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Just Felt An Earthquake

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  1. liberalminority

    liberalminority Well-Known Member

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    Near the DC area here, anyone ever experienced an earthquake?

    Felt a little drunk while it happened but things started shaking so it didn't look to be a medical issue.
     
    liberalminority, Aug 23, 2011
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    micfranklin Banned

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    No I most definitely felt it too, and at first I thought it was someone running around upstairs at my job.

    This is one of those few moments where I was completely unnerved.
     
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  3. liberalminority

    liberalminority Well-Known Member

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    Yea at first it felt like a loss of equilibrium but the noise proved it was really happening....
     
    liberalminority, Aug 23, 2011
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    Irishman Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Yea looks like Virginia, NY and D.C. got hit with a 5.7 magnitude earthquake. Our workers called up to let us know right away, thankfully no damage.

    EDIT: I didn't mention that they were on a roof, lol! Poor guys!
     
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  5. liberalminority

    liberalminority Well-Known Member

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    they say you're suppose to position yourself in a doorway, a note for next time.
     
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    Hummingbird Well-Known Member

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    Well, yeah. I live in the Pacific NW - have gone thru several earthquakes and also a volcano when Mt. St. Helen's, which is in my area, blew her lid off........
     
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    News says its a 5.8 magnitude officially and half of the East Coast felt it.
     
    micfranklin, Aug 23, 2011
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  8. liberalminority

    liberalminority Well-Known Member

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    oh well i can see why its so religious in the northwest

    will be attending church this sunday.
     
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    5.9 is just a small tremor..i would worry more about the the hurricane that is coming..in Calif this is what we feel all the time..no biggie..
     
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    micfranklin Banned

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    I bet everyone on the west coast is laughing at our excessive panicking right now.
     
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    I'm 30 mins outside ny, didn't feel anything.

    Not fair!
     
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    Here in WV it was just a small prolonged shake.
     
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    agreed unless it is a precursor for a bigger quake
     
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    We felt it. We're 2 hours west of DC. Important facilites and people are being evacuated. Take note people. You are not on the list of priorities. :mrgreen:
     
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    micfranklin Banned

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    Would anyone who was on the east coast like a shirt that says "I survived the east coast quake of 2011?"
     
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    God has nothing to do w/natural disasters. That's mother nature's job....
     
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    Kinda - but I understand your panic and fear, especially if this is the first time you've experienced this.

    They say that the Seattle Space Needle is quake proof b/c it was built on rollers to sway w/the quake..... I sure hope it does. I was up in that thing once and that was enuf for me.......
     
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    Really? Ever seen a doorway standing after a building collapsed?
     
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    It was felt at least as far north as vermont. I live in upstate ny, and people are all in a buzz about it because we never feel earthquakes up here. I didn't feel it personally, but alot of people here did.
     
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    Felt from Atlanta to Toronto. Weird for considering Philadelphia never has these things.
     
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    The aftermath:

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    Think for myself Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    That is tsunami like in it's total destruction.
     
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    a flash mob does more damage...
     
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