Earthquakes? Do you get those? I had one of those last weekend 5.8Originally Posted by Loony BoB
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Earthquakes? Do you get those? I had one of those last weekend 5.8
Nah, not really.
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You guys get a lot of rain there right? So do you have mudslides?
They can happen, I believe, but I've never experienced one.
not really? does that mean weve had an EQ before?
Technically yes there have been earthquakes in the UK.
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I mean, yeah, but they've never been anything to write home about really.
wow i never knew...
The biggest one was in 1931 and was a 6.1 on the scale, apparently. Which people from most countries will scoff at. Apparently it caused minor damage to coastal buildings (it was centered off the coast).
These days the biggest 'earthquakes' you'll get in the UK tend to be around 3 or 4 on the Richter scale.
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Actually, Tornadoes in the UK aren't such a rare occurrence. I've seen one or two (one being a funnel cloud which if I recall doesn't actually count) in my lifetime, though none from quite up close enough to be at serious risk from them (sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...nado_outbreaks) I actually find it ironic that the UK Press makes such a huge deal of them because from some of the sources I just checked, Britain seems to get more Tornadoes on a single country basis than anywhere else (outside of the USA).
Earthquakes are much more rare for the UK as we don't have an active fault line these days (one historically ran right by Mr Lonny BoB's home here, after all Edinburgh Castle is built on the remnants of the volcanic plug of a very big volcano). Mud/rock slides are actually fairly common though we've become pretty clever at not building roads or homes right up against high risk areas. This is because there used to be a lot of "Slag Heaps" from our heavy industry days (slag as in, industrial waste/spoil and unsurprisingly the origin of the insult) and there were some truly awful incidents where after heavy rain slag heaps would collapse and bury people alive, perhaps the most infamous incident was the Aberfan one (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberfan_disaster).
Yes, mast is a term for cell phone towers and I do believe it comes from our maritime heritage. You can use mast in conjunction with radio as well, tough they'll commonly be called "Aerials" even if that technically is not correct (the mast is the tower, the aerial is the receiver/transmitters on the top of the mast).
i was very young when that happened
No tornadoes here, but we do get the occasional hurricane. Those are very rare, though.
We had one earthquake back in the early 2000s. But that was most likely a result Kaliningrad-run nuclear experiment in the Baltic. At least, that's what the conspiracy theorists say. We don't really have any tectonic plates meeting nearby so there's just no way for tornadoes to naturally occur.
So is it true you guys don't really use trains that much in the US?
It's a shame because the train I took up the coast of California was really nice, and gave incredible views. Awful customer service though... I attempted to get on only to be told to get on at a later carriage by the two staff at the door there. No worries, off I go to the next carriage and... off the train goes immediately. Wut. Thankfully I got on at a later stop thanks to a lovely taxi driver who I paid through the roof to get there.
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what dicks. thats so random lol
We got burritos and tacos in Newcastle a few years ago. I swear down they're the best ones I've ever had and I've taken a few EoFFers there!
In Aus we have a burrito place that is walking distance from my house and I swear to god the level of complete disappointment I got from that place shattered my entire being and I'm never gonna be the same.
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