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Post by kchoya on Aug 23, 2011 13:22:56 GMT -5
Any first hand accounts from those of you in DC?
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Post by hoyawatcher on Aug 23, 2011 13:31:05 GMT -5
Felt it in NC. Lost cell phone service. Already heard from colleagues they felt it in Manhatten.
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Post by JohnJacquesLayup on Aug 23, 2011 13:34:25 GMT -5
Felt it pretty good up here in Baltimore. Supposedly a 5.9 with epicenter around Mineral, VA.
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Post by quickplay on Aug 23, 2011 13:35:13 GMT -5
Shook for about 30 seconds here in a Queens, NY law school.
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Post by Nevada Hoya on Aug 23, 2011 13:43:11 GMT -5
I was on a conference call with people from RTP, NC and in the middle of the call, the North Carolina people were saying "did you feel that?" Must have been some quake. Evacuated the Pentagon, Capitol, etc. How is Georgetown faring?
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Post by HometownHoya on Aug 23, 2011 13:47:16 GMT -5
So is the earthquake Obama's fault or Bush's fault?
Haven't heard of any major structural damage anywhere. Everyone I've talked to seems to be fine.
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Post by BubbleVisionBiff on Aug 23, 2011 13:49:10 GMT -5
felt it in DC. roof of bldg next to use partially collapsed. people now milling about without a lot of ideas of what to do next. Metro system is open but running slower than normal. Cell service interrupted. Shaking was pretty scary. Started slow and then really built up.
My 17-month old slept through it, so I am told.
earthquake < eye teeth
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Post by Bando on Aug 23, 2011 13:54:57 GMT -5
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Post by strummer8526 on Aug 23, 2011 14:03:09 GMT -5
Felt it in Pittsburgh.
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Post by TrueHoyaBlue on Aug 23, 2011 14:07:13 GMT -5
My government building shook for about 30 seconds, then was evacuated while they checked for structural damage.
Our apartment in Georgetown has some brand new cracks in the ceiling. Ugh.
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Post by kchoya on Aug 23, 2011 14:09:18 GMT -5
Snowmageddon!!!! DC will be shut down for weeks!!!
Wait, what disaster are we talking about?
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Post by DFW HOYA on Aug 23, 2011 14:19:45 GMT -5
More East Coast media overload. If this happens in Chicago or Dallas or Phoenix it gets 15 seconds between the daily medical story and the closing Dow numbers on NBC Nightly News. One TV news ticker actually said this: "No threat of tsunami". For where, Portugal?
Note this number: 31. That's the number of earthquakes of similar strength in the US already this year. There were 100 in 1996 alone. Somehow, the Republic endured.
And amidst the temptations for the media to exaggerate even further (Megyn Kelly actually announced a report that the Washington Monument "was leaning"...memo to FNC: Twitter is not news.), Shep Smith had it right: there's really nothing to be alarmed about. Check the buildings, sure, but when a busted water pipe at the Pentagon is given the headline "Breaking News", well, that's both ironic (and a little overheated).
At least Geraldo Rivera hasn't linked this back to Khadafy...yet.
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Post by kchoya on Aug 23, 2011 14:31:24 GMT -5
More East Coast media overload. If this happens in Chicago or Dallas or Phoenix it gets 15 seconds between the daily medical story and the closing Dow numbers on NBC Nightly News. One TV news ticker actually said this: "No threat of tsunami". For where, Portugal? Note this number: 31. That's the number of earthquakes of similar strength in the US already this year. There were 100 in 1996 alone. Somehow, the Republic endured. And amidst the temptations for the media to exaggerate even further (Megyn Kelly actually announced a report that the Washington Monument "was leaning"...memo to FNC: Twitter is not news.), Shep Smith had it right: there's really nothing to be alarmed about. Check the buildings, sure, but when a busted water pipe at the Pentagon is given the headline "Breaking News", well, that's both ironic (and a little overheated). At least Geraldo Rivera hasn't linked this back to Khadafy...yet. I know you love to play up the East Coast bias angle on everything, but I disagree with your premise. DC is not used to getting 5.9 earthquakes. Nor is Chicago, Dallas, Boston, Miami, NYC or most other major cities. If this quake had been centered near one of those cities, it would get more than 15 seconds on the news. |
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Post by Boz on Aug 23, 2011 14:35:54 GMT -5
Just saw that on FB. Laughed my ass off. |
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Post by guru on Aug 23, 2011 14:35:56 GMT -5
Yeah, easy to scoff at this from far away - and the media coverage may be a little much.
But I was having lunch about a block from the White House and it was pretty hairy for a few minutes there. A loud noise, a very big rumble - and then people started streaming out of buildings. A few screams in the place I was in - and the streets were suddenly jammed with very confused, nervous people.
Thank goodness it appears that this was fairly innocuous. But it really drove home that if (when?) a real disaster or attack occurs in downtown DC, it will be chaos. Now THAT is actually scary.
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Post by KHoyaNYC on Aug 23, 2011 15:10:14 GMT -5
More East Coast media overload. If this happens in Chicago or Dallas or Phoenix it gets 15 seconds between the daily medical story and the closing Dow numbers on NBC Nightly News. One TV news ticker actually said this: "No threat of tsunami". For where, Portugal? Note this number: 31. That's the number of earthquakes of similar strength in the US already this year. There were 100 in 1996 alone. Somehow, the Republic endured. And amidst the temptations for the media to exaggerate even further (Megyn Kelly actually announced a report that the Washington Monument "was leaning"...memo to FNC: Twitter is not news.), Shep Smith had it right: there's really nothing to be alarmed about. Check the buildings, sure, but when a busted water pipe at the Pentagon is given the headline "Breaking News", well, that's both ironic (and a little overheated). At least Geraldo Rivera hasn't linked this back to Khadafy...yet. Yeah but the vast majority of those 31 earthquakes were on the west coast. Virginia hasn't had an earthquake of this magnitude since 1897 and the largest earthquake ever recorded in Maryland was a paltry 2.6. I could go on (New Jersey, for example, hasn't had an earthquake approaching today's since 1783). You're comparing apples and oranges. |
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Post by DFW HOYA on Aug 23, 2011 15:12:38 GMT -5
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Post by kchoya on Aug 23, 2011 15:15:50 GMT -5
Yes, near the major metropolis of Trinidad. You're totally obfuscating the point. Yes, earthquakes happen every day. The news is where it happened. If a hurricane hit Los Angeles, or if it snowed five inches in Miami, you don't think that would be news? |
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Post by LizziebethHoya on Aug 23, 2011 15:24:41 GMT -5
As a lifetime east-coaster, I didn't have a clue in the world what was going on as I sat on the rooftop of my building enjoying the picture-perfect day. In fact, the thought "This is what an earthquake must feel like" ran through my head.
I just had no idea there was a fault line anywhere near here so the possibility of an earthquake never even occurred to me.
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Post by Boz on Aug 23, 2011 15:53:55 GMT -5
As my office is a block away from the Capitol, believe me, "earthquake" was not the first, second or third thought that came into my head. In fact, my (slightly delayed) response was: "Earthquake? Whew!!" EDIT: Also, this was pretty good: www.dcquake.com/ |
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