Please login or click here to join.
Forgot Password? Click Here to reset pasword
 |  |  |  |  |  |
Barbara Shoemaker Posts: 1764 Joined: 4th Jan 2008 Location: USA | quotePosted at 20:31 on 23rd August 2011 Wow! That was a bit more excitement than I normally enjoy on my lunch break. A 5.9 earthquake centered in Virginia that was felt up and down the east coast, including my office building in DC. No damage or injuries that I know of. At least we had a nice day, weather-wise, for evacuation! |
cathyml Posts: 23275 Joined: 25th Jan 2010 Location: South Africa | quotePosted at 20:35 on 23rd August 2011 Glad to hear that you are all fine Barbara. Not a pleasant experience I am sure! |
James Prescott Posts: 25952 Joined: 11th Jan 2010 Location: UK | quotePosted at 20:35 on 23rd August 2011 lets hope there isnt any more. |
| Barbara Shoemaker Posts: 1764 Joined: 4th Jan 2008 Location: USA | quotePosted at 20:41 on 23rd August 2011 Right you are, James! There were small aftershocks reported, but I didn't feel them. |
Krissy Posts: 15430 Joined: 8th Jul 2008 Location: USA | quotePosted at 20:58 on 23rd August 2011 Glad you are ok Barbara!!! I felt it too!! That was the craziest two mins ever!! |
| Barbara Shoemaker Posts: 1764 Joined: 4th Jan 2008 Location: USA | quotePosted at 21:09 on 23rd August 2011 A new experience for me, for sure! At least it got me out of the office for a bit, had a nice walkabout with everybody else. |
| cathyml Posts: 23275 Joined: 25th Jan 2010 Location: South Africa | quotePosted at 21:14 on 23rd August 2011 Hi Krissy, lovely to see you and glad you are also OK over there! |
Cathy E. Posts: 8474 Joined: 15th Aug 2008 Location: USA | quotePosted at 00:13 on 24th August 2011 Was a quick few seconds here as well. Things did shake pretty good. But Elsie and I are fine. There were some buildings with some major damage but only a few. The news was on all afternoon covering the earthquake. You would have thought the world was coming to an end the way they went on! lol Glad everyone is okay. Glad it was nice weather too and that it didn't happen this coming weekend when Hurricane Irene is expected to come right up the Chesapeake Bay quite close to where I live!! |
Sue H Posts: 8172 Joined: 29th Jun 2007 Location: USA | quotePosted at 02:14 on 24th August 2011 Glad all you Eastcoasters are OK. We have a neice and her family there, so got word early letting us know that, other than evacuation, everyone was OK. |
Ruth Gregory Posts: 8072 Joined: 25th Jul 2007 Location: USA | quotePosted at 04:00 on 24th August 2011 Yes, it was the big news from my hubby's family in Pennsy too. I was at work when a few of my office mates were talking about being on a conference call and the people on the other end saying, "Wait a minute, I think we're having an earthquake." When they told me they were talking to people in DC, I couldn't believe it. |
Follow PicturesOfEngland.com on social media and help share the beauty of England....
