2008 Faldingworth Earthquake: Crikey, did you feel that?

[TonyGosling]

Actually I didn't.

but a lot of people did

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7266136.stm

Check out this coincidental old Royal or US Air Force base near Market Rasen: Faldingworth. The only disused airfield in the UK listed, I kid you not, as used for "Explosives Testing and Storage".



here's something?
from 2 weeks ago?


MP says West Lindsey council must stop explosions at airfield
http://www.marketrasenmail.co.uk/news/MP-says-West-Lindsey-council.376 9112.jp

AREA MP Edward Leigh lays responsibility for dealing with the contensious explosions at Faldingworth airfield firmly at the door of West Lindsey District Council - specifically on the shoulders of chief executive Duncan Sharkey.

“I will tell him he must use enforcement powers to close the company down,” he told an angry meeting of residents at Newtoft last Friday.

“They have the power but they have been reluctant to do it. Duncan Sharkey is the chief executive and he should get a personal grip on it.”

This is the second wave of explosions rocking villages around the former RAF station, causing damage to properties and misery for residents. Little has changed from the episode 18 months ago when West Lindsey took noise nuisance readings.

Pensioner Sheila Blenkinsop of Newton by Toft, is only now having damage repaired that was caused by the September 2006 explosions, and has to pay an Insurance excess of £1,000.

“It’s just as bad as last time,” she said. “The blasts are going on four days a week.”

Newtoft’s Dom Pavia said it was ‘absolutely horrendous’. “There is a blast every 15 or 20 minutes. Video cameras I’ve set up to record the blasts and vibrations have been knocked over. There are cracks appearing in my walls and chimney breast and ceilings have dropped.”

Mr Leigh accepted there had been some progress since 2006 in that enforcement officers had been able to get onto the site.

“They’re saying it is vital work in the national interest,” he said “but it must be possible to do that and be aware of residents.”

He advised residents to ‘band together and take legal action’.

“It is a scandalous state of affairs. I don’t think there is any doubt these cracks are down to these explosions and you would be perfectly entitled to take legal action against the company,” he said.

Mr Sharkey insists the council is working with both the site operator and local residents to resolve the issue.

“Our aim is to strike a balance with this company, which has 34 full-time employees and carries out a perfectly lawful business, with the wishes of the local community who want disruption kept to an absolute minimum,” he said.

He said the site was licensed by national government and West Lindsey’s role was to m
ake sure no statutory nuisance was being caused.

“Last year there was a breach in the regulations and the council stopped a different company from operating. On this occasion noise tests have not produced readings which amount to a statutory nuisance and the site owners have installed vibration equipment at the nearest property to the tests which are also monitoring the position.

“It is not, and never will be, West Lindsey’s intention to close down lawful businesses which provide employment for local people. More than 100 people are employed by this project both directly and indirectly.

“However, the residents have to be considered too and we will continue to work with both parties to minimise any disruption and inconvenience.”

Alan Longden, at Faldingworth, believes the company is just going to carry on.

“They don’t look at the impact it is having on the surrounding area. They’ve got a licence but that doesn’t look beyond the site itself. The problem is that it is in flat open countryside, surrounded by villages. It should be on a remote site.”


The full article contains 548 words and appears in Market Rasen Mail newspaper.
Last Updated: 12 February 2008

[NWD]

Yes, I felt it, my neighbour was still up, he felt it too, another friend rang me (at 1am), says he and his mum we're stood on their doorstep waiting for aftershocks !!!

BBC FiveLive had a usgs.gov official on stating the epicentre was 20 miles south of Grimsby, strength varies between 4.7 and 5.7 on the richter scale

http://www.earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/recent_events/uk_special/market_rasen _27_feb_2008.pdf

http://www.iris.edu/seismon/

[TonyGosling]

From wikipedia - mustn't get carried away but......

After the war the base was used for storage of weapons. becoming a nuclear weapons store in 1957. It closed in 1972 and was later used by BMARC as a weapons test site.

RAF Faldingworth was an airfield used by RAF Bomber Command during and after World War II. It was located close to the village of Faldingworth in Lincolnshire. It was used during the war by number 300 (Polish) Squadron and a memorial is now in place to them at the end of the main runway.

Faldingworth entered service life as Toft Grange decoy airfield and later as a satellite airfield of RAF Lindholme. Late in 1943 it became a satellite of RAF Ludford Magna.





Current Ordnance Survey maps show the remains of a typical wartime bomber airfield, with the former storage site overlaying the south-western part of the airfield, about 2km east of Spridlington. There is a cluster of RAF-built housing north-east of the airfield area, and a group of RAF buildings used as an industrial estate.

Blimey! Could it have been an underground nuke?

[TonyGosling]

another bulletin

Is nuclear BAE bomb storage facility at epicentre of "earthquake"?

