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Post by KSA on Aug 23, 2011 13:23:38 GMT -5
Checking on everyone in the NJ, New York and Dc area. I didn't feel it here but some people did.
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Post by JC on Aug 23, 2011 13:26:12 GMT -5
It was badass!!! WOOOO earthquake!!!! Centered in Virginia, 6.0. I felt like I was back home again. HAHA. Poor cat really freaked out.
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Post by hellsbells on Aug 23, 2011 15:01:42 GMT -5
It's shown me how many friends I have from here who are living in the States! All over FB!
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Post by Karen on Aug 23, 2011 18:04:54 GMT -5
Phew, was worried about you guys!
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Post by danniv on Aug 23, 2011 18:18:27 GMT -5
LOL @ Jenaya. glad you guys are all good.
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Post by JC on Aug 23, 2011 18:40:24 GMT -5
I'll feel better when I hear from Kristin. She lives in the city and it was a disaster over there. People were just in a panic to get out of the city.
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Post by painttheseconds on Aug 23, 2011 19:20:17 GMT -5
Hope everyone is safe. A 5.3 earthquake hit Colorado today for the first time in almost 40 years. It was closer to the New Mexico boarder so I didn't feel anything.
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Post by Lady Tewlie :P on Aug 23, 2011 19:51:47 GMT -5
Yeah, we just heard about the one in Colorado, too.
There was an earthquake here just about a year ago, but it was nowhere near as intense, and it lasted just a few brief seconds around 5 am. I just happened to have woken up a few minutes before, so I felt it. But since we never get earthquakes here (MD/Metro DC area), I was skeptical that it actually was one, although I couldn't imagine what else it would have been.
This time I was at work, and when it started, we thought it was probably just some construction at first, but then it kept going, and all I could think about for a split second was 9-11. It is coming up on the 10-year anniversary, and when it happened originally I was working in the middle of downtown DC. But as the shaking progressed, people in my office said, "is that an earthquake", and it got clearly more intense and characteristic of an earthquake vs. an explosion or something.
I work on the 5th floor, so I think we felt it more intensely than lower floors did. And then we he had to walk down 5 flights of stairs and out away from the building, not knowing if it was over or if there were aftershocks coming. It was fine, and there wasn't really any damage. I can joke because we didn't have any real damage in our apartment, but when we got home, there were all kinds of things knocked over and flung around. A dresser drawer and a nightstand drawer were open. A remote control was on the floor, a decorative painted egg had fallen and rolled half way across the room. We have a decorative chess set displayed, and half the pieces were all over, and half were intact. We have two lava lamps that both fell over, but thankfully they didn't break! I was amazed at stuff that didn't move at all while other things did.
But luckily, overall it wasn't so bad, and it sounds like that was the case for all who were affected.
Oh, but now we have a hurricane coming! (It's not supposed to be so bad, either.)
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Post by KSA on Aug 23, 2011 22:18:00 GMT -5
I'm glad everyone is ok. I didn't feel a thing I got a text from my girlfriend and she felt it. Jacob & I werre out side skating and he was showing me tricks so we were in our own little world. I got on here to check on all of you as soon as I found out. I am Jacob was with me a no one was hurt. Jenaya you prob did feel at home huh? My cousins live in San Fran I gotta a ton to worry about with them. I wish they would move back!
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Post by JC on Aug 24, 2011 5:17:58 GMT -5
Yeah I totally felt it! I thought it was my neighbors upstairs stomping around really hard but when the cabinet doors flew open and the cat freaked out, I was like oh sh*t an earthquake! No way!! I was actually in California last year when the last small earthquake hit this area. HAHA, go figure...
It can be quite dangerous even to have a "moderate" earthquake out here because the buildings are very old and aren't designed to withstand a tremor like California can. Some government buildings are closed today pending an inspection for structural damage.
In California, we talk about 2 different kinds of earthquakes you can feel. They are either the quick jerking, jolting ones, or the smooth rolling fun ones. I would say this was definitely a quick jerking one which can be a lot scarier than the rolling ones. Poor east coast; and now a hurricane is headed our way! LOL!
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Post by 1234 on Aug 24, 2011 9:15:59 GMT -5
I'm here! Our internet went out--not sure how that was earthquake related, but it was. THe city was a disaster, but mostly b/c of all the drivers. DC people CANNOT drive, and the minute there is a bit of snow or a slight emergency, everyone panics and starts to drive even crazier than normal.
The worst part was some secret service cops (why they were out doing earthquake security, I have no idea, but they were) decided to take over making decisions for our office building. We weren't let back in for several hours, and then they only let us back in to the underground garages to get to our cars/bikes. As I was walking in to get my bike, this huge secret service cop, with all his guns and everything, grabbed me by the shoulder and asked me where I thought I was going? I said I was going to get my bike. He said, no, I can't allow that, it's not safe. I said, everyone else is walking in to get their cars--why can't I go get my bike? He said, you can leave your bike and get it tomorrow. I said, how am I supposed to get home? He said, I'm sure if you can bike home, you can walk home. WTF? anyway, this went on for a while. I assume he only stopped me because I'm a small woman carrying a bike helmet and he felt like having a power trip. However, I eventually took his hand off my shoulder, placed it at his side, and informed him that I was going to walk in to get my bicycle. He could stop me if he wanted, but he would have to physically force me to stop walking, and that would be assault, and I doubted that he wanted to deal with the press of physically detaining a 110 lb woman and keeping her from her bicycle. I also assured him that not only would I have no hesitation in making the biggest press stink about it he could imagine, my husband was the director of the washington area bicyclists association and I would have no trouble in making a large press stink. So, if he wanted public attention directed to the fact that he had detained and assaulted a petite female cyclist, that was fine, but that was his decision. He let me go, and I biked happily home past all the cars stuck in gridlock and honking at each other.
DC is SUCH a disaster of a city. Jenaya, you need to bring some CA consultants here to help people figure out how to cope with an earthquake.
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Post by JC on Aug 24, 2011 13:01:58 GMT -5
HAHAHAHAAA GEEZ you are so funny!!! I wonder what the hell is problem was?!?! What an ass. You gave him a pretty good fight. That's hilarious!
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Post by jessabug on Aug 24, 2011 16:50:30 GMT -5
I read today that they downgraded it from a 6.0 to a 5.8. Lol. Glad everyone is good
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Post by Karen on Aug 24, 2011 18:31:41 GMT -5
Kristin - way to speak up for yourself and put it in perspective for him! Ha ha, his balls probably shrunk a little bit after your stern talk with him.
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Post by 1234 on Aug 24, 2011 21:03:45 GMT -5
I used to be a huge pushover, but after a while of dealing with DC cops, I realized that they don't pick on all cyclists--just small female ones. So I've become much more militant. I'm glad he let me go and didn't arrest me, because that would have been tedious.
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