But I survived.

So did my Prince and comics collections.

I woke up late at night/early in the morning because my bed was shaking. Shaking like a leaf on a tree.

But then the shaking stopped and I fell asleep again.

Then, this morning I got a text-message from my mother asking if I was okay because there had been an earthquake in Sweden and Denmark. I was actually reliefed to find out that the shaking was caused by an earthquake. You see, I was kinda wondering if it was me who had maybe lost my mind.

Anyway, I've never experienced an earthquake before. I think this is actually the first to ever hit Denmark. We usually don't have eathquakes in Scandinavia. So I wonder why we had one now?
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wow

Sorry. I think I slammed the front door too heavily

PANDURITO said:

Well, it sure wasn't my butt you slammed.

It wasn't an earthquake.....blame Al Qaida, they're still mad at your cartoonists!!!!

PANDURITO said:

Damn
Alot of the old town is still resting on wooden piles too, hope you guys are all ok

They just said on the news that the earthquake had its epicenter in Sweden near Malmö. It started at 06:20, lasted 5 seconds and measured 4.7 on the Richter scale.

They also said the last time we had an earthquake in Denmark was in 1985, but I don't remember that.

Anyway, no one was hurt.
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Welcome to the club fellow Earth Surfer!! Glad to hear you're all OK!!

was it like this???

scififilmnerd said:

Wow... I hope that won't happen in finland...
I'm also wondering why that happened...

Glad that you're ok!

Wow an earthquake in Copenhagen ! I am glad you're okay!

There are some in the north of Holland as well, ever since they started drilling for gas there.

HamsterHuey said:

There are some in Florida as well, ever since imago became a vegetarian

RenHoek said:

More like this He kept sleeping

scififilmnerd said:

Scary!!!

It's so funny how we Californians are so blase about them now.

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

C'mon now... a 4.2 to us is like :boring:... you haven't lived until you've rocked the set with a 7.2 or so...

i swear that emoticon should be :earthquake:

I've got a Prince bootleg called 'Copenhagen, We Be Shakin'!

Marrk said:

Princetradamus??

Wow! My daughter has a friend from Malmo, who now lives in Stockholm..
how far apart are they I wonder.

RenHoek said:

Okay!! I was once at the METREON in San Francisco with my ex. An earthquake hit. All the tourists were running around screaming. I just looked up at my ex and said "Eh, what do you think? 3.1?" and he replied "Yeah, I think so."

We continued shopping.

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

fall-the-fuck-off!!

I totally know what you mean!!! That's happened to me too on more than one occaison...

RenHoek said:

If I would've been a kid I would've said "Peace". I would've wanted to get out of there fast.

Earthquakes still scare me though, don't get me wrong. It's just that the little ones don't anymore.

4.7 childs play

scififilmnerd said:

how long ago was that?
my aunt and uncle live near Ystad, they would have shook out of their beds and their dog would have been terrified

PANDURITO said:

RenHoek said:

I thought 4.7 was scary enough. When I went to bed last night, I thought a lot about it, wondering how helpless you are against the forces of nature that might destroy you on a whim.

It's those Swedes and their stupid nuclear power plants that's destroying the earth, I'm sure!


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Serious said:

Thank you.

HamsterHuey said:

That's what happens when you mess with nature, I guess.

scififilmnerd said:

Don't get me wrong! I totally understand your plight. My wife, who is German, was terrified when she felt her first quake.

Miguel, Ehuffnsd and I are a bit jaded, California is always rockin' so we don't sweat the small stuff...

I took active part in the Loma Prieta quake of '89 (S&R) and it was devastating (http://en.wikipedia.org/w...earthquake) but after that I just take it all in stride...

Stay safe!