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#81
08-23-2011, 09:28 PM
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I had always read about earthquakes but never felt one. I was sitting at my desk on the 5th floor downtown and felt the first bit. It felt a little odd. So I'm like "OK, that's what an earthquake is supposed to feel like". I had read they were short. Then it starts up again and more violently. I don't recall if it made any noise but it seemed like it went on forever. I have this massive wood government issue desk. I briefly thought "how long would this desk hold up with the other 2 floors piled on top of it".
Then I heard people in the other offices yelling and stuff. I grabbed my keys, phone and jacket and out the door.
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#82
08-23-2011, 09:30 PM
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Now let me get this straight:
The epicenter was 2 miles from Cuckoo and 12 miles from Bumpass just off State Rt. 677 A new tourist attraction is born!
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#84
08-23-2011, 09:43 PM
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 people were doing this on the stairs...
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#85
08-23-2011, 10:07 PM
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Kinda glad it wasn't worse, the SC was up on the mid-rise, could have been bad.
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#86
08-24-2011, 12:29 AM
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I was on the 7th floor in Bethesda. The first vibration felt like a backhoe hit the building. The second one actually shook my computer monitor and desktop...... I was down the stairwell in minutes since a high rise masonry building doesn't bend well. My son sent me a text from Newport News telling me that his dorm room was shaking. Freaky being 4 hours away. My youngest son at home in Loudoun called to tell me that everything on the shelves was shaking. When I finally got home for the evening, I noticed about 10 or so pots on shelves just waiting for one more aftershock to give up the goods.
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#87
08-24-2011, 02:00 AM
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So did anyone have any damage to their houses? I haven't heard from my tenants, but I can't imagine the matchbox-strength build quality of DC-area condos was any match for an earthquake.
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#88
08-24-2011, 02:12 AM
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hmm
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08-24-2011, 04:50 AM
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