Breaking: Magnitude 5.9 Earthquake Hits Virginia
An unusual earthquake has just struck Virginia; according to USGS it registered as a Magnitude 5.9.
An unusual earthquake has just struck Virginia; according to USGS it registered as a Magnitude 5.9.
1 | Mostly sane, most of the time. Tue, Aug 23, 2011 10:58:45am |
[Link: earthquake.usgs.gov…]
2 | Feline Fearless Leader Tue, Aug 23, 2011 10:59:26am |
And we were just having a Safety Meeting just now…
3 | lawhawk Tue, Aug 23, 2011 10:59:36am |
Yeah… we felt it all the way up here in NYC metro area. Lots of folks around here spooked, some thought there was a construction accident at Ground Zero but it was a quake down in VA, between Charlottesville and Richmond.
4 | jamesfirecat Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:01:00am |
I just felt some of it here at work in DC about five min ago.
Of course luckily because we’re in DC and it’s centered in Virginia it just meant the entire building shook for about 5 to 10 seconds… but those were some freaky 5 to 10 seconds!
5 | albusteve Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:01:54am |
New Mexico is sooo boring…no quakes, no canes, no fun
6 | Vicious Babushka Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:02:10am |
Holy crap.
I once experienced an earthquake in Safed, Israel. It felt and sounded like a heavy truck was driving along the street behind my daughter’s house. Except, there is no street behind her house, just a steep hill. :/
7 | watching you tiny alien kittens are Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:02:26am |
MSNBC is reporting that the Pentagon and Capitol buildings were evacuated due to the earthquake.
8 | makeitstop Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:02:50am |
Felt it pretty good out here on LI. So did a lot of other people, judging by Facebook posts.
9 | abolitionist Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:03:02am |
My house shook for about 30 seconds. Felt like a freight train within spittin distance.
10 | Mostly sane, most of the time. Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:03:28am |
I distinguished myself for bravery during the Northridge earthquake by lying in bed and whimpering with the covers over my head.
12 | Bear Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:05:18am |
If the 5.8 holds I will not be too shocked to hear that there is significant damage at the epicenter. I imagine building rules are not too high there since earthquake activity in the area is not common.
13 | Jack Burton Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:05:23am |
re: #10 EmmmieG
I distinguished myself for bravery during the Northridge earthquake by lying in bed and whimpering with the covers over my head.
I slept right through it. I used to have a T-shirt that said it too.
14 | CuriousLurker Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:05:34am |
Holy crap, I felt it here in NJ too. If I hadn’t been watching the spy, I wouldn’t have had any idea what it was as I’ve never felt one before.
15 | albusteve Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:05:52am |
re: #10 EmmmieG
I distinguished myself for bravery during the Northridge earthquake by lying in bed and whimpering with the covers over my head.
I’d probably wet myself, then faint
16 | Gus Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:05:55am |
On February 21, 1774, a strong earthquake was felt over much of Virginia and southward into North Carolina. Many houses were moved considerably off their foundations at Petersburg and Blandford (intensity MM VII). The shock was described as “severe” at Richmond and “small” at Fredericksburg. However, it “terrified the inhabitants greatly.” The total felt area covered about 150,000 square kilometers.
The three great earthquakes near New Madrid, Missouri, in 1811 - 1812 (December 11, January 23, and February 7) were felt strongly in Virginia. Reports from Norfolk and Richmond newspapers describe the effects in detail.
An earthquake, apparently centered in southwestern Virginia, on March 9, 1828, was reported felt over an area of about 565,000 square kilometers, from Pennsylvania to South Carolina and the Atlantic Coastal Plain to Ohio. Very few accounts of the shock were available from places in Virginia; it was reported that doors and windows rattled (MM V). President John Quincy Adams felt this tremor in Washington D.C., and provided a graphic account in his diary. He compared the sensation to the heaving of a ship at sea.
The August 27, 1833, earthquake covered a broad felt area from Norfolk to Lexington and from Baltimore, Maryland, to Raleigh, North Carolina - about 135,000 square kilometers. Two miners were killed in the panic the shock caused at Brown’s Coal Pits, near Dover Mills, about 30 kilometers from Richmond. At Charlottesville, Fredericksburg, Lynchburg, and Norfold, windows rattled violently, loose objects shook, and walls of buildings were visibly agitated (MM V).
