Last night's earthquake

[Oakey]

Did nobody here feel last nights earthquake at about 3.30am? My girlfriend thought I was winding her up with an april fool's joke (as you do at that time of the morning). i was awake at the time and thought we were being burgled. It's true what they say though, all the birds and dogs started going mental just prior to it happening.

http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/local/earth...

[GestapoWatch]

Nope - bloody missed it

[madala]

...I think I saw a tsunami coming up the Thames.....

[V88Dicky]

Is Heysham Nuclear Power Plant ok?

Or should we instigate a 20 mile exclusion zone now?

[Mitchmachine]

Nothing to do with the Shale Gas project pumping high pressure water 9000ft down a well in Singleton on Wednesday afternoon then?

[Oakey]

I'm surprised so few people noticed it, the house only shook for a second but it was the noise more than anything, it was like a crack of thunder. Of course, it's being blamed on shale gas drilling.

[MOTORVATOR]

Oakey said:

I'm surprised so few people noticed it, the house only shook for a second but it was the noise more than anything, it was like a crack of thunder. Of course, it's being blamed on shale gas drilling.

Will they be able to stand the insurance payout. I mean the temporary traffic lights fell over and the falling down bridge fell down a bit more.

[GestapoWatch]

Oakey said:

I'm surprised so few people noticed it, the house only shook for a second but it was the noise more than anything, it was like a crack of thunder. Of course, it's being blamed on shale gas drilling.

Where are you? I'm in South Shore and like you say I've heard a few blaming it on the drilling at the back of Poulton

[Oakey]

South Shore here too. Of all the days it could happen, it had to be today. People think I'm winding them up.

[Sonic]

V88Dicky said:

Is Heysham Nuclear Power Plant ok?

Or should we instigate a 20 mile exclusion zone now?

Seems so, im only a mile or so further up the coast, so i'll make sure the last thing i do is update this thread if something goes wrong

[MadMullah]

CLOSE ALL NUCLEAR PLANTS NOW!!

WILL SOMEONE THINK OF THE CHILDREN!?

[GestapoWatch]

MadMullah said:

CLOSE ALL NUCLEAR PLANTS NOW!!

WILL SOMEONE THINK OF THE CHILDREN!?

Turn all speed cameras back on too

[Uhura fighter]

Mitchmachine said:

Nothing to do with the Shale Gas project pumping high pressure water 9000ft down a well in Singleton on Wednesday afternoon then?

Do you know much about that thing? My next parish council meeting has a chap from it coming.

[Russ35]

Didn't feel a thing down near the Airport.

[Oakey]

Like I said, it was only brief. A loud crack followed by a sudden large shake and a feeling like you'd fallen out of bed.

[carmonk]

Please tell me where I can donate.

[magpie215]

MOTORVATOR said:

Oakey said:

I'm surprised so few people noticed it, the house only shook for a second but it was the noise more than anything, it was like a crack of thunder. Of course, it's being blamed on shale gas drilling.

Will they be able to stand the insurance payout. I mean the temporary traffic lights fell over and the falling down bridge fell down a bit more.

Not forgetting someones motorbike fell over too.

Also the cracks in the road attributed to the quake that are already clearly visable on google street view....boy there quick on google maps :-)

[Oakey]

carmonk said:

Please tell me where I can donate.

Please Paypal all monies to [e-mail]

[maser_spyder]

Oakey said:

carmonk said:

Please tell me where I can donate.

Please Paypal all monies to [e-mail]

• registers [e-mail] on paypal just in case....

[Mitchmachine]

Uhura fighter said:

Do you know much about that thing? My next parish council meeting has a chap from it coming.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-12886987

Highly plausible the fracking has caused it.

Something similar happened in Arkansas after a shale gas project setup there. They experienced more than 700 mild earthquakes in a place called Fayetteville over a 6 month period.

Who is coming in? Lord Browne former BP CEO has a big stake in Cuadrilla Resources who are carrying out the work. At the moment they are just a small independant, do us a favour and find out if they plan to float.......