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Hasn't Dave heard of a tsunami?.....

Well it wasn't too long before Folkestone's favourite mammal, Dave the Dolphin  found his way into the earthquake story.

It appears from reports in a Kent newspaper that he tried to warn residents in Sandgate of the impending tremor early on Saturday morning.

Brave Dave was apparently seen frantically darting around near the shoreline shortly before the earthquake struck .

An eye witness is reported to have seen the distressed dolphin, jumping in and out of the water close to the shore, just before the earthquake struck

The eye witness then told the paper that everyone started rushing out from their houses and onto the beach for safety.

Seems that Dave may well be brave, but luring unsuspecting Sandgate folk onto the beach after an undersea earthquake, has he not heard of  a tsunami?

Is it brave Dave? or daft Dave? Probably neither, however much we like to believe that animals can sense impending doom, it was possibly nothing more than just that and Dave our favourite dolphin was doing what comes naturally and trying to escape the tremor.

Prize for the best earthquake headline must go to the Sunday People with Quakey Wakey!

Talking of the nationals, I read this in last week's Sun which reminded me of a goof on our own BBC Radio Kent.

"Radio 1 DJ Jo turns air blue
Jo Whiley apologised yesterday after she accidentally swore live on air.

The DJ, 41, made the slip when she read out a text.

She tried to say East Kent Cup — but got her tongue twisted and said “East **** Cup.”

Listener Tony Griffiths, 23, from Folkestone, Kent, said: “At first I couldn’t believe my ears.”

Flustered Jo cut to a song — then apologised when she came back on air. "

It was a very similar gaffe which a presenter on Radio Kent made when talking about the Kent countryside and accidentally transposed the beginnings of the words Kent and Countryside. Oops!

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