[Sugar_Plum]

Someone just called me to tell me there was an earthquake in Barbados. I went to VOB and it sounded like no one was seriously hurt...as far as they know.

Voice of Barbados Radio

This post has been edited by Sugar_Plum: 29 November 2007 - 03:52 PM

[Snoop]

Well we have to remember...earthquakes in diverse places. Can someone on the island give us an update?

VOB is describing it as a "tremor". I bet duh fritun.

This post has been edited by Snoop: 29 November 2007 - 04:17 PM

[DeeDee]

Most of the Caribbean was affected including Antigua, Trinidad and Grenada. Measures 7.2 on the richter scale....started just after 2pm...and reached Barbados minutes to 3.

I was at my desk eating some food and I was one of the few people in the building that did not feel a thing. Someone called out that the building was shaking and to leave...people started running out...I ran out with my two long arms....when I got outside I realised that everyone had bags, packages and other possessions....I had my two long arms....I leff all my things and de fork inside de food de same way. I always thought what I would pick up first in a situation like that ...but I surprised myself...I aint pick up a thing cuz all I could think of was my life.

This post has been edited by DeeDee: 29 November 2007 - 04:29 PM

[ruck_tuck]

Cant verify it but hearing a house in St George got badly damaged or collapsed, tiles off the Royal Bank in Bridgetown fell off and someone was trampled in Woolworth. Like I said unconfirmed. Also heard something about the Cero chief getting injured.
Bridgetown is said to be a mess with folks trying to get home.

Seems like some of the other countries got more structural damage than we did but reports still sketchy too.

Australian news reports child killed in Guadeloupe and alot of damage there.
http://www.abc.net.a...11/s1248684.htm

This post has been edited by ruck_tuck: 29 November 2007 - 05:02 PM

[bajeRasta]

lawd bajans musse too friten nuh....cuh dear...


BK holla hear..ah wanna know dat yuh aiight


All de rest of wunna that dere all glad wunna aiight.....




Peace

[vonDerry]

Its the first time that I've seen unattended heavy duty trucks doing the milk shake.
But we have a serious problem in terms of evacuating Bridgetown. There does not seem to be any structured plans for such, what we saw this evening was panic and a free for all. Also at the Corporate level , there appeared to be he same MO. My company employs a couple hundred at this particular location, and it took a long time before a decision was made to move the milling employees to a safer area. Part of any evacuation plan should include a predetermined Harbour Area, and an immediate roll call and a physical head count , by the Supervisor / Manager of each section.
We have a long way to go.

[vonDerry]

Well we have to remember...earthquakes in diverse places. Can someone on the island give us an update?

VOB is describing it as a "tremor". I bet duh fritun.

I would not kid you, Snoop, but every manjack I saw this afternoon was petrified. The sensation was just not a body shake, but you felt as if you were on a small moving boat on rough seas, coupled with a loss of balance. Although I was on a level floor I got this feeling that I was walking on a slope.

[Snoop]

Let's hope they learn some lessons from this event. Let's just thank God it was nothing worse. Just goes to show that you have to be prepared for all eventualities. I don't recall ever hearing of an earthquake in Barbados.

[vonDerry]

Let's hope they learn some lessons from this event. Let's just thank God it was nothing worse. Just goes to show that you have to be prepared for all eventualities. I don't recall ever hearing of an earthquake in Barbados.

Well Snoop I am retiring in a couple of months, early retirement that is, so that puts me a couple of years ahead of you. When I was going to primary school, I think that the year was 1953, there was an earth tremor which occurred sometime in the early hours of the morning, 2-3 am, while just about every one was asleep. I do not remember feeling the tremor itself, but on my way to school next morning, you could have seen some of the results. The damage was mainly confined to the dislodgement of the rocks that used to be neatly packed around the cellar of houses .

[Bendedknees]

It was scary. Imagine a 6' 5" man scared shitless. That was me.

[ruck_tuck]

my bad the australian news link is from a previous earthquake.

So BK did CERO manage to handle the situation? I mean they always drilling, were they prepared for this emergency? How would you rate them?

[qwest4life]

well i was in the middle of my work in Warrens when I felt the whole earth move but I felt surprisngly calm but light headed . The feling wasone similar to sea sickness as if your balancing apparatus was malfunctioning. Mind you my office is in the middle of the building with no windows. I decided to get my staff out of the building. When we got out all the other offices had done the same. With no other after effcts we went back inside finished up for the day and went home. What a strnage experience. I am having a preindependence party tonite NO MATTER WHAT! the world might end at anytime! Ihope all of you and yours are ok!

[bajeRasta]

It was scary. Imagine a 6' 5" man scared shitless. That was me.

Man ah ain k how fritun yuh was ah happy ah nuff dat u all right hear....

[Sugar_Plum]

Well Snoop I am retiring in a couple of months, early retirement that is, so that puts me a couple of years ahead of you. When I was going to primary school, I think that the year was 1953, there was an earth tremor which occurred sometime in the early hours of the morning, 2-3 am, while just about every one was asleep. I do not remember feeling the tremor itself, but on my way to school next morning, you could have seen some of the results. The damage was mainly confined to the dislodgement of the rocks that used to be neatly packed around the cellar of houses .

My grandmother was telling us this evening that there was a small earthquake/tremor prior to 1951 which took place during the night. She said one of her neighbors ran out of his house complaining that someone was trying to move his house with a "drill" (something that was used to move houses back then, also used to dig softstone). I'm wondering if the two of you are recounting the same incident. I had never heard about quakes in Barbados until today.

I'm hearing here in the US news that today's quake was actually centered off of Dominica/Martinique. Not sure what's going on in other islands.

Glad Bim and its residents are OK. Maybe the churches will be a little fuller this weekend?

[dlt2000]

Yeah, I glad to hear everyone there is okay. Sound scary!

I may give a couple of my relatives in BIM a call later this evening.

This post has been edited by dlt2000: 29 November 2007 - 07:28 PM

[Snoop]

I would not kid you, Snoop, but every manjack I saw this afternoon was petrified. The sensation was just not a body shake, but you felt as if you were on a small moving boat on rough seas, coupled with a loss of balance. Although I was on a level floor I got this feeling that I was walking on a slope.

Man stupse! Wuh dah en nuttin. I lived in Alaska for 20 years. Dem is the ones dat when yuh bed feel like yuh pun soup, yuh does roll over and guh back tuh sleep. It's the ones when you look at the building across the street from 10 stories up and it bennin like silly putty that yuh does get fritun.

[Sugar_Plum]

I lived in Alaska for 20 years.

So you is one a dem crazies! I used to hear bout West Indians up in Alaska and wonduh who dem cud be. Now a know

(I had a friend (passed away) who lived up there and loved it. Not me bosee!)

This post has been edited by Sugar_Plum: 29 November 2007 - 07:33 PM

[Snoop]

I felt surprisngly calm but light headed .

I think that's called fear.

[Snoop]

Man ah ain k how fritun yuh was ah happy ah nuff dat u all right hear....

Looks like he's okay. Guess he shorts just need laundering.

[Snoop]

So you is one a dem crazies! I used to hear bout West Indians up in Alaska and wonduh who dem cud be. Now a know

(I had a friend (passed away) who lived up there and loved it. Not me bosee!)

Shugs, West Indians galore up there. I met a few Bajans, even family. Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous country! At 23 we'll do things that we wouldn't even consider at 43.