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Not sure why those that didn't feel it are disappointed! I felt it and would have preferred not too! Kind of unsettling when the solid ground below you is moving around!
 
i was standing at my workbench getting ready to do something with a pen and felt like the bench bumped me and the wall wobbled. thought i meet be hallucinating but then it happened and having grown up in California it suddenly dawned on me we were having, or had just had a small quake. about 10 minutes later it was on the news. cell phone service not right for a few minutes. then wife called and asked, "did you feel that". scary until you figure out what's up.
 
I felt it while we were on the ship here in Norfolk! A bunch of us were in a room and looked at each other wondering why the ship was shaking, only to find out about ten minutes later it was an earthquake. Kind of wierd feeling an earthquake while floating in the ocean.
 
My son is a native California and works at the Smithson in DC-- So every one asked him what to do. He said go back to work this is a small earthquake . Spoken as a true Californian.
 
That was hairy today!

Was standing in the CO's hatch talking to her and some other folks, at first I thought we were taking incoming or that an explosion had gone off. But it just kept coming!

I'll take a hurricane any day over that!

Oh wait...that's on Saturday.

Now all we need is locust and floods and we will know something is up!
 
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A first for me

:confused: I live about 130 miles due north of the epicenter. It was the first quake I've ever experienced. It took me a while to figure out what was happening. It was almost like two events. At first it rumbled and shook the foundation. Then it seemed like it got more shallow and just jingled the glassware. It really got my adrenaline going. Then when I settled down, I got really lazy for the rest of the day.
 
I was in the kitchen moving around and didn't notice it but my wife was laying on the bed reading. She said she saw the clothes move and then the bed. First thing she thought of was the exorcist :eek:
 
Ii live about 40 miles north of Atlanta and I felt it. I was sitting at my computer working and the whole house moved. It wasn't a shake it was more like the house was floating and moved side to side. Only lasted a few seconds but it was very noticeable. Maybe a better way to describe it is to say it was like when you are on a suspension bridge and you can feel the road move...only a little stronger. It was really weird.
 
Yeah I live in Richmond Va. My wife is mad at me because every time I go out of town for training some thing happens at home. Ice storm one, huricane, snow storm, and now earth quake and huricane coming in this weekend and I will not be back to Virginia till Sept 2nd. I am 500 miles away and we felt it here. Go figure I leave and all this fun is happening back home. Go figure my luck. Just a few cracks in the old plaster walls but no cracks in the foundation. But I will have to check when I get home.
 
I happened to be working on an off center turning at the time we felt it in SC.
So I was already bouncing across the shop floor.
Someone mentioned the hurricane making landfall this weekend....
I live in the upstate of SC towards the Mountains...However my mother in-law lives along the coast that means there will be TWO Major STORMS in Greenville SC this weekend!!!!!
I am taking my test for my concealed weapons permit on Saturday too. Isn't it funny how everything just kinda works its self out sometimes???? LOL J.J.
 
Man I just heard there was significant damage to the National Cathedral, and I've seen several Cathedrals including St. Patrick's, but the National Cathedral holds a special place in my heart. Religion has nothing to do with it, it's the Architecture it's self, with the hundreds of Gargoyles, the arched Portico's, the sheer beauty of the structure. I really hope the damage wasn't too severe, My one trip to DC I sat in the place for 2 hours one day and 3 hours the next. I had almost volunteered to take an Oxygen bottle and a scooter, and make a week of DC. I hope there hasn't been any injury to people. MOST property can be replaced.
 
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Man I just heard there was significant damage to the National Cathedral, and I've seen several Cathedrals including St. Patrick's, but the National Cathedral holds a special place in my heart. Religion has nothing to do with it, it's the Architecture it's self, with the hundreds of Gargoyles, the arched Portico's, the sheer beauty of the structure. I really hope the damage wasn't too severe, My one trip to DC I sat in the place for 2 hours one day and 3 hours the next. I had almost volunteered to take an Oxygen bottle and a scooter, and make a week of DC. I hope there hasn't been any injury to people. MOST property can be replaced.
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A few pictures of the damage ... http://georgetown.patch.com/article...ses-photos-of-earthquake-damage#photo-7472896

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Jerryconn said:
Pictures of damage in our part of the state
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Do you think you will be able to rebuild?

Best quotes so far
"that was not an earthquake... That was our founding fathers turning over in their graves." :eek:
"the earthquake was centered around a little known line. I think it is currently called 'Bush's fault" :biggrin:
 
Our building shook violently, my bookcase fell over throwing books like missiles that I dodged using my cat like reflexes. The ceiling collapsed and floors above started to come down on us. I searched for the weak who couldn't get out. I carried three elderly women out of the building to safety. I went back in as the building began to collapse and rescued four more…okay...none of that happened but I did stub my toe when I left the building….it hurt.
 
Andrew_K99 said:
Not sure why those that didn't feel it are disappointed! I felt it and would have preferred not too! Kind of unsettling when the solid ground below you is moving around!
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I'm sure those of us who missed out would not want to experience a severe life threatening event. This was not close to fitting that description. Speaking for myself, I don't unsettle very easily. I find the thought of experiencing a natural event like a minor quake, or a solar eclipse pretty exciting.
 
Timbo said:
Andrew_K99 said:
Not sure why those that didn't feel it are disappointed! I felt it and would have preferred not too! Kind of unsettling when the solid ground below you is moving around!
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I'm sure those of us who missed out would not want to experience a severe life threatening event. This was not close to fitting that description. Speaking for myself, I don't unsettle very easily. I find the thought of experiencing a natural event like a minor quake, or a solar eclipse pretty exciting.
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It was scary-exciting and I am still a little buzzed about it....if I was smarter and had realized what was actually happening, I probably would have been less excited and more scared! One is a good number for earthquake experiences on my checklist...amazing to feel, do not feel any compulsion to try it again!
 
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