Earthquake !

27th Feb 2008

when I started this blog the other week, no way did I think I would be writing about an earthquake!

I had just gone to bed and was reading and started hearing a rumbling sound about 1.00am and the house shook, at first I thought some roof tiles were coming off because of the strong winds then I thought the chimney or roof was coming in or that there had been a gas explosion somewhere or a lorry has crashed, it felt very strange, it seemed to last about 10-20 seconds,I've never felt an earthquake before and I don't think I want to again.

It was a feeling did I imagine that? for a moment I just froze then I rushed downstairs as hubby was still up watching tv and the phone rang, it was my son who was staying at a friends house and they felt it there in Sheffield, they were listening to Hallam FM on the radio but there was not much on the television news so I logged on the internet and Sheffield Forum http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=312989 was very busy over 1,000 people online saying where they were and what they had felt , then Sky news website saying it was 5.3 on the richter scale and the epicentre was near the Market Rasen area.
By now it was breaking news on BBC 24 and they were saying it was a 4.7 earthquake.

the house where the chimney collapsed http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/south_yorkshire/7266492.stm is in Wombwell, near Banrsley.

Lucklily none of our pictures or furniture moved but hubby says the glass ornments were rattling! Oh and we have noticed a small hairlinecrack in the bedroom ceiling!

I was very shook up and we finally got to sleep at about 4am.