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FNC reports Washington Monument may be tilting from quake jolt
The Washington Times ^ | August 23, 2011 | Kerry Picket

Posted on 08/23/2011 12:19:44 PM PDT by markomalley

A 5.9 magnitude earthquake that was centered in Richmond, Virginia and felt as far as New York City and New England.

Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly reported at 2:30 pm that their bureau received information from a producer saying that a Captiol Hill Police officer says that the Washington Monument may actually be tilting as a result of the earthquake.

Seismologist John Rundle joined Kelly on her show and confirmed that the Washington Monument could very well be tilting as a result of the earthquake and the structure should be checked out.

Two nuclear reactors have reportedly been taken off line near the epicenter of the earthquake.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: dcearthquake; districtofcolumbia; earthquake; obamasfault; quake; washingtonmonument
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To: WayneS

A bad omen, just like the sign two weeks prior to 9/11


61 posted on 08/23/2011 10:05:57 PM PDT by semaj
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To: markomalley

The DC area was once marsh land and they didn’t know much about proper foundations, in those days.


62 posted on 08/23/2011 11:32:21 PM PDT by upcountryhorseman (An old fashioned conservative)
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To: markomalley

Just watch when an even stronger quake hits the same general area soon!


63 posted on 09/09/2011 7:18:30 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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