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To: gunsequalfreedom
Is there any damage in this DC quake? Sure is alot of commotion over it

I haven't heard of any. I guess the media decided to go all Drama Queen about it and others followed suit?

1,059 posted on 08/23/2011 3:11:47 PM PDT by Allegra (Hey! Stop looking at my tagline like that.)
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To: Allegra

The drama here is that the North Anna VA reactor is only about 15 miles from the epicenter and it is built to only withstand a 5.9 to 6.1 quake.


1,070 posted on 08/23/2011 3:18:35 PM PDT by stlnative
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Masonry fell on cars in Tysons Corner. WMAL is reporting people with minor injuries; damage to one or more embassies; and a possible tilt to the Washington Monument. It was bizarre; I was in an office near the Manassas Battlefield and it shook for about 30 seconds. I’d never been in an earthquake before. It was odd that the shaking seemed to be coming from above us, not from below.


1,079 posted on 08/23/2011 3:25:18 PM PDT by Belle22
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To: Allegra
Is there any damage in this DC quake?

In the nearby town of Culpeper, at least 1 building has collapsed, another was declared unsound and 4 were condemned. There are reports from the very small town of Mineral that the post office is gone, homes have moved off of their foundations and some brick houses have collapsed in the town of Louisa.

Sure is alot of commotion over it

That may be because nothing like this has occurred in most of these people's lifetime.

1,086 posted on 08/23/2011 3:39:23 PM PDT by relee ('Till the blue skies drive the dark clouds far away)
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