I live in Montgomery County and I think it was sooo cool. Why? I never experienced one before and now I have. You can read about what it is like (the sound, the feel) but I guess it is something you have to experience. My husband was standing out on the lawn right before it happened. He said that the deer he was watching looked suddenly spooked and all of the birds got quiet. Then he felt a vibration moving his way and everything shook. I woke up and assumed it was the fighter jets that scramble when someone invades the D.C. air space or “what the heck just blew up and is there a mushroom cloud?” (a thought usually assumed by the people living close to D.C.) The kids slept through it which proves the point that they could sleep through an earthquake. No damage, no injuries so this is pretty neat to me. (not neat enough to want it to happen again but neat).
I get that. My first earthquake, at elementary school age, was kind of “fun.” But once you are older and have kids, you get pretty scared when one hits, wondering if this is the One. No one is ready to have their home destroyed or lives lost. Or even to live without power for days. Or defend things from looters. Etc. At least hurricanes can be planned for a little.