April Fool?

[echokilo]

BBC News have just announced a 2.2 earthquake in Blackpool overnight - I take it this is an April Fool? Anyone else think this is in very poor taste after the disaster in Japan???? Perhaps they should stick to spaghetti going on trees?? (For those of us old enough to remember!!!!

Come on Beeb!!!!

[ChuckFickens]

Or how about the possibility that there was an earthquake in blackpool last night

http://www.blackpoolg...ks_the_fylde_1_423734

We get loads a year in this country.

[echokilo]

I realise they do happen Chuck- but have my suspicions on this one ....... absolutely no detail and no one reporting from Blackpool - and we all know the BBC love sending a reporter to stand outside in the dark!!

[albaqwerty]

It's not newsy enough for them to send someone.
Apparently Scotland had one some days ago, but I don't even remember hearing about that either on the Scottish news or reading abouot it in any newspaper.

Echo I couldn't find your post about the Soup, sorry I didn't get back to you, also I couldn't find much in the way of packet soups in the supermarkets. Sorry x

[emeritus]

This is BBC Radio 4 `s April Fool broadcast 10 minutes ago

Well at least I think it is ?

http://news.bbc.co.uk...d_9427000/9427892.stm

[Hopkirk]

I can believe that one Emeritus

[emeritus]

You probably had to listen to it. They asked you to put your hand in front of your face and move it right to left to tune out the "hiss"

[ChuckFickens]

I don't think that one is an april fools either, Professor Edgar Choueiri is a genuine professor with works in the fields of 3D audio.

[emeritus]

I am still not convinced Chuck - I will listen again when its on. John Humphreys was giving a demo of his voice with and without 3D. All they did was put echo on it, it was ridiculous,

[emeritus]

Have a look/listen here

http://twitter.com/r4today

[ChuckFickens]

Do you believe it from princeton university site where he founded the 3-D Audio and Applied Acoustics (3D3A) Laboratory

http://www.princeton.edu/3D3A/

A quick google of his name brings up several other sites relating to the same work.

[jackthehat]

Morning.............

Did you know that we had an earthquake here in Blackpool overnight....?

Just thought I'd share...........:o)

[albaqwerty]

The Beeb haven't mentioned the earthquake for an hour or so now............

[emeritus]

Not doubting the mans credentials Chuck, its the experiment they did this morning thats the April Fool in my opinion

[Hopkirk]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-12930915

[boxtops]

docspock will tell us, he lives there

[jackthehat]

Yes, boxtops..........that's quite right.

I wonder if there's anyone else who lives there who would know...........?...............:o(

[ChuckFickens]

Don't think there is anyone else important, Jack :)

[albaqwerty]

ooh Jack, I didn't know you lived there.

[TonyV]

this is the only sysmic activity within the UK in the last week

DATE : 29 March 2011
ORIGIN TIME : 11:13:07.5s UTC
LAT/LON : 57.412° North / 4.339 ° West
GRID REF : 259.5 kmE / 838.1 kmN
DEPTH: 7.0km
MAGNITUDE : 2.4 ML
LOCALITY : Approx 10km SW of Inverness near north end of Loch Ness
INTENSITY: 3 EMS

Are they still employing Jonathon Wasss

[Booldawg]

someone at work said there was one in Koblenz, Germany this week; 4. something. His son works in Luxembourg and felt it there.