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[apc2010]

Never experienced an earthquake or tremor.

Well, we don't get too many in London.

What's it like...??? Anyone care to share their experiences of this one...???

It is almost impossible to explain because it messes with your senses ..total confusion .....the best technical term I could describe it as is "you shit yourself"...

[Paphitis]

Never experienced an earthquake or tremor.

Well, we don't get too many in London.

What's it like...??? Anyone care to share their experiences of this one...???

Experienced 3 so far and on 2 occasions I was indoors and it felt like a thunderous roar like a Boeing 747 landing with reverse thrust.

My first thought was that an aircraft was about to crash. Then you think about a bomb or terrorist event with the roar increasing and getting closer and closer. Then you hear the windows shake and rattle. The lights then sway from side to side.

[MGCN]

Never experienced an earthquake or tremor.

Well, we don't get too many in London.

What's it like...??? Anyone care to share their experiences of this one...???

Felt a few in CA, NZ and South China. It is a bit like being in a small boat when a larger one passes and you get caught up in the wash, starts with slow movement at first then building up and depending on size you are holding on to be be thrown in - only this is happening with a deep growl, on dry land and the whole room is the boat.

[miltiades]

Never experienced an earthquake or tremor.

Well, we don't get too many in London.

What's it like...??? Anyone care to share their experiences of this one...???

It is almost impossible to explain because it messes with your senses ..total confusion .....the best technical term I could describe it as is "you shit yourself"...

Having experienced this dreadful natural catastrophic event first hand I repost the following first posted on September 10th 2013.
I did not feel yesterdays quake Im pleased to say. I do hope Im not boring anybody by re-posting this.
Postby miltiades » Tue Sep 10, 2013 9:26 am

Today is exactly 60 years since an event that shaped the lives of the Stroumbi inhabitants, 22 people killed in Cyprus's most catastrophic modern times earthquake.

In the early hours of the morning when menfolk were gathered in the village square café sipping their morning café , the women collecting water from their neighbourhood vrises for their daily needs , the devastating thunderous earth tremor struck the village, sending scare stricken men and women in a frenzy of panic as each rushed to their destroyed homes in search of their loved ones.

Eleni was from Kato Platres, moved to Stroumbi after her wedding, a pleasantly plump woman in her very early thirties, a wonderful cook and much in demand by the villagers who would employ her to cook traditional Cypriot dishes apart from Koutsia, Fasolia and revithia. She was a very good pastry cook, her pantespani much in demand in the village.

The earthquake lasted but a few seconds, enough to turn the village into ruins.

Alas Eleni was not amongst those making their way to their now ruined houses, her last words according to witnesses at the scene was " Ta mora mou"

She had four children, the oldest 12 and the youngest 5 years old.

RIP my beloved mother...

[kurupetos]

Don't worry, we have better houses these days.

[Archimedes]

:shock: Whoa… Ataturk’s picture just fell off the wall in my workshop!

What kind of fiendish witchcraft is this?

Is this a sign of the coming new year?

A chicken with a picture of a Turk on the wall.

[Archimedes]

Explains why Dog has been acting up (animals have a sixth sense).

[kurupetos]

:shock: Whoa… Ataturk’s picture just fell off the wall in my workshop!

What kind of fiendish witchcraft is this?

Is this a sign of the coming new year?

A chicken with a picture of a Turk on the wall.

Chickens and turkeys are friends.

[Tim Drayton]

Never experienced an earthquake or tremor.

Well, we don't get too many in London.

What's it like...??? Anyone care to share their experiences of this one...???

At the time, I was sprawled out on a sofa with one of my cats on my lap. The cat jumped off on terror, but not knowing where to run. I just sat it out. I mean, if its got your name on it, there's nothing you can do about it. I didn't think it was a big deal really. Just a few short, sharp rocks from side to side.

[puffik]

Explains why Dog has been acting up (animals have a sixth sense).

I missed the whole thing....