More topics here: Virginia Earthquake Information.
18 | ProBosniaLiberal Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:06:14am |
Considering the that D.C. isn’t built for this, it have caused damage.
19 | Kragar Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:06:47am |
Stupid things like building codes have kept God’s will from being made fully manifest.
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21 | Mostly sane, most of the time. Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:07:20am |
re: #15 albusteve
I’d probably wet myself, then faint
My boss at the time, being both a mother and a native of CA, sprinted into her baby’s room, grabbed him like a football, and wedged herself in the doorway.
22 | watching you tiny alien kittens are Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:07:52am |
I experienced quite a few quakes during my 17 years in Anchorage, Ak. it is definitely scary when anything over a 4.5 or so hits and everything moves.
(Plus my house was “homebuilt” by someone back in 1943 during the war and was not exactly robust structurally)
23 | Varek Raith Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:08:04am |
Took a look around the house, no apparent damage.
24 | blueraven Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:08:42am |
Reports of feeling the earthquake from NC to Marthas Vineyard.
25 | Targetpractice Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:08:49am |
re: #9 abolitionist
My house shook for about 30 seconds. Felt like a freight train within spittin distance.
We felt it here in VA Beach. The house shook for about 5-10 seconds and that was it. Scared me for a moment that perhaps we’d been hit by a strong gust of wind, but it’s a perfectly beautiful day outside.
And now, for some reason, my cellphone’s not wantin’ to work. I’m getting bars, but every time I try to make a call, I get a “Call Failed” message. Think some cell towers might have gone outta commission for a bit.
26 | Kragar Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:09:15am |
re: #23 Varek Raith
Took a look around the house, no apparent damage.
Check outside, check for leaks, water and gas.
27 | OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:09:19am |
29 | Varek Raith Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:10:05am |
re: #26 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Check outside, check for leaks, water and gas.
Yep, did that too.
I see that city works is now out and about.
30 | ProBosniaLiberal Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:10:26am |
re: #28 blueraven
Okay, now that’s a bit worrying.
32 | SanFranciscoZionist Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:10:51am |
re: #16 Gus 802
More topics here: Virginia Earthquake Information.
I know a little about the New Madrid quakes because they were foretold by the Shawnee Prophet, and played into Tecumseh’s uprising.
So I did know that you could have quakes there, I just figured it took a prophet to bring one one.
33 | albusteve Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:11:08am |
re: #27 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin
Just a lot of sun.
A LOT.
Suntan Capitol Of America!
I made that up
34 | OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:11:08am |
re: #10 EmmmieG
I distinguished myself for bravery during the Northridge earthquake by lying in bed and whimpering with the covers over my head.
Some relatives had some property damage from it. And they’re from Sylmar, on top of it.
35 | Cinnabar Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:11:28am |
re: #25 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
We felt it here in VA Beach. The house shook for about 5-10 seconds and that was it. Scared me for a moment that perhaps we’d been hit by a strong gust of wind, but it’s a perfectly beautiful day outside.
And now, for some reason, my cellphone’s not wantin’ to work. I’m getting bars, but every time I try to make a call, I get a “Call Failed” message. Think some cell towers might have gone outta commission for a bit.
Or they’re just overloaded.
(BTW, there was a 5.3 earthquake felt in Colorado yesterday.)
36 | zora Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:11:28am |
no damage to my home in md. just scared the shit outta me. shook my mom’s home in southern va and my sister in-law’s in va beach.
37 | Gus Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:11:57am |
Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer are working on a way to blame Muslims for this earthquake.
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38 | Lidane Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:11:58am |
Charles — the USGS link in your post now has the magnitude listed at 5.9.
39 | SanFranciscoZionist Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:12:00am |
re: #24 blueraven
Reports of feeling the earthquake from NC to Marthas Vineyard.
Countdown to being told this is sign of God’s displeasure with the Obama administration…ten…nine…eight…
40 | Bear Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:12:00am |
re: #25 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
Ham Radio will work when phone and cell do not.
42 | CuriousLurker Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:12:30am |
re: #25 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
We felt it here in VA Beach. The house shook for about 5-10 seconds and that was it. Scared me for a moment that perhaps we’d been hit by a strong gust of wind, but it’s a perfectly beautiful day outside.
