Earthquake?? In my Virginia?

[Josephus]

CNN can be a parody of itself at times.

[Ideologue]

Do you think stuff like this might piss off shittier countries?  If I were them I would hate us for our tectonic stability and building codes.

Anyway, was I supposed to have felt something in South Carolina?  I was asleep.

[grumbler]

The epicenter was just 25 miles south of here.  I was in a grocery store.  The store now smells like a BBQ restaurant from all the broken bottles of BBQ sauce and cheap wine!     They closed for about 20 minutes to sweep up and whatnot. 

At home, I lost a couple of jewel cases from a stack of CDs that toppled to the floor.   

Still, it was interesting.  The first quake I had really felt since I lived out in California.

[DGuller]

Were you scared? Did you think of 9/11?

[HisMajestyBOB]

Do you think stuff like this might piss off shittier countries?  If I were them I would hate us for our tectonic stability and building codes.

Anyway, was I supposed to have felt something in South Carolina?  I was asleep.

It seems like it was mostly felt to the north, even as far as Toronto and New York. I guess the geography prevented it from being felt very far south.

Still, it was interesting.  The first quake I had really felt since I lived out in California.

Yeah, definitely interesting. I'm a little surprised at how little damage there was, given how old some buildings here are. I'll have to see what's happened in downtown Fredericksburg.

[The Minsky Moment]

People on the 5th floor of our building felt it, and people on the 15th floor really felt it (and are still freaking out about it apparently). 

On the 48th floor I felt a little swaying, kind of like when there are very brisk winds.  That was it.  Nothing fell over, which is nice b/c I have three bottles of Roederer in here.

[grumbler]

Were you scared? Did you think of 9/11?

I wasn't scared, but I did get out of the aisles post-haste.  Didn't for a moment think of 9/11.  I did hearken back to the time I watched a tornado pass on the other side of the (huge) parking lot of this same Giant about 5 years ago.

For the first thirty seconds or so, I was sure the noise and shaking was coming from the AC unit on the roof of the store.  Then the ground started shaking noticeably, and I knew it was an earthquake, of all things. 

The thought did briefly cross my mind that the Lake Anna Nuclear Power plant was 40 miles south of where I was.  I knew intellectually that this couldn't be anything to do with the plant, but that didn't stop me from wondering, just for a few seconds, if I shouldn't be watching the southern horizon for the tall man of smoke who wears a wide hat.

[Razgovory]

People on the 5th floor of our building felt it, and people on the 15th floor really felt it (and are still freaking out about it apparently). 

On the 48th floor I felt a little swaying, kind of like when there are very brisk winds.  That was it.  Nothing fell over, which is nice b/c I have three bottles of Roederer in here.

Do you find yourself swaying a lot in your office?

[DGuller]

People on the 5th floor of our building felt it, and people on the 15th floor really felt it (and are still freaking out about it apparently). 

On the 48th floor I felt a little swaying, kind of like when there are very brisk winds.  That was it.  Nothing fell over, which is nice b/c I have three bottles of Roederer in here.

Do you find yourself swaying a lot in your office?

[Ideologue]

As much as I love looking at tall buildings, man do I hate being in tall buildings.

[Malthus]

I was on the 52nd floor of the TD Tower in a fancy-dancy restaurant (Canoe) after my big client meeting. Didn't feel a thing. The smoke alarm went off and we had to evacuate - I was worried we'd have to march down all 52 floors, but the elevators went back on when we were on the 38th floor, so it wasn't so bad.

No idea if the smoke alarm had anything to do with the earthquake, though it happened at exactly the same time. The clients joked about the combination of (alleged) disasters encountered in our city ... 

[The Minsky Moment]

As much as I love looking at tall buildings, man do I hate being in tall buildings.

Safest place to be in an earthquake.

[Martinus]

2012 

[Ideologue]

As much as I love looking at tall buildings, man do I hate being in tall buildings.

Safest place to be in an earthquake.

How about an open field?

But yeah, it's not just earthquakes.  The swaying from the wind or even just looking out windows would freak me out.

[Admiral Yi]

The swaying from the wind

What's the tallest building you've been in?