27.02.2008 05:12
Good idea to close windows & stay in until info confirmed
epicentre
53.321°N, 0.314°W
ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
Distances
50 km (30 miles) S of Kingston upon Hull, England, UK
70 km (45 miles) NE of Nottingham,
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/eqinthenews/2008/us2008nyae/

http://www.public-interest.co.uk/qinetiq/
Royal Ordnance Faldingworth - nr Market Rasen, north of Lincoln, Lincolnshire

Facility for storage still gaurded, but main operations over.
http://www.raf.mod.uk/bombercommand/s5.html

4 hrs ago at 2.30am wind was going north east from the area towards Grimsby
http://www.windwatcher.net/index.php?areaID=12

nothing really reported from area by radio etc,fishy!
no aftershocks as is normal in earthquakes
D notice?

[marky 54]

[WyldeChylde]

My mates felt in Wrexham, Sheffield and London, but nothing down here in Cardiff.

[TonyGosling]

A friend here in Bristol felt something. An ornament fell off his shelf in the living room while he was watching telly.
I didn't feel a thing but ye gods, of all the places for it to happen it happens to be this BAE place where explosives haven't been tested for years officially but two weeks ago the locals are complaining of loads of explosions.
And check this comment from

[marky 54]

here is the 2002 earthquake again. somebody has changed the wiki page today to say 5.0 for some reason. when all other reports say 4.7/4.8 including on the wiki page.

Date 22 September 2002
Magnitude 4.7 ML
Depth: 14.0 kilometres (9 mi)
Epicenter location: 52.53° N 2.16° W
Countries affected United Kingdom
Casualties: None

it certainly said 4.7 earlier, but someone has tried to change it, for unknown reasons.


The 2002 Dudley earthquake was an earthquake registering 5.0[1] on the Richter scale that struck the Midlands of England, on 22 September 2002 23:54 UTC (23 September, 00:54 local time) and lasted approximately 20 seconds.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_Dudley_earthquake


Large parts of England and Wales have been hit by an earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2275158.stm

why would somebody change it 5.0 for no reason. to make todays seem less siginficant?

[sycorax82]

Because earthquakes like this are so rare here I immediately looked out of my window to see if there had been an explosion or something. Then the next thing I did was go online to check if it was an earthquake and if the epicentre was near any airbases, power plants or anything similar. Maybe slightly paronoid but hey, we are living in an era of terror after all....

Underground nuke testing? Or perhaps more advanced weaponry??

[TonyGosling]

Benjamin Fulford does talk of a secret "Earthquake Bomb" does he not? Used in Niigata last year to menace the Far East's Secret Societies?

Nuclear leak after earthquake in Japan
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/nuclear-leak-after-earthq uake-in-japan-457525.html
By David McNeill in Tokyo - Tuesday, 17 July 2007
A strong earthquake struck central Japan, killing at least eight people, injuring hundreds and causing a fire and radioactive leak at the world's biggest nuclear power plant.
The 6.8-magnitude quake levelled buildings, derailed trains and buckled roads after it struck about 10 miles off the coast of Niigata yesterday. The local media reported that four elderly women and a man were crushed to death by falling buildings and at least 800 people were hurt, some seriously.

Still, it's only talk.

[conspiracy analyst]

There seem to be many earthquakes that are occurring off coastal areas.
Is this a coincidence or something else?

[paul wright]

No need to feel paranoid or if something's creating this kind of phenomena.This thing is on the increase as the energy feeds in from the sun, and the PTB are doing their best to interfere and react with it, as it threatens their very existence .A big British earthquake? Lol. Welcome this - the parasites are threatened with exposure and dissolution

[alfsevic]

Someone is probably feeling paranoid

http://www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=156153&comm and=displayContent&sourceNode=156136&contentPK=19903467&moduleName=Int ernalSearch&formname=sidebarsearch

[TonyGosling]

Someone called Harry who has a Zionist blog.............

....has picked up on this research pilloring me for digging this stuff out and raising the spectre of secret underground explosives testing at Faldingworth possibly having something to do with Tuesday's earthquake.

And here's more from the link to the news article above. And this site is supposed to be closed!

[TonyGosling]

more today

[Bryan]

On Loose Ends (radio 4) this evening, Omid Djalili says he was in Grimsby 3 miles from the epicentre when the earthquake happened, and says it started with two big bangs 'like terrorist bombs'.

He's not questioning the official version or anything. He just says it in passing.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/comedy/looseends.shtml?focuswin

(about three-quarters way through, after the song)

[TonyGosling]

He was performing in Grimsby 3 miles away from the epicentre.
"You heard these two explosions, what sounded like terrorist bombs actually." [gives impression of two powerful, distant explosions]
"Everything shook and evrything died down."

www.bilderberg-mirror.org.uk/earthquake_short.mp3

better quality
http://www.bilderberg-mirror.org.uk/earthquake_hiband.mp3

or here (longer excerpt)
http://www.bilderberg-mirror.org.uk/earthquake.mp3

Has there been any investigation at or around former RAF Faldingworth yet?

http://www.subbrit.org.uk/rsg/sites/f/faldingworth/index.html

[Thermate911]

Deary me - earthquake bombs now, is it? Good ole Fulford... Perhaps the Fetzer/Wood cabal have a point, after all? ;-)

[grimsby]

http://www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=156582&comm and=displayContent&sourceNode=156408&contentPK=20006799&folderPk=87028 &pNodeId=156139&bustcache=

[conspiracy analyst]

If they get spotted testing weapons in the ocean they do it underground.
Cant see why this is viewed as extraordinary?

