Earthquake in southwestern, VA - Democratic Underground

ohheckyeah

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Tue Aug-23-11 01:06 PM
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Earthquake in southwestern, VA

OMG....house shaking, windows rattling, dishes jumping around in the shelves. It was strong enough it woke me out of a dead sleep.

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RKP5637

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Tue Aug-23-11 01:10 PM
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1. Did this happen just now? n/t

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ohheckyeah

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Tue Aug-23-11 01:15 PM
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2. yes

just a few minutes ago.

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RKP5637

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Tue Aug-23-11 01:23 PM
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3. Thanks, wow! I turned on MSNBC as soon as I saw your post and they were

beginning coverage. Are you OK? Hope so!

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ohheckyeah

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Tue Aug-23-11 01:27 PM
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4. Shaken up but okay, thanks.

I've never experienced an earthquake and was sound asleep. I instantly knew what it was and it's not something I want to experience again. We shook for a good 2-3 minutes.

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Gin

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Tue Aug-23-11 01:35 PM
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5. VDOT is assesing all tunnels....also the epicenter was in Mineral

and the lake anna nuke plant is there

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ladyVet

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Tue Aug-23-11 01:48 PM
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6. "and the lake anna nuke plant is there"

Edited on Tue Aug-23-11 01:58 PM by ladyVet

Well, whatever you do, don't mention that to our west coast members, it might put a crimp in their amusement over our concern over a 5.9 earthquake. Gosh, you'd think we were a bunch of sissies, or something.:sarcasm:

Forgot to add that I live 37 miles NW of the Shearin Harris nuke plant, which is within the danger zone if anything bad happens there.

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Gin

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Tue Aug-23-11 02:00 PM
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7. I don't care what they think....it was quite disturbing to say the

least....my condo is not built to withstand much...plus we have tunnels...imagine being in one during a quake.

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