Exactly the same as here. It happened a minute or two after VR said it happened there. I guess it took that long to travel. I was thinking, “Nah, couldn’t be,” until I googled it and saw it was felt in NYC too. Weird feeling.
44 | jamesfirecat Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:13:03am |
I hope my house is still there when I go back to it…
45 | Kragar Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:13:05am |
re: #37 Gus 802
Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer are working on a way to blame Muslims for this earthquake.
//
The Muslim Brotherhood all jumped up and down at the same time and the shockwave passed thru the earth to hit the US!
46 | OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:13:56am |
re: #37 Gus 802
Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer are working on a way to blame Muslims for this earthquake.
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Barack HUSSEIN Obama used HAARP to make it happen on purpose!!
47 | Lidane Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:14:08am |
re: #37 Gus 802
Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer are working on a way to blame Muslims for this earthquake.
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And I’m sure that Pat Robertson and the rest of the American Taliban will blame the gays and liberals for breathing air and causing the quake.
48 | CuriousLurker Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:14:38am |
re: #39 SanFranciscoZionist
Countdown to being told this is sign of God’s displeasure with the Obama administration…ten…nine…eight…
Oh, crap. So he’s coming coming after us east coast liberals now.
49 | Targetpractice Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:14:43am |
re: #35 C1nnabar
Or they’re just overloaded.
(BTW, there was a 5.3 earthquake felt in Colorado yesterday.)
Very possible. Bunch of folks called up in 911, going “My house just shook!”
50 | Gus Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:15:02am |
re: #45 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
The Muslim Brotherhood all jumped up and down at the same time and the shockwave passed thru the earth to hit the US!
Alex Jones is working the HAARP angle. Cynthia McKinney however thinks Dick Cheney is behind this. Sarah Palin thinks it was Obama because it the epicenter is located in were “real Virginians” live.
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51 | Gus Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:15:29am |
re: #47 Lidane
And I’m sure that Pat Robertson and the rest of the American Taliban will blame the gays and liberals for breathing air and causing the quake.
Why does God hate Virginia?
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52 | laZardo Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:15:59am |
re: #50 Gus 802
Alex Jones is working the HAARP angle. Cynthia McKinney however thinks Dick Cheney is behind this. Sarah Palin thinks it was Obama because it the epicenter is located in were “real Virginians” live.
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The “real Virginians” seceded from their mother state long ago. ;)
53 | SanFranciscoZionist Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:16:00am |
re: #45 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
The Muslim Brotherhood all jumped up and down at the same time and the shockwave passed thru the earth to hit the US!
Maybe they should lay off the shawarma some. I’m just saying.
54 | Targetpractice Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:16:53am |
re: #51 Gus 802
Why does God hate Virginia?
//
It was near Richmond, so perhaps he’s voicing his displeasure with Tim Kaine.
/
55 | Feline Fearless Leader Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:17:30am |
re: #45 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
The Muslim Brotherhood all jumped up and down at the same time and the shockwave passed thru the earth to hit the US!
Ah yes, “The Great Leap Downward”. Didn’t the Chinese come up with that first in the 60s?
56 | zora Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:17:32am |
re: #49 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
and people checking on family.
57 | engineer cat Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:18:01am |
East Coast Earthquake Causes Massive Tweetstorm
inspectors warn of dangers from cracks in donald trump’s hair
59 | NJDhockeyfan Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:18:42am |
My friend called me from Nashville 2 minutes after it happened. He saw the report on CNBC.
61 | lawhawk Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:19:09am |
re: #35 C1nnabar
Phones in some parts of NYC and DC are also overloaded as everyone is calling everyone else trying to figure out what happened.
62 | NJDhockeyfan Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:19:17am |
The cell phones aren’t working very good around here.
63 | watching you tiny alien kittens are Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:19:22am |
re: #37 Gus 802
Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer are working on a way to blame Muslims for this earthquake.
//
Obama (Sekrit Muslim) has allowed other Muslim sympathizers to work at HAARP and now they are using it against us!!11ty
64 | SanFranciscoZionist Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:19:25am |
65 | Shiplord Kirel Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:19:25am |
We tried to warn Obama about giving the ACORN militia the keys to the HAARP control room, but he wouldn’t listen.
66 | jaunte Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:19:49am |
A 5.3 hit Trinidad, Colorado last night:
[Link: www.nytimes.com…]
67 | SanFranciscoZionist Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:20:00am |
re: #63 ausador
Obama (Sekrit Muslim) has allowed other Muslim sympathizers to work at HAARP and now they are using it against us!!11ty
I figure Sasha was playing with the HAARP machine, and just twisted the wrong knob. It happens.
