Virginia Earthquake??

Originally Posted by Trouts mom

We felt it here in Ottawa!

5.8 is not bad, we had one of those last summer and nothing bad happened.

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I remember that. My half sister lives there. They had one in Quebec too, didn't they?

It's done some damages and that seems to be the worst of it. I still haven't heard any reports of injuries. My father-in-law things we shouldn't dismiss it so lightly because what if (wait...I need to go re-read his exact words...) "What if it's just the first stage a big quake that makes bridges fall into rivers and buildings crumble??" I pretty much face-palmed when I read it. I mean yes expect aftershocks; but aren't those typically smaller than the original event? Either way I'm not going to live in fear. You cannot control these things. It does no one any good to be afraid something bigger will come. It wasn't an unheard of thing that happened and it did some damage but that's it. And I'm grateful for that. The east coast has seen bigger quakes in its history and it'll see more quakes in the future I'm sure; but it's still not Cali here.

I was at a birthday party wtih DD and none of us felt it (just outside NYC), though my mom was wondering at what point who bumped into the table she was sitting at

My dad lives in the DC area, and I called him as soon as I heard, thankfully, he is alright

So glad everyone's okay! Didn't feel a thing out here in Texas.

Glad everyone is ok. We didnt feel a thing where I was which is actually the county right next to Winchester. Ill have to call my mom tonight and find out whats up with my family in Baltimore Im suspecting everything is good because she would have called me last night if it wasnt. She has a brother and sister who live in the old part of Baltimore.

My nephew and niece-in-law are OK....they're in eastern VA, in a D.C. suburb. Our son lives in southern PA and they didn't feel much of anything.

Well- I'm in SE VA and felt nothing. Neither did dd. We were both on the bottom floor of the house though. Jasper, who is afraid of EVERYTHING was fine. Though he did spend the evening in one of his "safe spots" so I'm not sure if he felt anything or not. Other 2 were fine.

Dh called and said he felt it. Then they evacuated the building he was working in

And YDD said she felt it. But she was over at the high school for Freshman orientation on the second floor.

Then the local news went on air and spent 3 HOURS covering it I thought it was kind of silly. Esp since we've got Irene out there and that's more dangerous than an earthquake with an epicenter that was about 3 hours from us.

Cheryl

We felt it in Western Maryland and West Virginia. I was at work (MD) on the second floor and when everything started shaking and our chairs (on wheels) started moving on their own. You never saw a group of people stand up so fast in your life! Our office building is fairly new and is built in mining country so everyone's first thought was it was built over an abandoned mine and it's collapsing. Then we were like "ok, it was only an earthquake". My MIL was at home in WVa and the house shook so hard the vibrations closed her laptop.

Of all the natural disasters, earthquakes are the worst, IMO. Hurricanes, blizzards, even tornadoes give you a little time to prepare or take shelter, but earthquakes give no warning at all. Although, when I lived in Guam and earthquakes were common, I started taking hints from my cats. I guess they were able to pick up on the vibrations before I could feel them because about 30 seconds before things started rocking they would start running around, not playing but more like they were looking for cover.

According to historical records, boston has a major earthquake about every 200 years. They are overdue for the next 1 and they could have 1 anytime.

Word is that it was caused by the Founding Fathers violently rolling over in their graves. Hey, have to blame this on Obama somehow!

Originally Posted by Trouts mom

We felt it here in Ottawa!

5.8 is not bad, we had one of those last summer and nothing bad happened.

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I agree, considering the se tsunami, the japan earthquake, haiti, etc that we've had recently, this wasn't that bad. Californians were probably thinking that too... "oh, a 5.8, aww how cute".

Originally Posted by Ducman69

Word is that it was caused by the Founding Fathers violently rolling over in their graves. Hey, have to blame this on Obama somehow!

I agree, considering the se tsunami, the japan earthquake, haiti, etc that we've had recently, this wasn't that bad. Californians were probably thinking that too... "oh, a 5.8, aww how cute".

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Hahaha! That picture is priceless!

Originally Posted by Ducman69

Word is that it was caused by the Founding Fathers violently rolling over in their graves. Hey, have to blame this on Obama somehow!

I agree, considering the se tsunami, the japan earthquake, haiti, etc that we've had recently, this wasn't that bad. Californians were probably thinking that too... "oh, a 5.8, aww how cute".

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haha...yeah one of our old members from here was teasing us on FB about it.

Originally Posted by Sneakymom

Then the local news went on air and spent 3 HOURS covering it

I thought it was kind of silly. Esp since we've got Irene out there and that's more dangerous than an earthquake with an epicenter that was about 3 hours from us.

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I live in Ontario and my husband said the radio just kept talking about it. I wasn't listening or watching tv but I can only imagine how much they talked about it and I live in a different country.

The one we had last year, the news went crazy and that's all they talked about.