Earthquake

[Ebenezr]

Looks like the Washington Monument is leaning a bit.

The quake was caused by George Washington rolling over in HIS GRAVE!!!!

[tom4bren]

I heard that there were cracks in Washington monument but they didn't report that it's leaning at all. NEWS said that it's closed indefinitely.

It took me 2 hours to get home last night ... but it took me 2 1/2 hours to get to work this morning - go figure.

It was interesting though, when the quake hit, I was on a telecon with folks from all over the country. About 10 minutes after the shaking subsided, the folks up in NJ reported that they were feeling it then. Rekin it makes sense though. NEWS reported that the quake happened at 1351 in Mineral, VA but Washington DC reported it at 1354.

[Cobrajet]

It was interesting though, when the quake hit, I was on a telecon with folks from all over the country. About 10 minutes after the shaking subsided, the folks up in NJ reported that they were feeling it then. Rekin it makes sense though. NEWS reported that the quake happened at 1351 in Mineral, VA but Washington DC reported it at 1354.

I was at my desk at home when it hit. I actually wrote down the time and date (1:51 PM) because my memory ain't what it used to be. Only 60 miles from the epicenter, so there was no delay here. No damage to my house. Only signs of rattling were my reel-to-reel tapes tipped over on the shelf, and the cat hiding under the bed (smart cat!)

[WormGod]

I took the day off and was sitting on the couch playing a game. The house got a little wobbly for about 5 secs and I thought a big wind gust had hit cause the house made a slight creaking too. Looked up out the back door window and the trees were still. My g/f is from El Salvador and said they always had quakes there so I txt'd her and said "Was that a quake"? Her response was "YES!", so I picked my controller up and went back to playing my game. *shrug*

Only damage I have heard of was the Washington Monument being cracked in some places and some older brick buildings have partial collapses. Other than that, people just went on about their normal lives.... including the billions of gov't employees here getting out early due to an "event of enormous proportion". There's your budget problem right there. *rolls eyes*

[vt_maverick]

The house got a little wobbly for about 5 secs and I thought a big wind gust had hit cause the house made a slight creaking too. Looked up out the back door window and the trees were still.

That's exactly what I thought and did too. But then we walked out the front door and the neighbors yelled "What the **** was that?"