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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

DAMN


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia; US: North Carolina; US: Ohio; US: Pennsylvania; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: catastrophism; dcearthquake; earthquake; northannapowerplant; northannareactor; obamasfault; quake; virginiaearthquake
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To: nandrew
I thought it was a bomb going off somewhere in the metro area.

I thought that for a second or two, but then it went on so long it had to be a quake.

I'm sort of annoyed, I was in an office building and didn't hear any rumble and I couldn't really tell the difference between the P and S wave. I wish I had been standing outside.

981 posted on 08/23/2011 1:52:07 PM PDT by Strategerist (There is only so much stupidity one man can prevent - Andrew Marshall)
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To: nandrew
The weird thing was that the day was beautiful!! It mimicked 9/11. Clear ,cool and silvery.

"Earthquake weather", always beautiful and dead still.

982 posted on 08/23/2011 1:52:36 PM PDT by SCalGal (Friends don't let friends donate to H$U$ or PETA.)
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To: sam_paine

It’s still early in the week. The next disaster on the horizon is Hurricane Irene ;-) Who will they blame for that?


983 posted on 08/23/2011 1:52:43 PM PDT by NYer ("Be kind to every person you meet. For every person is fighting a great battle." St. Ephraim)
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To: Fishtalk

Same for me in Fairfax, VA and my daughter in Suitland, MD.


984 posted on 08/23/2011 1:52:49 PM PDT by My hearts in London - Everett (Still searching for the new tagline!)
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To: oh8eleven

What a great general! He’s at the top of my list!


985 posted on 08/23/2011 1:54:49 PM PDT by jennings2004 (Sarah Palin: "The bright light at the end of a very dark tunnel!")
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To: Voter62vb

I will have you know that I had to go look ‘orogeny’ up. Here I thought it had to do with some kind of redneck sexual thing when I first saw the word.

That said, I love rocks. Always have. They’re just kewl. Am quite fond of the Columbia River basalts. And trylobytes. You always get a great skipping stone.

;>


986 posted on 08/23/2011 1:55:02 PM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto.)
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To: SCalGal

Yup!


987 posted on 08/23/2011 1:59:17 PM PDT by old school
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To: SCalGal

Yup!


988 posted on 08/23/2011 1:59:24 PM PDT by old school
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To: untwist

“I can see new government spending demands to repair damages.”

Anyone for a ‘detailed jobs plan’ about now? A week or more? After Irene, too.

Gee.


989 posted on 08/23/2011 1:59:38 PM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto.)
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To: Mr Ramsbotham
I felt it in Dover, Delaware, on the third floor of a three-story building. It lasted about fifteen seconds, and I bolted like a bat out of hell down the stairs and out the door.

FYI from a So Cal native next time that the last thing you want to do in a quake..

It the crap falling off building outside that will kill you...stay put if you can, but get away from heavy thing that will fall... get under a desk, in a doorway, or in a bath room, again it the falling crap that will kill you...

FYI brick things in a quake like a fireplace chimney are pure death they can just shatter and go flying or crumble on top of you

990 posted on 08/23/2011 2:00:23 PM PDT by tophat9000 (American is Barack Oaken)
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To: OpusatFR

Pick the western local and book a hotel now for Sat night.


991 posted on 08/23/2011 2:01:15 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: OpusatFR

LOL I clicked on your profile and I agree but I was seeing what part of NC you were in.


992 posted on 08/23/2011 2:03:22 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: 11th_VA

Allah didit.


993 posted on 08/23/2011 2:04:25 PM PDT by SaraJohnson
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To: Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!

I suggested the same to a friend who lives on Knotts Island.

No sense waiting until it hits and THEN try to get one.


994 posted on 08/23/2011 2:06:52 PM PDT by OpusatFR
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To: oh8eleven

Always had to straighten the pix on the walls.
“This is a barracks, not a bordello!”

Yeah, well. It was what it was.


The buildings over East are often fragile. They weren’t built for earthquakes, for cry-eyed.

I have to admit that the last thing I would do if it looked like skyscrapers were swaying in NYC would be to go stand in the street between them. The windows themselves would be nasty incoming.


I heard St. Helens blow. It was something. I was a long ways away at the time. The liquifaction was a phenomenon I was able to see, however. Man. That was an event to remember.


995 posted on 08/23/2011 2:07:20 PM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto.)
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To: Strategerist
I'm sort of annoyed, I was in an office building and didn't hear any rumble and I couldn't really tell the difference between the P and S wave. I wish I had been standing outside.

A once in a lifetime opportunity, I'm sorry you weren't able to experience it as you wished.

996 posted on 08/23/2011 2:12:00 PM PDT by ozarkgirl
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To: All
Some structural damage being reported near Mineral VA. (per CNN)
997 posted on 08/23/2011 2:13:21 PM PDT by stlnative
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To: John S Mosby

Thanks...I didn’t notice that at all. It just popped up on an image search for ‘US FAULT LINES’.


998 posted on 08/23/2011 2:14:49 PM PDT by penelopesire (Let The Congressional Hearings Begin!)
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To: Beelzebubba

“I think the famed “Bush’s Fault” runs right through that area.”

Great post.


999 posted on 08/23/2011 2:15:38 PM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto.)
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To: mnehring
"Bump. Is this normal for d.c. or did Michelle O. trip?"
1,000 posted on 08/23/2011 2:16:32 PM PDT by Morgana (I never said one word........)
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