However none of those things happened. Even structured as they are, it takes a good amount of force to crack a support enough to cause even partial collapse.
I'll be a bit surprised if there wasn't a lot foundation damage, and some of the historic sites would probably be the most obvious candidates for that, but it doesn't appear any injures were caused by quake or panic, I suppose DC probably is pretty well-prepped for man-made disasters and that's why lots of federal building were calmly evacuated. Probably could be viewed as a silver lining.
I do get the panic thing, however. As mentioned, I live in Southern California. When it rains, people loose all ability to drive. Oddly enough, the same happens if a sprinkler breaks on the side of the freeway. A little water....4 care pile-up (almost guarenteed).
Yeah, I'm a California native myself so I've got some perspective on it, though mostly secondhand. I think there's pretty much always something an area get that others don't and stuff they themselves rarely see and freak out about.
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So there was an Earthquake about 90 miles outside Washington, D.C.
- 23/08/2011 07:49:59 PM
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Yeah, felt it in DC. Apparently it was felt all the way up to Toronto *NM*
- 23/08/2011 08:07:52 PM
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Speaking as a southern Californian....
- 23/08/2011 08:31:29 PM
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Well.
- 23/08/2011 08:33:42 PM
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True, true....
- 23/08/2011 08:38:39 PM
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You're right, the reason it's news is because we don't get earthquakes that poweful. Hence, I posted *NM*
- 23/08/2011 08:34:27 PM
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You'll be ok. But if you're feeling the paranoia.....
- 23/08/2011 08:53:36 PM
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I doubt things are broken- it wasn't too strong by the time it got to me, at least 100 miles away.
- 23/08/2011 08:56:34 PM
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Probably worth remembering most of the buildings aren't designed for that
- 23/08/2011 08:38:08 PM
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*nods* True...
- 23/08/2011 08:42:03 PM
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Re: *nods* True...
- 23/08/2011 08:56:01 PM
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NC, checking in. *NM*
- 23/08/2011 09:44:03 PM
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Widespread tremors, alright. You guys OK, I guess? *NM*
- 23/08/2011 09:59:22 PM
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Yeah, thanks. Very minor. I actually didn't feel it, but a bunch of my family/friends did. *NM*
- 24/08/2011 03:55:51 PM
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Richmond, VA... definitely felt it
- 24/08/2011 06:44:39 AM
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