What is extraordinary is if they are developing the technology to do this to countries they oppose like the Earthquake in Iran a Xmas or two ago in the city of Bam.

If explosions have been going off and people have heard them flyers should be circulated to the local town to get them to ask questions as to what these are about and whether any testing of nuclear fallout can be measured by the local university or someone like that?

Whos the MP for the area? They should be e-mailed as to what is going on.

This is getting beyond a joke.

[grimsby]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_artic le_id=519968&in_page_id=1770&ct=5

why are ppl hearing bang's before the quake????? this is not normal of a earthquake.

http://www.marketrasenmail.co.uk/news/Villagers-hit-roof-after-big.373 2912.jp

[uselesseater]

Has anyone been anywhere near with a geiger counter?

[TonyGosling]

Nice idea but. Radiation would be trapped miles underground & not detectable on the surface. Good old fashioned police rights of entry and questioning is the only way to find out if Faldingworth was involved. They have a monopoly. Unless they get somewhere... then MI5 will order local cops off the case and institute a professional cover-up.

But will the Lincs. chief constable approve it? All depends on whether he's the Jersey type or the more usual masonic type.

[uselesseater]

"Radiation would be trapped miles underground & not detectable on the surface."

Well at least that's something to be thankful for i suppose.

[grimsby]

http://www.louthleader.co.uk/news/Mysterious-39lightning39-spotted-as- 39quake.3831760.jp

Mysterious 'lightning' spotted as 'quake hit Louth

Did you spot any lightning during the Lincolnshire earthquake? Email us and tell us what you saw....

Elvira Witney saw ball lightning in her Westgate home. Photo: Ian Holmes.

By Sean Topham
MYSTERIOUS types of lightning were seen by people in Louth during Wednesday's earthquake.
A woman in Westgate said she saw what she thought was ball lightning as the earthquake rumbled through Louth.
Elvira Witney said: "I experienced it at the exact time of the earthquake."
"This thing seemed to be coming across the room straight at me. I was very frightened."
Mrs Witney described it as a grapefruit-sized glowing sphere that went out like a light.
She saw it in her ground floor bedroom as she felt the earthquake but there was no damage to show where it had come from.
Ball lightning expert Dr Graham Hubler, of the United States Naval Research Laboratory, told us: "There have been reports of ball lightning associated with earth quakes. She probably saw ball lightning."
He said: "In some areas there are minerals in the earth that are piezoelectric. When the pressure is relieved the minerals can attain very high voltage that could act similar to lightning and create ball lightning."
He said there are not many reports of it passing through windows so he does not know how firm this observation is.
A second lightning sighting came from Jean Howard, of Tathwell, a curator at Louth Museum.
Mrs Howard said she saw a flash of lightning over the Wolds as the earthquake hit.
She said: "My initial thought as I'd just woken was that what I was hearing could be a thunder storm.
"As the rumbling and shaking continued I was quite aware it was an earthquake."
Mrs Howard could have seen a phenomenon known as Earthquake Light.
For centuries people have reported seeing flashes of light in the sky during earthquakes but these were not taken seriously until the 1960s when they were photographed in Japan.
The Lincolnshire earthquake happened just before 1am on Wednesday morning and measured 5.2 on the Richter Scale.
Scientists said its epicentre was near Market Rasen.

[TonyGosling]

This appears to be the official website of the privatised military testing people who hang out at Faldingworth


Ordnance Test Solutions Limited (OTS) :

Is a company which provides an independent trials, evaluation and analysis service primarily for the international defence industry. The company is staffed by a group of professionals with many years experience within test, evaluation and analysis of ordnance, ammunition and explosive stores.

OTS has registered headquarters in the village of Christian Malford, Wiltshire, UK with a suite of offices, conference room and reception area.

OTS is able to provide test sites and training areas best suited to the individual needs of the customer. The company has licences to use UK Army Training Areas as well as privately owned ranges.

OTS is an ISO 9001:2000 accredited company. We adopt a policy of continuous self-appraisal and attention to satisfying the customer's requirements. The company quality management system provides assurance of a consistent service to meet customer and statutory requirements.

For further information on OTS's capabilities, facilities or to obtain a quote for a specific task then please contact us.

[xmasdale]

I felt it in London. I have felt several such earthquakes in Britain since the first I remember around 1957. They do occur naturally so I'm not jumping to the conclusion this one was artificially induced.

[TimmyG]

it woke me up. my flat in manchester shook for a good 5-6 seconds.. kind of sudden jolt followed by a slow wobble.

interesting stuff all this. strange it should effect such a wide area. apparently its been felt as far as germany!

[grimsby]

am going to have a look at faldingworht on sat.i will let you knw how i get on.......

[TimmyG]

the stories and reports surrounding this are incredible!
seems like a massive coincidence if its not some sort of explosive test

cheers for the heads up tony