Mainly in Va. and D.C. but felt it here in Raleigh.
And tell me it's just a cooincidence that I signed my Will this morning. And we have Irene on the way this weekend?
(08-23-2011 03:20 PM)ElDuke Wrote: [ -> ]And tell me it's just a cooincidence that I signed my Will this morning. And we have Irene on the way this weekend?
Irene is a fish. Glad you have something to put in your will...
as my man Otis useta sing:
Shake it like a bowl of soup, yeah !
hurricane this weekend; firestorms next week... Happy Apocalypse everybody !!
It shook the heck out of the building here in Richmond. I thought it was an HVAC unit on our roof going bad. Scared the heck out of people here. I really had no idea what it was. We have a major rail line running behind the building and I also thought it might be an oversized load on a freight train. Cool stuff!
6.0 is a nice quake
I was in a 6.1 in Costa Rica that made me void my bladder.
(08-23-2011 03:34 PM)wrongtimezone Wrote: [ -> ]
Irene is a fish. Glad you have something to put in your will...
Sounds like your timing is right on!
Felt it in Winston to. I was sitting at my desk, and it felt like one of those vibrating chair massage thingy's. Kind of liked it.
A little bumpy here in Yorktown, Virginia but nothing too scary.
(08-23-2011 04:13 PM)wrongtimezone Wrote: [ -> ]I'm ready anytime. been a rough year
Speaking of which - you see the photos of the devastation?
Unbelievable.
http://www.grist.org/list/2011-08-23-pho...earthquake
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LOL! Actually, it's a bit unsettling when you realize what's going on. It happened here in Atlanta about seven years ago. I remember waking up at 5:00 AM, feeling not just the bed, but the whole building moving. Even though I'd not experienced an earthquake, I knew it what it was. Sure enough, it had come through the Tennessee Valley.
(08-23-2011 03:43 PM)rickheel Wrote: [ -> ]It shook the heck out of the building here in Richmond. I thought it was an HVAC unit on our roof going bad. Scared the heck out of people here. I really had no idea what it was. We have a major rail line running behind the building and I also thought it might be an oversized load on a freight train. Cool stuff!
My son, daughter-in-law and granddaughters were in a gym near Costco on Broad St. and didn't feel it at all.
Was doing some research in the National Archives when the quake hit.
Pretty interesting when a huge, solid, stone building like the National Archives starts rattling and shaking like a cheap apartment with a freight train going by right outside.
Not a lot of damage that we know of yet. High church steeples in Ballmer and on the National Cathedral in DC seem to have gotten the worst of it, and I also heard there's a crack in the ceiling at Union Station.
I am filling in doing tax compliance for one of our clients and was on the phone with their software's tech support people and didn't even notice it.
I heard the Washington Monument was closed to inspect a crack near the top.
Anyone notice the harmonic hum/noise?
When we had our quake in NoIL a year ago it was the noise that woke people up before feeling any shaking or vibrating. I'm wondering what this sounded like 20-40 miles from the epicenter.
(08-24-2011 07:17 PM)deterp2 Wrote: [ -> ]Anyone notice the harmonic hum/noise?
When we had our quake in NoIL a year ago it was the noise that woke people up before feeling any shaking or vibrating. I'm wondering what this sounded like 20-40 miles from the epicenter.
When I was in a 6.1 in Costa Rica what caught my attention was all the dogs howling, then they got quiet and there was this low humming noise, like a train.
It all happened so fast I didn't know what to think. The vertical fast waves hit next then the horizontal ones slid our bed across the floor over a foot back and forth for many seconds. Power went out, bars opened up, street party ensued.
(08-24-2011 07:33 PM)wrongtimezone Wrote: [ -> ]When I was in a 6.1 in Costa Rica what caught my attention was all the dogs howling, then they got quiet and there was this low humming noise, like a train.
It all happened so fast I didn't know what to think. The vertical fast waves hit next then the horizontal ones slid our bed across the floor over a foot back and forth for many seconds. Power went out, bars opened up, street party ensued.
Wonder if they do the same thing if that Arenal volcano erupts at the Tabacon Resort.
Looks like there has been some damage.
The National Cathedral seems to have been the worst building hit.
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