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Tindomul 08-23-2011 02:18 PM

Earthquake
 
Felt it here in NYC, pretty strong. At first I thought the building where I work in was the only thing shaking, ran for the hills :rofl:
How is everyone else?

Cell phones are useless!!!

WhiteRabbit 08-23-2011 02:31 PM

I hope everyone's ok

camille1585 08-23-2011 02:58 PM

From what I've been hearing from my friends in northern VA it was strong, but not enough to cause damage. Just stuff falling off the shelves/walls and water sloshing around in the swimming pools. I guess the only real danger was getting hit on the head by a falling object. Still, hope everyone is OK.

Otis226 08-23-2011 04:18 PM

My wife just told me about it. Hope eveyone is safe. We're getting some pretty high winds with thunder showers right now, but so far the ground is staying put, happily.
Tony

Eyebabe 08-23-2011 04:30 PM

Hit central pa with a whimper thank goodness :)

Fernando 08-23-2011 04:33 PM

We had one yesterday. 3.4 big....

Fer

vandagirl 08-23-2011 04:39 PM

Hope everyone is o.k. Did read about it on facebook.

RosieC 08-23-2011 04:53 PM

Hope everyone is safe!

News I've seen was some damage in the worst areas, but mostly stuff thrown around. One friend said he hadn't felt it at work but stuff at home was fallen over and off shelves.

Connie Star 08-24-2011 09:34 PM

To me, earthquakes are the scariest of mother natures children because they are so unpredictable. Who would have thought there would be one in Virginia?

sii 08-24-2011 09:37 PM

Right now in parts of Ontario, we are under a tornado watch. The sky turned pitch black just before 8pm and then the rain fell hard. The thunder and lightning has not let up yet.

What's with mother nature lately? Pretty scary!

Lagoon 08-24-2011 09:59 PM

Hope you're doing okay, Sii :)
It looks like that storm has or is going to trigger everywhere in Ontario or atlease that's what the last reports were showing.
Also baseball size of hail-WTF ?? :yikes:

Sure its scary! For me its the lightening that freaks me out :dumb:
Dunno about you guys but I don't do to well with these tropical type storms Bring on the 4 feet of snow -- Now that to me is normal :biggrin:
It should be heading our way late overnite into the day tomorrow. We'll likey just see lots rain rain with strong winds.

Keep safe til those storms pass out of you're area :D

Tindomul 08-24-2011 10:25 PM

Global warming.
Probably the increasing heat has also caused the earth to shift, like metal expands or contracts with changing temp.

quiltergal 08-25-2011 12:48 AM

Having spent all of my life on the west coast I've become pretty blase about earthquakes. I don't bother getting off the couch unless it's at least a 6.0. ;) Tornados OTOH scare the bejeebers out of me. Must have watched the Wizard of Oz too many times as a child.

From what I have read and heard no one was injured. I was sorry to hear that some of the monuments in DC were damaged.


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