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EARTHQUAKE JUST HIT DC AREA, MY HOUSE SHOOK LIKE xxx [Mag 5.9 in VA]
self ^ | 8/23/2011 | STOCKPIRATE

Posted on 08/23/2011 10:55:19 AM PDT by stockpirate

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To: dragnet2

The New Madrid Quake range church bells as far away as Boston.


521 posted on 08/23/2011 11:50:57 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: stockpirate

Drudge has a feature story titled “Gaddafi’s DC lobbyists scramble to sever ties...” ~ just to keep things in perspective.


522 posted on 08/23/2011 11:51:04 AM PDT by muawiyah
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To: old school

Does God drop hints?

“The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.” 2 Peter 3:9


523 posted on 08/23/2011 11:51:04 AM PDT by BwanaNdege (“Man has often lost his way, but modern man has lost his address” - Gilbert K. Chesterton)
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To: angcat

In Manhattan, there is an obvious fault line that along 125th st....you can see it clearly where the trains come out of the tunnels and are elevated...


524 posted on 08/23/2011 11:51:23 AM PDT by ken5050
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To: null and void
Only .6 of a mile deep....probably felt like more than a 5.9.

Prayers up for all going through this.

Living in So. Cal. experiencing an earthquake is not unusual but they are frightening. Don't believe anyone who says otherwise.

525 posted on 08/23/2011 11:51:25 AM PDT by Churchillspirit (9/11/01...NEVER FORGET.)
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To: WayneS
National cathedral reporting damage.

They better hope this isn't a foreshock of something to come.

526 posted on 08/23/2011 11:51:25 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: LibertyRocks

Irene coming too!

Yikes!


527 posted on 08/23/2011 11:51:29 AM PDT by TaraP (An APPEASER is one who feeds a crocodile - hoping it will eat him last)
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To: NavyCanDo

You can search fault line maps and not find any on the east coast. That’s why we’re all freaking out.


528 posted on 08/23/2011 11:51:45 AM PDT by wastedyears (Of course you realize, this means war.)
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To: shield
Spotsylvania Lineament running right up through VA has long been suspected to be a buried "fossil" earthquake fault. The tremor today was right on the lineament.

There's a lot of interesting geology buried under miles of sediment in VA and NC. A bunch of terranes linked up here eons ago and the sutures are still down there. It looks like they are unquiet.

529 posted on 08/23/2011 11:52:01 AM PDT by jboot
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To: stockpirate

Probably a repost, but here is a good picture of the DC earthquake devastation:

http://jmckinley.posterous.com/dc-earthquake-devastation


530 posted on 08/23/2011 11:52:01 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: NFHale

That was God telling Obama HE IS NOT a good boy. Bad Karma


531 posted on 08/23/2011 11:52:11 AM PDT by halfright ("Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading". --Thomas Je)
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To: LibertyRocks; penelopesire

It is in the south east/south central area, SW of Trinidad, along the NM border. Along the Rio Grande Rift. East of the earthquake area is a large volcanic area, Raton east to Clayton. Some very impressive volcanoes along that drive.


532 posted on 08/23/2011 11:52:15 AM PDT by ican'tbelieveit
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To: Lazamataz
Did not feel it in Atlanta GA. That sucks. I've always wanted to experience a fatal earthquake, tornado, or extraterrestrial invasion.

Anything, actually, so long as it's fatal.

All you have to do is wait.

533 posted on 08/23/2011 11:52:25 AM PDT by Interesting Times (WinterSoldier.com. SwiftVets.com. ToSetTheRecordStraight.com.)
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To: ottbmare

534 posted on 08/23/2011 11:52:32 AM PDT by Red Badger ("Treason doth never prosper.... What's the reason? Why if it prosper, none dare call it treason.")
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To: bigcat32
Felt it in CLEVELAND!

So did we. Heard a news report that Progressive Field (Indians game) felt it. My wife noticed it while I was working underneath the car (good thing it wasn't too big).
535 posted on 08/23/2011 11:52:35 AM PDT by mmichaels1970
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To: stockpirate

KEWL!!

Sounds to me like maybe the good Lord is trying to keep some people honest!!!


536 posted on 08/23/2011 11:52:41 AM PDT by djf (One of the few FReepers who NEVER clicked the "dead weasel" thread!! But may not last much longer...)
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To: ken5050

Another factor that contributes to being felt over a large area is that the substrate is granite. I didn’t feel this quake (in Maine), but we’ve felt some that were centered hundreds of miles away.


537 posted on 08/23/2011 11:52:41 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: SandyInSeattle

The heat and humidity this summer has been absolutely BRUTAL, and I say that as a NC native.

I have never seen it this bad here, actually.


538 posted on 08/23/2011 11:52:49 AM PDT by Constitution Day
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To: newnhdad

Well, it was a shock wave from the energy released from an earthquake fault line breaking free. The chances of a fault line going down your specific street are very low.

I only say that so that you won’t think your home may have been a bad purchase.

This was probably what you were thinking anyway, even though your terminology made it seem different.

Hope you didn’t have any damage.


539 posted on 08/23/2011 11:52:49 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (McCain 5 yrs Left/1 yr right "BAD!" - Republicans 3 yrs Right 1 year Left to elect RINOs. "Good?")
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To: Mr.Unique

“what makes it a warning?”

Not a warning, just the good Lord trying to give us some shovel ready jobs.


540 posted on 08/23/2011 11:52:49 AM PDT by A'elian' nation (Political correctness does not legislate tolerance; it only organizes hatred. Jacques Barzun)
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