68 | Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:20:15am |
re: #62 NJDhockeyfan
The cell phones aren’t working very good around here.
Cell phone networks operate like banks, they assume only a certain fraction of their capacity will be in use at a time. When they hit that limit, they have to start dropping calls (or refusing to connect them).
69 | Varek Raith Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:20:21am |
re: #62 NJDhockeyfan
The cell phones aren’t working very good around here.
No they are not.
My grandma is ok (She’s in Orange).
She thought the person downstairs was doing something bad.
Lol.
71 | Targetpractice Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:21:48am |
Are we sure it wasn’t a first strike by North Korea or Iran? They created an earthquake machine on Obama’s watch! IMPEACH!!!!!!111
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72 | Varek Raith Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:22:03am |
I’m also not hearing any sirens.
That’s good.
73 | Gus Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:22:07am |
re: #63 ausador
Obama (Sekrit Muslim) has allowed other Muslim sympathizers to work at HAARP and now they are using it against us!!11ty
…
It’s the Sharia HAARP Dhimitude Tack-E-Ah sky raygunz!!11ty
74 | NJDhockeyfan Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:22:09am |
re: #69 Varek Raith
No they are not.
My grandma is ok (She’s in Orange).
She thought the person downstairs was doing something bad.
Lol.
I’m in Charlottesville. The building was shaking like crazy. I ran the fuck out right away.
76 | Varek Raith Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:22:31am |
re: #71 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
Are we sure it wasn’t a first strike by North Korea or Iran? They created an earthquake machine on Obama’s watch! IMPEACH!!!111
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At first I thought it was Quantico blowing the crap out of something.
77 | CuriousLurker Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:22:45am |
re: #69 Varek Raith
No they are not.
My grandma is ok (She’s in Orange).
She thought the person downstairs was doing something bad.
Lol.
Heh, when I live in Queens our next door neighbors used to literally cause the building to shake when they’d…um…get going. It was an old building.
78 | Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:23:02am |
re: #75 Gus 802
Yeeeah, VT is getting effectively DDoS’d right now by incoming avalanche of requests.
79 | Targetpractice Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:23:10am |
Wait, perhaps this was one of those earthquakes that the Bible says will happen before the rapture….or was that after?
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80 | Varek Raith Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:23:32am |
re: #74 NJDhockeyfan
I’m in Charlottesville. The building was shaking like crazy. I ran the fuck out right away.
I went right outside.
My cat was not amused by this event.
Not one bit.
81 | Gus Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:23:48am |
re: #78 thedopefishlives
Yeeeah, VT is getting effectively DDoS’d right now by incoming avalanche of requests.
Yeah. I noticed that. Really slow.
82 | CuriousLurker Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:24:15am |
re: #71 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
Are we sure it wasn’t a first strike by North Korea or Iran? They created an earthquake machine on Obama’s watch! IMPEACH!!!111
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OMG, that’s it. It’s the loose wimmen causing it!
83 | Targetpractice Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:24:17am |
re: #80 Varek Raith
I went right outside.
My cat was not amused by this event.
Not one bit.
My cats all seem to perfectly okay with it. Hell, I don’t think one of them even twitched from his spot on the bed upstairs.
84 | Gus Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:24:40am |
re: #80 Varek Raith
I went right outside.
My cat was not amused by this event.
Not one bit.
Your cat probably thinks you did it. LOL I sometimes wonder that. When the train goes by I think my sister’s cat thinks we’re behind it somehow.
85 | Kragar Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:24:48am |
We got offices in CA and VA, and all the VA guys are freaking out and leaving work early. All the CA guys are getting a laugh and telling the VA guys to quit panicking and get their asses back to work.
86 | Shiplord Kirel Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:24:57am |
re: #76 Varek Raith
At first I thought it was Quantico blowing the crap out of something.
Oh No! Obama’s invaded Virginia! War Powers Act! Impeach! Impeach!
87 | CuriousLurker Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:25:03am |
re: #80 Varek Raith
I went right outside.
My cat was not amused by this event.
Not one bit.
Mine slept right through it, but I suppose it was a lot stronger where you are.
