EARTHQUAKE JUST HIT DC AREA, MY HOUSE SHOOK LIKE xxx [Mag 5.9 in VA]

self ^ | 8/23/2011 | STOCKPIRATE

[stockpirate]

DAMN

[reegs]

Dear West Coasters: When you can get 1” snowfall and not have a 197 car pileup, then we can talk about overreacting to earthquakes.

[Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!]

How is the dog acting now?

[melissa_in_ga]

Laz - you’re in Atlanta? I never knew that. Lots to hit down here :) I’m in Forsyth County. Didn’t feel it either.

[Coleus]

I didn’t feel a thing and a friend on the other side of town, about 2 miles away told me that his apartment shook!

[freedumb2003]

>>I had a cousin who slept thru Northridge, one mile from the epicenter in the top bunk...<<

He/she must be a DEEP sleeper. That thing damn near through me out of bed!

[matt04]

I felt nothing in the Enfield, CT area. People in Springfield MA, Windsor Locks (near Bradley Int’l Airport) and East Hartford reported feeling some shaking. Some buildings were evacuated.

[Constitution Day]

I bet they did!

My ex just called me. She spent part of her teenage years in Southern Cal, so she was all worked up to feel one here on the east coast.

I told her if we could find a volcano and sacrifice her to it, that maybe the tremors would stop. She didn’t chuckle over it like I did. :)

[wastedyears]

I thought it’s predicted to be able to see the actual waves in an earthquake 10.0 and larger.

[MurrietaMadman]

Is it true the washington monument is leaning now?

[Keith in Iowa]

@BreakingNews: Pieces have fallen from Natl Cathedral in DC; structural assessment underway http://bit.ly/ndy3Bk

[Batman11]

“There’s a link here somewhere... Just sayin’... “

Uh, I think it’s a missing one!

[The Shrew]

Glad all is well. Hope the cats survive their shell-shock.

Regards,

TS

[DoughtyOne]

In an earthquake, a single family dwelling on a good foundation, makes a fairly good surfboard.

A tent would make a great shroud as you slipped down into an open fissure.

[Lazamataz]

...the hell???

Lazamataz is one of the CRAZIEST Lazamataz's.

[wastedyears]

Seems like the solar wind already arrived.

[NormsRevenge]

It sounds like it was general panic in the DC complex as the 5.8 shook things up pretty good.

The local nukes are safe and have been shutdown as a precaution.

To Californians, a normal day. :-)

[stayathomemom]

Thanks for the story!

[roaddog727]

Current USGS data:

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/se082311a.php#details

[Lazamataz]

Lets get married.

[DoughtyOne]

I thought that was locusts, but what do I know? ;^)