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MARKET RASEN QUAKE RELIEF FUND (GRIMSBY EARTHQUAKE APPEAL, MARKET RASEN EARTHQUAKE APPEAL)
At 01:00 on Wednesday 27 February, Britain's worst quake for 25 years hit Market Rasen, Lincolnshire measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale and causing untold disruption and distress. The tremor decimated the area causing approximately £30 worth of damage. Several priceless collections of mementoes from Cleethorpes were damaged beyond repair.
* Residents of Market Rasen and neighbouring Lincoln and Grimsby were woken well before their giros arrived
* Several priceless hedges were damaged
* Three areas of historically and scientifically significant litter were disturbed
Local radio stations reported thousands of people wandering confused and bewildered among the debris, trying to come to terms with the fact that something interesting has happened in Lincolnshire.
One Lincoln resident, Ashleigh-Marie Dutton, a 17 year old mother-of-three said "It was such a shock, little Chardonnay came running into my bedroom crying. My youngest two, Tyson-Morgan and Aguilera-Amy slept through it. I was still shaking when I was watching Trisha and Kilroy later that morning." Apparently though, looting did carry on as normal. The British Red Cross have so far managed to ship 800 crates of Sunny Delight to the area to help the stricken masses. Rescue workers are still searching through the rubble and have found large quantities of personal belongings including Benefit Books and jewellery from Elizabeth Duke at Argos and bone china from Poundland.
HOW YOU CAN HELP
This appeal is to raise clothing and food parcels for those unfortunate enough to be caught up in it. Clothing is most sought after. Items required include blankets for stricken racehorses at the Market Rasen track and baseball caps, hoodies and other clothing from TKMaxx.
£5 buys a fish dinner and blue pop for a family of four
£10 can take a family to Cleethorpes for the day
25p buys a biro for filling in a spurious compensation claim
£20 buys Grimsby Town FC
PLEASE ACT NOW!!!!
Simply email us by return with your credit card details and we'll do the rest! If you prefer to donate cash, there are collection points available at your local branches of Argos, Aldi and Clinton Cards. Please do not send tents for shelter, as Market Rasen racecourse will not allow camping.
The epicentre of this tremor was Market Rasen at 0058 on Wednesday 27th Feb 2008. The magnitude was originally given as 5.3, but later amended to 5.2. Cleethorpes is a nearby seaside town. Media reports of injury/damage included a man with a broken pelvis after bedroom ceiling collapse and a budgie falling off its perch. It was the 3rd most powerful tremor recorded in the UK since the 1930s and the most powerful in almost 25 years.
not having a Fit or a Heart-attack, c) the bed really was doing the shaking and d) that Mrs FF had not invited her Toy-Boy round for a bit of extra curricular whilst I snored (she hadn't).
