EarthQuake in Manchester ???
March 1, 2008 by hildaweb
February 27, 2008 (Wednesday)
Telling by my friends in Hong Kong and reading the news today (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7266136.stm), I just got to know that there was an EarthQuake across England in 1:00a.m. last night for 30 sec!
I guess I was too tried from my London adventure yesterday… I slept like a baby…But on the next day I heard from my classmates that some of us have to go outside the building just in case! Some were wonderding why there was so much commotion at 1a.m…. …
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From the Local News
An Earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale hit Greater Manchester on Wednesday morning.
Casualties were seen wandering aimlessly saying ‘bang out of order’ ‘mental’ and ’sorted’. Some are still confused that something interesting actually happened in Beswick! Some residents of Middleton were woken before their ‘giros’ arrived and it caused quite a panic!
The earthquake decimated half of the Salford area causing in excess of £17.55 worth of damage. Several priceless collections of mementos from Ibiza, Corfu, Rhyl and Blackpool were damaged beyond repair including a cute little donkey that ‘broke wind’ when you clapped your hands.
Preserved areas of historic importance were destroyed and many piles of scientifically significant litter were disturbed.
One resident of Moston, Miss Kylie Davies a 15 year old mother of four said ‘It was such a shock, little Chardonnay-Destiny came running into my bedroom crying and my hands were shaking that much I could hardly concentrate on baby Jeremy Kyle’.
The British Red Cross has so far managed to send 4000 crates of Red Bull to the area to help with the crisis. Rescue workers are still searching through the rubble and have found numerous ‘Elizabeth Duke’ sovereign rings, benefit books and Poundstretcher ornaments.
