Residents post pictures of the horrible devastation in the DC area! It brings a tear to my eye to see things like this...
I thought a plane had gone down at Dulles! This was my first one, and I don't think I'd like to experience another one. My office building is set off the founation to run network cabling through so we had a good ol' time.
5.8? Can you even feel a 5.8?
I was reading a blub that said the east coast is a mish mash of materials that's perfect for transmitting earthquakes.
Yes you can feel it alright depending on how close you are to the epicenter.
5.8? Can you even feel a 5.8?DUH. I expect that from kalifurnions
for the critters sloshed out pretty good. She also told me that the collection of expensive and rare beers i have stored were clanking loudly, and most likely have been shaken up, so I will need to open a bunch of them to keep them all from exploding, which may render it necessary to have Hasmat show up......
so the answer is, YES, you would feel a 5.9 for sure. unless you were in a car.
they have closed the Harry W. Nice bridge for inspection, no further usage till inspection complete....wow.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_Harry_W._Nice_Memorial_Bridge
I imagine if you were up at the top when that occured it would have been impressive....I believe it has about 135 feet clearance below it.
heheehh 13 story stilts.....
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/Quakes/quakes_big.php
We had a doozy in'01 WA State), I was out salmon fishing and all of a sudden the boat felt like one of them coin operated beds (or so I've heard). Fishing was awesome right up to the shake, nada bite to be had once the rumble started, which went on for some time. When we got back to the dock some divers were just pulling out, they were a little pale, seems everything turned black at the bottom, with no visuals it really threw them for a loop. We had a few mild aftershocks for a few days, all I gotta say is way cool when you're on a peat bog, feels like the biggest bowl of jello ever made. The quake really messed up I90, lots of upheavel places, some of which they still havent fixed, just adds to the experience I guess.
Be safe all, I hope all is well,
5.8? Can you even feel a 5.8?
I'm in Fredericksburg VA and believe it or not, I totally missed it! I had just left the house on the BMW not more than 5 minutes before it hit. Now that I know that, I do recall the front wheel feeling a little weird like it was following a dished out spot in the road surface. Then I noticed people outside of buildings, but thought it was just because of the awesome weather. My teenage daughter was in the house at the time and said she thought the house was going to blow up! She ran outside and sat in the car. It knocked some stuff over and tilted pictures on the wall, but no structural damage. The funny thing was that I was riding out by Lake Anna and almost went into Mineral, but changed direction at the last minute on a whim. I had no clue. Later around 8:00 though, I did get to feel a pretty good 4.2 aftershock. That was pretty cool as I actually heard it before I felt it. Schools are closed today while buildings are inspected. A few had some interior damage from light fixtures and such. I work at University of Mary Washington in town and we had minimal damage and freshman students are moving in today. One house across from my office had its chimney fall and damage the slate roof.
........oh, by the way, the K1200GT must have some awesome suspension!