88 | NJDhockeyfan Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:25:06am |
The government isn’t taking any chances.
White House, Capitol, Pentagon evacuated in wake of earthquake
The White House and the Capitol building were evacuated Tuesday afternoon after an earthquake was felt in Washington.
The Pentagon, the State Department and the Libraries of Congress were also evacuated.
89 | Gus Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:25:10am |
Cat sees a plane fly by… he probably thinks it’s another one of your toys.
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90 | watching you tiny alien kittens are Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:25:14am |
re: #46 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin
Barack HUSSEIN Obama used HAARP to make it happen on purpose!!
re: #50 Gus 802
Alex Jones is working the HAARP angle. Cynthia McKinney however thinks Dick Cheney is behind this. Sarah Palin thinks it was Obama because it the epicenter is located in were “real Virginians” live.
//
Apologies, I see others also twigged to the evil Muslim conspiracy behind this and noted it before I did.
/
91 | Charles Johnson Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:25:18am |
Expecting an incredibly stupid remark from Pat Robertson any minute…
92 | avanti Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:25:27am |
I thought the cat was pulling on the fabric on the couch, but when the couch started shaking, I thought a tree had fallen on the house. I went outside and saw the neighbors with a WTF ? look on their faces. (Near Annapolis)
93 | blueraven Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:25:27am |
North Anna Nuclear Plant in Virgina shut down.
95 | Varek Raith Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:25:51am |
re: #93 blueraven
North Anna Nuclear Plant in Virgina shut down.
No surprise. That’s pretty close to the epicenter.
97 | Obdicut Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:26:53am |
re: #74 NJDhockeyfan
I’m in Charlottesville. The building was shaking like crazy. I ran the fuck out right away.
In future, you shouldn’t get out. unless you’re in like, a pure-glass building or something called Mr. Rickety’s Hanging Knife Emporium.
Outside, there’s more danger from falling glass, powerlines, etc. The best place to be is near an interior load-bearing wall away from any glass, or under a very strong piece of furniture.
99 | Varek Raith Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:27:22am |
re: #87 CuriousLurker
Mine slept right through it, but I suppose it was a lot stronger where you are.
Whole house shook for 15 or so seconds.
Some stuff fell of the shelves.
101 | Kragar Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:28:40am |
re: #91 Charles
Expecting an incredibly stupid remark from Pat Robertson any minute…
Thats a safe bet on any day, on any subject.
102 | CuriousLurker Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:29:11am |
Heh, one of our engineers just emailed me saying he & the boss were on the 36th floor (of a building in Manhattan), and they’re still on the 36th floor.
103 | Gus Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:29:20am |
Clearly this is a sign from God telling Americans to vote for Rick Perry.
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104 | Cinnabar Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:29:31am |
Obama’s choice of summer reading [Link: www.salon.com…] caused the earthquake!
105 | makeitstop Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:29:51am |
106 | lawhawk Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:30:15am |
So, Drudge has to headline that Obama was out on the golf course when it happened - as though the President is going to know when an earthquake will happen. No one can predict a quake, despite scientists’ best efforts to date.
What an asshole (Drudge, that is).
107 | lgffan Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:30:15am |
Pat Robertson might agree with [Link: www.ynetnews.com…] who blame problems on lack of Torah Study!
108 | Gus Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:30:41am |
re: #104 C1nnabar
Obama’s choice of summer reading [Link: www.salon.com…] caused the earthquake!
…
Did Obama’s choice of lunchmeat really cause the Virginia earthquake? Inquiring minds want to know.
109 | Targetpractice Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:30:42am |
That’s great, it starts with an earthquake…
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110 | lawhawk Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:30:45am |
re: #103 Gus 802
No, it was the Get Out the Newt Vote (because it happened so close to Lynchburg and Liberty U). ////
111 | Gus Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:31:10am |
re: #106 lawhawk
So, Drudge has to headline that Obama was out on the golf course when it happened - as though the President is going to know when an earthquake will happen. No one can predict a quake, despite scientists’ best efforts to date.
What an asshole (Drudge, that is).
Ha! There’s one.
112 | CuriousLurker Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:31:15am |
re: #99 Varek Raith
Whole house shook for 15 or so seconds.
Some stuff fell of the shelves.
Here it was only about 5 seconds. The building swayed like it was a strong wind, but when my desk also swayed with it I realized it was coming from the ground and couldn’t be the wind. Nothing fell down though—it wasn’t that strong here.
