I remember when we had a couple of quakes just outside of Chicago earlier this year...that was pretty freaky (one woke me up...the other I was awake for) since we rarely get stuff like that. We usually keep an eye to the sky for tornadoes and don't worry about the ground below us hehehe.
-----Original Message----- From: Anthony Weeg [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2011 3:44 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: well... i just survived a 5.8mag earthquake some percent of Americans live east of the Mississippi and most of those in the northeast. 90% of those felt something they've never felt in buildings that haven't even had a nightmare of withstanding a quake. slightly spooked. Sent from my iPhone... Don't hate. On Aug 23, 2011, at 4:38 PM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > > my company has evacuated our employees from our offices in Reston. > > This may seem like a bit of an overreaction, but I can kind of > understand....5.9 is a decent quake, and especially so in a place not > used to quakes, and perhaps not with the building codes as stringent > in SF or other quake prone places. Aftershocks, which can be as strong > as the original, could pose a danger. > > On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 3:35 PM, Robert Munn <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> everything is ok there. some reports of damage in the city, hope >> there were no injuries. >> >> On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 1:34 PM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 2:36 PM, Robert Munn <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> If someone is in Richmond, VA, please give some indication of the >> damage >>>> there, I am worried about my daughter. >>>> >>> >>> I haven't heard any reports of injuries, or even serious damage, has >> anyone >>> else? >>> >>> I don't think there's cause for concern, RoMunn. >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:341905 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
