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earthquake! in the UK!!
I know everyone and their dog has already posted - but OMG! I don't think I've ever been so freaked out. I woke up to a massive roaring, rattling noise and being half asleep, the only explanation I could think of was that someone was shaking the door to my bedroom. At first I thought it must be N, who stays over one night a week but I realised that was stupid. Then I thought that someone else must have got in. I shouted 'hello' (bearing in mind here that I was still half asleep) and then leapt out of bed to look in the hall. By this time it had stopped so I just got back in bed and lay there. I thought my heart was going to come out of my mouth and I could hardly breathe - I had no idea what was going on. I guess if I ever experience another earthquake I'll know what it is!
I was so glad when I woke up and heard on the radio that is was an earthquake. I thought I was going mad! I almost convinced myself I'd dreamt it.
Hull was about 45 miles north of the epicentre where it was 5.2 and so I guess it was pretty strong here. When I spoke to people at work this morning, they'd had books cascading off shelves and doors flying open. If that had happened to me I think I would have completely freaked. N thought it was a poltergeist or that I'd been murdered by an intruder!
I'm sure this is pretty old hat for you guys that get earthquakes all the time but I've never felt one before and when you don't know what's going on and you're half asleep, it's pretty damn frightening.
ETA: Best bit about the earthquake is the comments on the BBC News website:
"I was lying in bed playing poker online. I felt the window start to vibrate for a few seconds and then it carried on and I was thinking "come on, stop now". I was a bit nervous, my blinds were making a racket. It probably lasted 10 seconds but felt much longer.
I walked around to check damage and noticed a crack in the kitchen. We do a lot of decorating so I know it was as a result of the tremor."
Someone also had an agitated cockatoo!! British people are such wusses. At least we haven't had everything grind to a halt because of five inches of snow this winter. Yet.
I was so glad when I woke up and heard on the radio that is was an earthquake. I thought I was going mad! I almost convinced myself I'd dreamt it.
Hull was about 45 miles north of the epicentre where it was 5.2 and so I guess it was pretty strong here. When I spoke to people at work this morning, they'd had books cascading off shelves and doors flying open. If that had happened to me I think I would have completely freaked. N thought it was a poltergeist or that I'd been murdered by an intruder!
I'm sure this is pretty old hat for you guys that get earthquakes all the time but I've never felt one before and when you don't know what's going on and you're half asleep, it's pretty damn frightening.
ETA: Best bit about the earthquake is the comments on the BBC News website:
"I was lying in bed playing poker online. I felt the window start to vibrate for a few seconds and then it carried on and I was thinking "come on, stop now". I was a bit nervous, my blinds were making a racket. It probably lasted 10 seconds but felt much longer.
I walked around to check damage and noticed a crack in the kitchen. We do a lot of decorating so I know it was as a result of the tremor."
Someone also had an agitated cockatoo!! British people are such wusses. At least we haven't had everything grind to a halt because of five inches of snow this winter. Yet.
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