A lot of people related their experience with the rare earthquake in Virginia today. Enough to take the precautionary measure of evacuating buildings in Washington DC. We did not know it happened until we saw a TV report. Jerry
I just saw the report on Reuters News. No injuries reported, but structural damage to some buildings. I'm trying to get through to my sister-in-law in Maryland, and to a friend in upstate New York. Doubt if they suffered anything more than surprise and perhaps a bit of trepidation, but I want to know. Cell phone isn't getting through for some reason.
Cell phone service is the first thing lost in something like the earthquake....towers, underground cables are usually affected. Better try a landline if they have one. Randy works for the Dept of Veterans Affairs and heard that the offices in DC have been closed and will remain closed until the buildings have been inspected for structural damage and repairs made if needed but they expect that to be purely precautionary. The V.A. offices in Silver Springs, Maryland are still open so maybe the damage wasn't as bad there.
I didn't feel it here in central Ohio, but they said they did in Columbus 35 miles away. My wife was in town and asked me if I felt it, and I told her we had a Tsunami in the bird bath!
We got through to our sister-in-law and to my friend in upstate NY--both are fine, no problems with damage to structures. My NY friend, who is 96 and living at an assisted living facility, said that the staff was assuring everyone that all was fine, and then having to explain what had happened. It seems may didn't even notice the shaking/movement! Who says there aren't advantages to old age. . . .
I didn't feel the one in Virginia or the 13 in Colorado here in Missouri. I know the east coast had one of 6.? in February of 1984, because my relatives wrote and told me about the cracked walls, broken windows and other minor damages. It did not even make the evening news back then. But a minor one of under 3 in CA made the news the same night, and they get them all the time. We occasionally get a minor tremble here, but thankfully not that big New Madrid one forecasted by someone back in the 80s. He had almost everyone panicky for a long time.
Yup Jerry, saw both news flashes this week about the earthquake in Virginia and the one on Monday in Colorado. More strange happenings in the weather, so to speak. There is a major fault line that runs down the Mississippi rive that hasn't shaken things up for quite awhile. Hope it stay's that way. Capt. Kirk: Yikes I hope there were no birds bathing at the time the Tsunami rolled threw your bird bath. That sounds funny. But I can't imagine a 30ft wall of water and never wish to see one up close and personal.
A lot of my family in DC, Virginia, and North Carolina felt it. My girlfriend just South of Augusta, GA felt it also. It made it pretty far South. I ,however, did not feel it.