113 | Gus Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:31:55am |
I knew there would be the usual freaky-psycho-fringe, right-wingnut reactions.
114 | engineer cat Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:32:12am |
Suspect Shift In Tectonic Plates Triggered When Grover Norquist Briefly Thought Of Beginning To Consider Rise In Marginal Tax Rate
attack was quickly treated before tectonic policy gridlock threatened
115 | Varek Raith Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:32:13am |
It was a strange thing.
I could hear it before I felt it.
Creepy.
116 | Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:32:15am |
re: #106 lawhawk
So, Drudge has to headline that Obama was out on the golf course when it happened - as though the President is going to know when an earthquake will happen. No one can predict a quake, despite scientists’ best efforts to date.
What an asshole (Drudge, that is).
Wow, that took even less time than I thought.
*hands over $20*
117 | Winny Spencer Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:33:12am |
Dim Hoft headline:
Earthquake Rattles Washington DC – Obama Goes Biking
“A 5.8 quake hit Washington DC this afternoon.
The Obama family was biking this afternoon.”
118 | Gus Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:33:15am |
WHY IS OBAMA AT MARTHA’S VINEYARD!!?? SHOULDN’T HE BE IN VIRGINIA ALREADY SURVEYING THE EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE THERE? WHY DOESN’T HE CARE ABOUT REAL VIRGINIANS?
119 | Gus Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:33:41am |
re: #117 Winny Spencer
Dim Hoft headline:
Earthquake Rattles Washington DC – Obama Goes Biking
“A 5.8 quake hit Washington DC this afternoon.
The Obama family was biking this afternoon.”
There’s a second one.
120 | Kragar Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:33:51am |
re: #115 Varek Raith
It was a strange thing.
I could hear it before I felt it.
Creepy.
Oh, thats common. After a couple, you get used to the sound and head to a safe spot before it even hits.
122 | Varek Raith Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:34:16am |
re: #120 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Oh, thats common. After a couple, you get used to the sound and head to a safe spot before it even hits.
Most interesting.
Still creepy though.
123 | Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:34:17am |
re: #118 Gus 802
WHY IS OBAMA AT MARTHA’S VINEYARD!!?? SHOULDN’T HE BE IN VIRGINIA ALREADY SURVEYING THE EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE THERE? WHY DOESN’T HE CARE ABOUT REAL VIRGINIANS?
The Presidential Teleportation Device (PTD) has to recharge between uses. Dammit, Jim, I’m a doctor, not a quantum physicist!
124 | CuriousLurker Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:35:07am |
125 | Lidane Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:35:11am |
re: #104 C1nnabar
Obama’s choice of summer reading [Link: www.salon.com…] caused the earthquake!
OBAMA BOUGHT BRAVE NEW WORLD! GOD SENT THE QUAKE IN RESPONSE!
126 | Varek Raith Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:35:39am |
127 | Winny Spencer Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:35:41am |
re: #119 Gus 802
I knew exactly where I needed to go for that extra level of stupidity few apart from Dim Hoft can muster.
128 | Varek Raith Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:36:21am |
Of course, now everyone is freaking out around here.
Lol.
129 | Kragar Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:36:27am |
re: #122 Varek Raith
Most interesting.
Still creepy though.
When I was in HS in LA county, some of us figured out that if 4-5 of us hit a particular stretch of drywall in one of the buildings just right, we could mimic the sound almost perfectly throughout about 6 classrooms.
Good times.
130 | CuriousLurker Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:36:31am |
131 | Gus Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:36:43am |
Classic. Wingnuts are already trying to connect Obama to the earthquake. Talk about massive fail. Talk about massive Obama derangement. Wingnuttery is a mental illness.
132 | Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:36:46am |
re: #120 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Oh, thats common. After a couple, you get used to the sound and head to a safe spot before it even hits.
I’m sure that has to be amusing for the uneducated. “Kragar, why are you running for the doorway?”
133 | reloadingisnotahobby Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:36:52am |
D. C. could use a little shake up!!
Doubt this was enough but it’s a start!!
(Hope no one was injured!)
134 | Kragar Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:37:09am |
re: #128 Varek Raith
Of course, now everyone is freaking out around here.
Lol.
Its over, tell them to shut up and get back to work.
