While some of you are familiar with earthquakes. Being from the East Coast, I am not familiar with them at all. I have lived in the same town my
entire 40 years on the planet. I have never experienced anything quite like it.
Today (about an hour ago) there was a 5.9 earthquake in Virginia, about 100 miles or so from me. I was sitting on the couch and felt it start to
shake. Being from DE, I looked for the Xbox controller to make sure the batteries were not warning me they were about to die. Then the entire house
started shaking, walls shifting around, lamps shaking pretty violent, kids running to me trying to figure out what was going on. We all headed for the
front door.
Being from a little town, and on the East Coast where we just don't usually get any trembles we can feel, it was quite an experience. The house shook
for about a minute, (40 seconds of it we were on the outside looking in). Now I can say I have felt the power of the Earth moving below me. It was an
experience I will never forget, nor will my wife and kids!
Wow! The end is nigh! :wee: I'm like Burt Reynolds in Deliverance. I can't wait for Armageddon, I have the bow and arrows and everything. NO MORE
WORK! :wee:
Of course I'll have to defend myself from man rape, but that's just a consequence of having good looks and desperation on their part....and maybe
mine.
I had a small earthquake experience, on lake Malawi, East Africa. Not as exciting as yours but enough to wake me up and go outside. My mate slept
through it. His loss. Hark at me in Africa. lol
You should break a few things and then claim on your house insurance. :D
That's the first one I could actually feel. (My father, who has lived in this area all of his life, said the same thing.)
It rattled the windows and I could see the walls moving in and out. That's when I started moving toward the door.
I'm glad it was just an interesting experiance.
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All i can say is that was wierd- was sitting in my office and ,y desk and computer screens started shaking. Definitely a new experience and not one i
want to feel again anytime soon. Lasted about 30-40 seconds here, and we are about 80 miles from the epicenter- i guess the blue ridge mountains
mellowed it out some on our side:D. Sounds like all is okay now- have a great rest of the day
Scott
No evidence of the day's events up in NE, and the early warning staff spent most of the day lounging in front of windows, fans, and watching the
branchs on the trees swaying.
Hope no one had anything worse than a few disconcerting moments.
ATB,
Sam
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I was on the 6th floor of the GSA building in downtown DC when it struck. I was actually sitting in a conference room reading when the first tremor
came through. I stopped reading, stood up and walked over to my office to see what was going on, then the real thing came through. To be honest I
stood just inside a door way, like an idiot holding the door open. The floor bucks, the cabinets slid around, some of the cubicle walls fell over,
some ceiling tiles fell down, and lots of stuff shook. Not really a big deal.
I grew up in California and I've seen a few earthquakes in my time. I felt the 1989 quake, but was far enough from the epicenter that it didn't really
feel like much. I do not really remember being scared, more confused. "This isn't supposed to happen here..." My wife on the other hand, freaked out
pretty good. The cats didnt really appreciate it either.
The actual quake itself wasn't all that bad. Trying to get home afterwards was the real nightmare. Traffic was locked up and the metro trains were
packed like sardine cans. Not fun.
Hope everyone came through that okay. Sounds like it.
My comment to my wife last night on the phone... "The world is coming to an end, but not today... "
Yeah it wasn't real bad, but for being the first time experiencing it, was a shocker for sure! Kids know what to expect now and we also cleared things
up on what to do next time it happens if it happens! Always nice to get a wake up call and discuss what to do in an emergency!
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