eastern shout-out

[rivendellrose]

Hope all my East Coast friends are doing okay with the earthquake and aftershocks.

5.9 is a pretty respectable earthquake, especially in a region that's not very used to them! Anybody have any good stories from it?

Comments

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

I really thought it was due to the guys with the jackhammer outside my building hitting something important.

Oops. Yeah, I can see how that would be the first thought! And kind of no less scary, when you think of it...

The local news is full-on freaking out, though.

Ah yes, the desperate love of the 24-hr news cycle for anything it can possibly spin into an emergency or crisis. We get that crap every time there's a freaking windstorm around here. "STORM WARNING!!!" ...Honestly, if there isn't firewood flying at my house (which I have had happen before!), it's not a real storm. :P

Glad to hear there's no serious injuries or damage! The last update I'd heard before I went off my lunch break was that there was a bit of damage at the national capitol, but it sounds like all stuff that can be fixed.

[ciara-belle.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I realize now that if the jackhammer guys had actually been shaking the building, I definitely should have left. Oh, hindsight.

All the damage does seem pretty minor (aside from, possibly, some structural damage to buildings at the epicenter) and I haven't seen reports of any serious injuries.

I think the local news here will talk about it for a day and then go back to talking about the flooding, which is really the big story around here. (Pittsburgh had some rather tragic flash flooding last Friday and 4 people drowned).