135 | lawhawk Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:37:37am |
Here’s the shake map - and it’s a pretty wide swath of the East Coast that felt it, although most felt a weak to light movement.
136 | Political Atheist Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:37:45am |
re: #15 albusteve
LOL
Nah. You’d be fine. I was here in the valley for Sylmar in ‘71, in South San Francisco in ‘89 and of course within a couple miles of the epicenter for Northridge. Unless stuff is falling around you or the walls are cracking it’s just a weird ride.
If you have ever experienced mild or moderate mid air turbulence, that’s pretty close to the sensation. Northridge got scary as the glass fell out of my cabinets, and furniture fell over. Then seeing daylight in the corners of the closet…
137 | reloadingisnotahobby Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:38:02am |
re: #129 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Can’t put a price on a good time!!LOL
138 | Kragar Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:38:23am |
re: #132 thedopefishlives
I’m sure that has to be amusing for the uneducated. “Kragar, why are you running for the doorway?”
That happened a few times when I was stationed in Japan.
139 | Political Atheist Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:38:29am |
re: #115 Varek Raith
It was a strange thing.
I could hear it before I felt it.
Creepy.
Now you know how to tune a subwoofer right.
140 | NJDhockeyfan Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:38:55am |
My friend in NYC says the Holland Tunnel is closed.
142 | Targetpractice Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:42:02am |
re: #141 Varek Raith
It’s also eerily quiet outside.
Everybody’s sitting around the TV, waiting to hear if Obama will apologize for daring to be on the golf course today.
//
143 | blueraven Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:42:05am |
re: #140 NJDhockeyfan
My friend in NYC says the Holland Tunnel is closed.
I am sure they will have to inspect bridges, tunnels etc…
144 | OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:42:51am |
re: #118 Gus 802
WHY IS OBAMA AT MARTHA’S VINEYARD!!?? SHOULDN’T HE BE IN VIRGINIA ALREADY SURVEYING THE EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE THERE? WHY DOESN’T HE CARE ABOUT REAL VIRGINIANS?
57 states teleprompter eric holder doj hates the white culture
145 | reloadingisnotahobby Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:42:54am |
The Administration has just announced a new
Shovel Ready Jobs plan…Details at 5pm!
146 | CuriousLurker Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:43:24am |
re: #140 NJDhockeyfan
My friend in NYC says the Holland Tunnel is closed.
E gad, that makes me think of the subway. I always hated going under the East River or the Hudson in a train. The thought of all that water bearing down on the tunnel walls…*shudder*
147 | lawhawk Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:51:48am |
1010wins is reporting that Newark Liberty airport has temporarily closed to check for runway damage.
All NJ TRANSIT rail, bus and light rail services are operating. Customers may experience some delays because of crowding conditions and speed restrictions due to this afternoon’s earthquake. Systemwide cross-honoring is in effect. Check back for updates.
From local traffic reports:
NYC BULLETIN - 6-10 m delay - HUDSON RIVER CROSSINGS: INBOUND HOLLAND TUNNEL REOPENED // OUTBOUND REOPENED.
2:46 PM
NYC BULLETIN - 1-5 m delay - JOHN F KENNEDY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT CLOSED ON ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES DUE TO EATHQUAKE.
2:46 PM
NYC BULLETIN - 1-5 m delay - NEWARK LIBERTY AIRPORT CLOSED ON ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES DUE TO EARTHQUAKE.
From FoxNews:
The National Park Service said that all National Mall monuments and memorials are closed and evacuated after the quake.At Reagan National Airport outside Washington, ceiling tiles fell during a few seconds of shaking. Authorities announced it was an earthquake and all flights were put on hold.
At the Pentagon in northern Virginia, a low rumbling built and built to the point that the building was shaking. People ran into the corridors of the government’s biggest building and as the shaking continued there were shouts of “Evacuate! Evacuate!”
In New York, the 26-story federal courthouse in lower Manhattan began swaying and hundreds of people were seen leaving the building. Court officers weren’t letting people back in.
148 | kg7u Tue, Aug 23, 2011 11:58:27am |
I am 100 miles northwest of Seattle. For those of you in DC, we feel your pain. Heh.
149 | SanFranciscoZionist Tue, Aug 23, 2011 12:03:22pm |
re: #84 Gus 802
Your cat probably thinks you did it. LOL I sometimes wonder that. When the train goes by I think my sister’s cat thinks we’re behind it somehow.
