We were camping amongst a grove of redwoods once in CA when an earthquake hit. It was the most peaceful thing I have ever experienced.
There was a tornado in southern Maryland last weekend, an earthquake today, and hurricane Irene next weekend. I have "plague of frogs" penciled in for Wednesday.
My neighbor is a store manager for WalMart and he showed me pictures of his store. The grocery section was a mess. Lots of broken glass.
The epicenter was approx. 40 miles from here so the intensity was quite strong.
I'm jonesing for a hike in the mountains this weekend but mother nature might have a thing or two to say about that .
Getting lost is a way to find yourself.
I live in norfolk,va. I happen to be working in richmond,va this week. Very wild. When we got back to the hotel room, all the stuff up on the table and micro was on the floor. Now we have to make sure to get home in time this weekend to beat the storm. They will shut the tunnels down.
REPORT FROM SUGAR GROVE, VIRGINIA (Partnership Shelter): Nothing. Not a wiggle. Not a rumba.
A geologist came on TV and said that we didn't shake because we are on solid rock. Okay, but, if we are on solid rock, why do we have all these sinkholes?
Oh, yeah, also, we are no longer in the path for Irene's unwelcome visit this weekend.
Ahhhh, the bliss of living in SWVA?
Kinnickinic
You never know just what you can do until you realize you absolutely have to do it.
--Salaun
Reporting in from central VA - we are 25 miles from the epicenter. I know CA is use to it, but we are not, and I frankly don't care to experience that kind of rumbling and shaking again.
Now for Hurricane Irene...
As you know it's still too early to predict the huirricane's path. Look for it better in a few days when the cold front hitsOriginally Posted by SawnieRobertson
I will share my take on this- Nobody could have predicted this, when it happened cell phones were useless - 911 was overwhelmed for 30 minutes with stupid people with no real emergency. when the towers came back it was some thirty minutes later. Some people over reacted...
Dogs are excellent judges of character, this fact goes a long way toward explaining why some people don't like being around them.
Woo
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*runs away*
LOL
"That's the thing about possum innards - they's just as good the second day." - Jed Clampett
Kind of sums it up...
Dogs are excellent judges of character, this fact goes a long way toward explaining why some people don't like being around them.
Woo
I want some reports from people on the trail. . . what they thought it was, what happened, what the trees were doing, etc.
I did not feel it in the central Connecticut valley, but, oddly, I dreamt of being in a 6-ish magnitude quake, in a downtown area, just the other night.
The more miles, the merrier!
NH4K: 21/48; N.E.4K: 25/67; NEHH: 28/100; Northeast 4K: 27/115; AT: 124/2191
Post of the day! Thanks for the laugh!
The more miles, the merrier!
NH4K: 21/48; N.E.4K: 25/67; NEHH: 28/100; Northeast 4K: 27/115; AT: 124/2191
I was sleeping on the couch, thought the dog was trying to get on the couch, then realized he was at the cabin across the road. Went back to sleep...lol
Everyone remember to be safe and never open a beer right after an earthquake.... Give the beer time to reduce the foaming before opening!!!!
---Where ever you go
There you are---
In close to the quake
From a friend of a friend just a few miles from the quake in rural VA:
It was pretty amazing. I was outside walking up from the chicken coop to the house when it happened. It sounded like a rumble I guess, a bit hard to describe. At first I couldn't tell what was happening then the intensity increased and I felt like I was surfing on the ground. It was so unusual for me that I never really looked around to see what was happening to the house or the shop. I could hear the coop behind me rattle. As it slowed, our dog started barking and running all over through the woods. She was freaked out. My first though was they detonated a bomb in DC. I wasn't thinking about an earthquake in VA.
I ran up to the house thinking about a Bomb. I got online and at first there wasn't any info.
My dog was still running all over and barking. I looked out and it wasn't blowing so I got on the USGS to look for any new earthquake info. There wasn't anything.
I tried calling my wife with the cell phone and the service wasn't working. Remember that if a situation occurs.
I refreshed the USGS site and it showed the quake. About 15 miles from where we live.
I eventually spoke to the wife and she said she didn't feel anything at the time but she was walking out of the grocery store while on lunch and she saw people running out of all the little shops.
I did feel the couple of after shocks as well they were more like a sonic boom rumble.
Our dog was freaked out most of the afternoon.
Not much happened in the house no major damage. One of my wife's coworkers who lives real close to where it happened had his wife call to tell him that all kinds of stuff was knocked of the shelves and walls.
All of DC shut down over this. What will happen when something real big happens?
Kevin
That picture just cracks me up. As far as the big one from what I read about the quake here in Virginia -- compared to the ones in CA -- is that since the east coast is older colder and not as many faults quakes will be felt over a much greater area rather than be localized. This is the reason that the quake could be felt in New York and New England as well as Ohio and south to Florida. Also as far as I understand it, this quake didnt happen at a fault and down much deeper than may usually happen.
igne et ferrum est potentas
"In the beginning, all America was Virginia." -William Byrd
another 4.5 aftershock last night woke me up
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