So I'm not going mad ...

[gaspode]

12:58 am
Me: (Wakes with a start) what the F**k was that.
Podia: (wakes slowly) hmmm what.
Me: The bed shook.
Podia: No it didnt
Me: Yes it did ...


Thats the second earthquake she slept through (the last one was the one in dudley in 2002) That one was felt more too - we were in Northwood when that one struck, It sounded like a huge lorry rumbling past. This one (now in Aylesbury) I didnt hear anything - but the bed shook for around 10 seconds - was a really weird feeling.

Comments

[wimble.livejournal.com]

I was thinking that there was some other disturbance going on in my terrace. The initial vibration was on a par with the effects of somebody else slamming the front door (and the shock wave travels all along the front walls :(. However, it went on sufficiently long that I was beginning to get quite disturbed, and ended up wandering round the house with a torch^[1], just in case it was somebody breaking in.

[1] The fuse for the lights blew earlier in the evening, and I need to go to B&Q to replace it. Until then, I live in darkness!

[kalypso-v.livejournal.com]

I slept through at least one in the 1980s, so I was grateful to the 2002 swarm because a lot of them were in the day when I was better placed to admire them.

[elenopa.livejournal.com]

I remember the Dudley one waking me up, but I slept right through this one. I must have been in the wrong part of the sleep cycle.