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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: StonyMan451

Probably the camera got knocked off level. Looks like it’s leaning right though. We need a correction to the right in that God forsaken town,that’s for sure!


621 posted on 08/23/2011 12:03:04 PM PDT by penelopesire (Let The Congressional Hearings Begin!)
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To: stockpirate
Assessment of damages in Maryland:

Monty Co earthquake

(I.e., a lot like last year's *very* small earthquake.)

622 posted on 08/23/2011 12:03:04 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
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To: americanophile

Stuff like that just doesn’t happen here, which is why it’s so sensational. I looked for fault lines right along the east coast of the US on a few maps, and saw none, so naturally we’re pretty worried.


623 posted on 08/23/2011 12:03:36 PM PDT by wastedyears (Of course you realize, this means war.)
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To: Lazamataz

Good to hear that your outlook is picking up to “fatal” — it used to be so much worse. ;-P


624 posted on 08/23/2011 12:03:46 PM PDT by KC Burke
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To: ConservativeInPA

You should be very proud!


625 posted on 08/23/2011 12:03:49 PM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: MurrietaMadman
Here's a link to a live web cam of the Washington Monument. It does look like it's leaning (to the right!) but it may be an artifact of the camera angle.

http://www.wwashingtondcviews.com/

626 posted on 08/23/2011 12:03:56 PM PDT by StonyMan451 (As for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.)
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To: Azzurri
At least one of those events was a storm. Excerpt from the description:
This event occurred during a "fearful" storm that was accompanied by
violent thunder and lightning and raging seas. Possibly a hurricane.

627 posted on 08/23/2011 12:03:56 PM PDT by NautiNurse (TSA Tit for Tat--Yukari Mihamae--thank you!)
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To: Retired Greyhound

When I felt my first tremor I practically dove under a table,


Lol. Looks like your saloon shootout and earthquake responses are mis-wired. I think you’re supposed to go outside during a quake lol


628 posted on 08/23/2011 12:04:01 PM PDT by txhurl (Did you want to talk or fish?)
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To: Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!

Grand daughter and her mother in Charlottesville, Va. Text from DIL that “just a tiny shake.”


629 posted on 08/23/2011 12:04:05 PM PDT by hocndoc (http://WingRight.org)(I've got a mustard seed and I'm not afraid to use it.)(RIAing))
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To: stockpirate
Lower upstate NY. We didn't notice, but my husband (about 1/2 hour drive into the valley) felt his computer chair moving. They immediately turned on FOX in the lobby to see what was going on.
630 posted on 08/23/2011 12:04:17 PM PDT by concerned about politics ("Get thee behind me, Liberal")
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To: dancusa
I felt it up here in North Central CT. I just got done mowing the lawn. I was sitting in a chair, cooling off in shade of my garage. I felt a weird sense of vertigo and saw my daughters old Wonder Horse on springs moving side to side. I thought this is an earthquake. My adult beverage did not spill though.

We're just west of BDL airport. When a jet takes off right over our house or the National Guard is doing helicopter maneuvers (both pretty rare events, thankfully), our house will shake a bit and glasses will clink, etc. I felt absolutely nothing today, though, and I'm incredulous listening to all the CT callers on WTIC radio reporting their earthquake experiences.

I feel left out... :-(

Glad to hear your adult beverage didn't spill!

631 posted on 08/23/2011 12:04:17 PM PDT by nutmeg
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To: Errant
Unveiled in DC yesterday..

There's a link here somewhere... Just sayin'...

Ditto. :-)

632 posted on 08/23/2011 12:04:29 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Obama: Epic Fail or Bust!!!)
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To: reegs

That made me laugh out loud. Having lived in California during 5.5 quakes, I know they are no big deal—OUT THERE, but honestly I felt this one 450 miles away.

People in California routinely drive off the freeway when it rains. I’d see it happen every first winter rain of the winter.


633 posted on 08/23/2011 12:04:36 PM PDT by Betis70 (Bruins!)
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To: Keith in Iowa

Is that for real? I am still in shock Obama’s golfing NOT


634 posted on 08/23/2011 12:04:56 PM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid! (It is possible to both promote Palin and support Bachmann at the same time, ya know.)
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To: Retired Greyhound

It’s a massive triangle-area effected, from the epicenter to Rhode Island and Canada. It’s not some small beans, just think of the land area this thing shook.


635 posted on 08/23/2011 12:05:04 PM PDT by wastedyears (Of course you realize, this means war.)
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To: txhurl

Sure was a diverse place for an earthquake.


636 posted on 08/23/2011 12:05:09 PM PDT by wolfman
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Hey FOX it was also felt in NJ


637 posted on 08/23/2011 12:05:13 PM PDT by novemberslady
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To: stockpirate; JoeProBono; a fool in paradise

Felt it here in Atlantic City. One armed bandits started spitting out silver dollars. I grabbed me a pockeful, filled my fanny pack, and underpants, before security thugs arrived and began grabbing them for theirselves. We’re rich,Marge!


638 posted on 08/23/2011 12:05:42 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: ican'tbelieveit

Trinidad is the sex change capitol of the nation.


639 posted on 08/23/2011 12:05:42 PM PDT by Suz in AZ
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To: 21twelve

As I understand it..the Pacific Ring of Fire...has had major quakes recently..at each “corner” of the Ring...Chile, New Zealand, Japan..what’s DUE is the Cascadia fault...everything I’ve read says it that one lets go..the tidal wave will caused MORE damage than the quake itself..


640 posted on 08/23/2011 12:05:42 PM PDT by ken5050
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