was 15 miles north of Lincoln and tremors felt from Manchester to Norfolk.
UPDATE 02.00: BBC now reporting that people from across large parts of England have reported an earth tremor. The BBC has received calls from people in Yorkshire, the West Midlands, Manchester, Berkshire, London and Gloucestershire about a "quake".
The tremor could be felt in central Birmingham at about 0100 GMT but it is unclear if it has caused any damage.
UPDATE: This from Associated Press in New York (of all places): 6 minutes ago
NEW YORK (AP) — An earthquake struck in England early Wednesday and was reportedly felt across large parts of the country, geological officials and the BBC reported.
The 4.7-magnitude quake struck at about 1 a.m. and was centered about 125 miles north of London, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
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