Earthquake!

I can't believe it, but I just felt an earthquake about ten minutes ago.  Turns out it was earthquake in Mineral, Virginia.  The Capital and the Pentagon were evacuated.  I felt it, and it was felt as far up as NY!

Man, that was weird.   All of the sudden I felt dizzy and things in my computer room started to wobble.  It was the weirdest thing I think I've ever felt.   It was also a little bit scary.  I did not like that at all.   I still feel a little weird and off balance.  I am little worried about aftershocks.     ITS NOT SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN IN SOUTH JERSEY!!!   THIS AINT CALIFORNIA!!!

Warbler said:

ITS NOT SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN IN SOUTH JERSEY!!!   THIS AINT CALIFORNIA!!!

Wow. I've never heard of an earthquake happening there. As one living in California, I'm used to them by now. They just come and go every so often. Nothing really to worry about unless it's ultra strong.

By the way, considering we're on the west side of the States, CA didn't feel it.

How do you know ChainsawAsh didn't feel it? :p

TV's Frink said:

How do you know ChainsawAsh didn't feel it? :p

LOL... Frink.

This thread is now about WHERE YOU WERE WHEN YOU DID OR DID NOT FEEL THE EARTHQUAKE.

For the record, I was at home, and I did not feel it.

Warbler said:

ITS NOT SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN IN SOUTH JERSEY!!!   THIS AINT CALIFORNIA!!!

There you go Warb! You tell that nature what it is and isn't suppose to do! That'll learn it!

bkev said:

Jeez, Warb, you're a wuss. :P

I wonder how my cousins took their first earthquakes...

*sigh* we don't get quakes on the east coast.   We're not used to them and therefore they are unsettling to us.  Also our buildings are made to handle earthquakes like those on the west coast are.   So excuse me for being little scared that something might happen to my house and I and/or my parents might get hurt, or friends and other family members might get hurt.   If that makes me a wuss, so be it. 

CP3S said:

Warbler said:

ITS NOT SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN IN SOUTH JERSEY!!!   THIS AINT CALIFORNIA!!!

There you go Warb! You tell that nature what it is and isn't suppose to do! That'll learn it!

*sigh*

Warbler said:

So excuse me for being little scared that something might happen to my house and I and/or my parents might get hurt, or friends and other family members might get hurt.   If that makes me a wuss, so be it.

Well, then it is good bkev already took that comment back and conceded your point before you made it.

bkev said:

I suppose I should take back my wuss comment. In CA, many buildings are built to stand such shocks - special foundations, not built out of bricks, etc. On the east coast there are plenty of brick buildings. So it's a bit bigger of a deal.

East Coast vs. West Coast y'all!

No blasters! No blasters!

I hope everything is okay Warb.

everything is ok right now.   Hopefully it will stay that way.

Presented without comment:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/stunning-photos-of-damage-caused-by-the-east-coast

On the east coast, we are not used to earthquakes, so when one happens, its a big deal.  Kind of like if Florida got snow.

doubleofive said:

Southern Indiana didn't feel it. :-/

TV's Frink said:

How do you know ChainsawAsh didn't feel it? :p

Hey, I'm northern Indiana, not southern! ;-)

I was responding to AF, not OO5.