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To: Longbow1969

I know it wasn’t a huge quake, but I am really surprised there hasn’t been more damage. I, too, was a little bit concerned about my building. But mostly, the little kid in just kept saying “this is so cool.” What was funny was that right after the quake, people evacuated the building, and were standing right next to the building. I took one look up at all the windows and brick, and decided I liked it better inside.


11 posted on 08/23/2011 4:53:06 PM PDT by jjsheridan5
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To: jjsheridan5
I know it wasn’t a huge quake, but I am really surprised there hasn’t been more damage. I, too, was a little bit concerned about my building.

Yeah, I felt the same way where I was in Vienna. Thing is, right near our building there was a fair amount of damage to that townhouse business complex. Also, calling friends and family that were right near the same area and they reported quite a lot of broken pictures, fallen shelves, knocked over monitors, etc.

What was really odd was I drove home, which is down near Centreville, expecting to see a fair bit of damage at my house and it was as if nothing happened at all. Not even one book, vase, or anything else out of place. I find it really weird because, at least in theory, the Centreville area was closer to the epicenter of the quake. For whatever reason the Vienna (and many other specific areas as I understand it) really got hit hard.

12 posted on 08/23/2011 5:05:52 PM PDT by Longbow1969
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