Earthquake Shakes Southern Sweden


	Earthquake Shakes Southern Sweden

thisnamecantbetaken

12-17-2008 4:35 AM

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thisnamecantbetaken says:

Haha, funky stuff like this almost never happens here. The biggest news (in Copenhagen) regarding this quake was, that someone's turtle got crushed under a falling cupboard, poor thing, so there are casualties. I'm in Copenhagen at the moment, but my house in Sweden is very close to the epicenter. (No damage though.)

It was an exciting day!

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12-17-2008 11:30 PM

chestnut501

Some things are better left forgotten. No games, no reason, as time will prove.

12-18-2008 5:57 PM

bignosemousie

Glad you are OK, TNCBT.

12-22-2008 3:10 PM

thisnamecantbetaken

Thanks so much, Mousie!

For a few hours I was SO worried, that my long held dream of a little house in the country, lay lost in a pile of rubble. The quake literally rocked my world. Ha!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWUQ6P6zd20

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