Well, the train is your species’ responsibility…the quake not so much.
150 | SanFranciscoZionist Tue, Aug 23, 2011 12:03:56pm |
re: #85 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
We got offices in CA and VA, and all the VA guys are freaking out and leaving work early. All the CA guys are getting a laugh and telling the VA guys to quit panicking and get their asses back to work.
Bigger deal out your way. I’d go home, maybe turn off the gas, and check for damage.
151 | SanFranciscoZionist Tue, Aug 23, 2011 12:06:55pm |
re: #104 C1nnabar
Obama’s choice of summer reading [Link: www.salon.com…] caused the earthquake!
He’s reading David Grossman, and they’re still not happy? They do realize that Grossman is *gasp* a “Zionist apologist”, don’t they?
//Probably not.
152 | SanFranciscoZionist Tue, Aug 23, 2011 12:07:44pm |
re: #107 lgffan
Pat Robertson might agree with [Link: www.ynetnews.com…] who blame problems on lack of Torah Study!
Bet you didn’t know how dangerous summer vacations were before this.
153 | SanFranciscoZionist Tue, Aug 23, 2011 12:08:01pm |
re: #115 Varek Raith
It was a strange thing.
I could hear it before I felt it.
Creepy.
Not uncommon.
154 | SanFranciscoZionist Tue, Aug 23, 2011 12:09:01pm |
re: #117 Winny Spencer
Dim Hoft headline:
Earthquake Rattles Washington DC – Obama Goes Biking
“A 5.8 quake hit Washington DC this afternoon.
The Obama family was biking this afternoon.”
Obviously…huh. I’m stumped. They should have run back to DC and rolled bandages?
155 | MrSilverDragon Tue, Aug 23, 2011 12:33:09pm |
Wow, that was a bit of an adrenaline rush. I was in a meeting during the event, at first people were unsure of what was going on, but I chimed in “Yep, we’re in an earthquake.”
Sounds like a few metro stations are being shut down in the area, and I’m hearing news that some buildings have been damaged in DC.
156 | abolitionist Tue, Aug 23, 2011 12:51:02pm |
Nuclear plant shut after quake, others unaffected
HOUSTON (Reuters) - A magnitude 5.9 earthquake on the East Coast on Tuesday forced the shutdown of two nuclear reactors at a Virginia power plant, but other nuclear power plants on the Eastern Seaboard were unaffected and operating normally.
A nuclear power plant operated by Dominion Resources’ was shut after the earthquake, according to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Two reactors at the North Anna Station in Mineral, Virginia were stopped, the NRC said. The plant lost off-site power, but diesel generators are operating, the spokesman said.
The plant lost off-site power .. That does not sound good.
157 | TedStriker Tue, Aug 23, 2011 2:14:21pm |
re: #156 abolitionist
Nuclear plant shut after quake, others unaffected
The plant lost off-site power .. That does not sound good.
It just means they lost their electrical connection to the outside that powers their buildings and equipment when the plant is not running. Hence, it’s why their diesel generators kicked in.
158 | Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, Aug 23, 2011 3:17:23pm |
See the Roanoke in the graphic? That’s me!
159 | danhenry1 Tue, Aug 23, 2011 4:51:21pm |
re: #5 albusteve
Now I remember it was in Las Cruces out over the Organs, I’m from MA., lived down there, can’t unload the house. There was a Tornado out Over White Sands, remember? Either 2006-7.
I’ll take high desert any time over everything but Boston for about 6 desperate weeks during any given year, Washington period, or Florida for a few weeks a year.
Las Cruces area of New Mexico, great… Actually my favorite restaurant is way up of the turquoise trail.. Santa fe’s. Cowgirls.
160 | John Vreeland Tue, Aug 23, 2011 7:29:41pm |
It was pretty weird here in DC. There is nothing on record for the area being near this strong of a temblor, so “nuclear explosion” was a serious possibility in my mind, except that I was playing a video game with some people in NY at the time, so there was no electromagnetic pulse to fry my electronics. I still checked for a fireball though, as I figured after the tremor I might have a few seconds to run into the basement before the shock wave blew all the windows in. “Okay,” I said. “Just a freak earthquake.”
There was no looting, either, which was a surprise since lately people don’t seem to need much of a reason.