Melbourne Quake, 2012

I survived it. It was about 4 hours ago. A 5.2 - biggest earthquake to hit Melbourne for over 100 years.

The best way I can think of describing it is it's like your house was driving over a cattle grid. For 30 seconds. Long enough to think:

"Shit! It's an earthquake"

But not long enough to actually do anything like get the fuck outside.

I checked the house - no noticeable damage then, horror, struck me!

"Oh noes! What about the bottle shop?" (Convict-speak for an off-license)

So I jumped in the car and hot-footed it to the shop. It was OK. A few bottles broken but only cheap shit. As I didn't want to appear rude I bought a bottle of Jim Beam and headed back home. Catastrophe averted.

Cheers

Addendum: Just had a report of the first confirmed casualty. Silly fuck was up a ladder (at 9pm - mid-winter here - pitch black) when the quake struck and he fell off.
( Legless Mister Stabby - shanks for the memory, Tue 19 Jun 2012, 16:43, 10 replies)

Yeah, what a silly cunt.
Imagine climbing a ladder in an area not renowned for earthquakes, which are well known for sending written notice of intent.

Cheers.
( Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Tue 19 Jun 2012, 19:00, closed)

Unlike you silly poms
here it actually gets fucking dark at 2100 in winter - rather than bang on about the obvious you may want to ask - wtf was he doing on ladder in the dark?

You're worrying me here AB.
(Misery McUglywife an attention seeking sociopathic fuckstain., Tue 19 Jun 2012, 20:56, closed)

Taking down the x-mas decs, I expect.
Don't you get The Archers over there?
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Wed 20 Jun 2012, 9:04, closed)

"convict speak"
You cheeky prawn.

And Jim Beam? Really. Did you shuffle down there in tracky dacks, ugg boots and your Acca Dacca hoodie?

Jim Beam, tipple of chain smoking bogans who watch V8 supercars.

Get a nice Shiraz next time. It's Melbourne, it's cold, it's AFL-centric, but you can at least get decent reds at the bottle shop (oh sorry, the offy)
( Ken Oath, Tue 19 Jun 2012, 22:41, closed)

Or a naughty little Sarf 'strayun char-don-ay?
On a tangent - www.abc.net.au/news/2012-06-19/bogan-makes-it-into-oxford-dictionary/4078778
(Misery McUglywife an attention seeking sociopathic fuckstain., Tue 19 Jun 2012, 23:10, closed)

Wow! Oxford Dictionary no less. It's a wonder they didn't generalise it to describe "any white Australian"

( Ken Oath, Wed 20 Jun 2012, 1:26, closed)

My favourite tweet so far is ...
Earthquake epicentre strikes Moe, causes millions of dollars of improvement.
(Que?, Wed 20 Jun 2012, 0:16, closed)

Moe
Moccasins
On
Everyone.
( Ken Oath, Wed 20 Jun 2012, 1:24, closed)

We're so used to them here
that the first thing anybody does is go on Twitter or Facebook, types EARTHQUAKE and then waits to see if it's "the big one".
(nolongernuts, Wed 20 Jun 2012, 1:58, closed)

I thought
The bush fires would have been a a million times worse than this. Was over in Melbourne while it was going on. If you were living in the wrong place and wanted to stay and protect your property, as a few did, it was a death sentence.
(bROKEN aRROW PUA HVI Master, Wed 20 Jun 2012, 11:40, closed)