Earthquake?

Mrs.Handy · August 2011

Was it just my imagination (and all my coworkers) or was there an earthquake in downtown DC?

AJM796 · August 2011

I felt it on Fort Myer...freaking out! We didn't even know what to do!

belizeitornot · August 2011

This is crazy, but I am in Myrtle Beach right now and I just looked at DH and said "Is the hotel shaking??"

I think it was, and I think it's crazy that we felt it two states away!

WinesNot Whines · August 2011

I just grabbed my coworker and stood in the doorway of my office with her. We felt it in Silver Spring, very strong.

bh2720 · August 2011

that was scary as hell.

we felt it big time in Arlington. pictures fell off the wall, books off of book shelves. I ran into Warner's room and grabbed him and the house just kept shaking and shaking.

mm2299 · August 2011

The news hit the nest faster than cnn.

Kewliegirl · August 2011

Dear MM,

Hahah, I just got the news from my girl friend in Roanoke. And I'm in Peoria. No, unlike the rest of you, I did not feel it. I heard 20m east of C'ville. Crazy.

Quaken, not stirred,

kewliegirl

dmuppet7 · August 2011

Herndon reporting in. Freaky! Nothing fell but the chandelier and pendant lights were swinging. So glad Otto was working from home and we could freak out together.

belizeitornot · August 2011

mm2299:
The news hit the nest faster than cnn.

and facebook. i came here first thing after i felt it.

MRS.KLP · August 2011

We felt it in Tyson's...lots of frames fell in cubes and it was freaky. At first we thought someone was constructing shelving units near us but then it kept getting worse.

vtkgirl77 · August 2011

We definitely felt it in Rockville. I'm in a cubicle and I asked everyone if it was an earthquake and then I went into someone's office and got under the desk. Our building was closed for the past hour while we were waiting for the engineers and we just got approved to come back inside.

kiahj · August 2011

I was on FB at the time and have friends in CT and Springfield, MA who felt it.

Nutty.

PS - I froze and did absolutely nothing. Perhaps our next Nestie GTG should address evacuation plans over Drinks .

RomeRomance06 · August 2011

I'm sick at home with a cold and my in-laws, who are visiting from Oregon, were upstairs with the baby and I thought they were jumping up and down until I heard some vases breaking. My poor cat is still freaked out. I hope everyone is OK!

QueSrah · August 2011

I was the first person out of my office running down the stairs. (Brilliantly, without keys or phone.) Clearly I'm the level-headed one to call in an emergency.

I did manage to be interviewed by a random financial reporter from Bloomberg who happened to be in the park where we were freaking out. So I may get to be color for a news story. Woohoo.

jenn248 · August 2011

I'm at home today and was hanging out on my patio with my friends. We just sat there and looked at each other. So much for being prepared in an emergency.

EliseB0323 · August 2011

Damn. I am sitting in the Pentagon, near the point of impact of the 9/11 attack, writing speeches for the 10th anniversary. Earthquake was not my first thought. CNN was reporting that the Pentagon was evacuating. Most of us are still here. Some people left before the earthquake was confirmed because we weren't sure whether the building was under attack.

can_can · August 2011

We were all evacuated:

It. was. nuts. I just grabbed my purse and bolted. I thought it was the renovation going on in our building, and someone knocked down the wrong wall. Then I got outside and saw all the other buildings. Crazy!!

Lovntheinlaws · August 2011

kiahj:

Perhaps our next Nestie GTG should address evacuation plans over .

I couldn't agree more. I was on the phone with my mom in NYC and she thought I was going crazy, my dad said, "Lay off the afternoon sauce!" then they felt it.

That was a crazy feeling, helpless. Now we have a ceiling crack.

maryandkirk0909 · August 2011

I work in Old Town and our building suffered significant structural damage- there were chunks of concrete falling from our staircases and the bricks near the foundation of our building are cracked clean through. Indifferent We were immediately evacuated and we're probably out for a few days.

I live a few blocks away and we appear to be okay at home- pictures and shelving fell, but that's all okay too for the most part.

Didn't freak me out too much since I went to college in CA, but everyone around me was terrified.

tomandcourt · August 2011

Ahhhh! I was on the 14th floor in Silver Spring and it was swaying and bouncing. We evacuated and they let us go home (thank God, there was no way I was going back in/up those stairs). Got DS, we're at home now. Still shaking a little.

Whoo · August 2011

I'm in Fairfax in a training and we felt if for a good 45 seconds. It was very scary! They told us we could go home. I was so relieved. I didn't know I would feel so freaked out. I ran home to my kids. At home, just the shampoo bottles in the bathroom are knocked over. What should you check at home? You have a crack in your ceiling? I hope it will be another 100 years before I feel that again.

rnin02 · August 2011

belizeitornot:
mm2299:
The news hit the nest faster than cnn.

and facebook. i came here first thing after i felt it.

lol...i tried to go to wtop.com but my 3G connection couldn't handle it. The nest and Facebook were my next choices to figure out what was going on;)

Pam&John · August 2011

like QueSrah, I ran out without my purse or anything -- since the phone lines were jammed, though, I guess it would not have mattered. Our building was evacuated; our safety plan -- woefully out of date -- includes meeting in the park across the street. Along with everyone from Interior, and three other govt buildings. Smart plan - can't find your people. They eventually let us back in, to get our stuff and go home (potential gas leaks have to be searched for).

Scary.... never need to feel that again. Ever. Too close a memory to 9/11/2011 for my liking....

LondonMouse · August 2011

I was working at my computer and noticed the monitors starting to shake. At first I thought there was construction on the roof or right outside my classroom, but then it continued and everything around me starting to rumble and shake. It was scary and I basically sat there frozen wondering if it was an earthquake. (I am now up to date on FEMA procedures so I'll know what to do next time.

Our school was evacuated and after about 15 minutes, we were all sent home. Too bad I had a ton of stuff to do to get ready for the first day of school next Monday! I'm just glad the kids weren't in school yet. We've never had an earthquake drill.

kastle · August 2011

i was in the greenhouse at work and it was seriously moving...up/down & side-to-side.

so weird.

living_insanity · August 2011

My school has a new wing and we just assumed it was construction so we did not evacuate or anything. haha. business as usual!

doggylovr · August 2011

I too went to FB first....I was on the phoen with my bff, I am in gainesville she is in sterling and I felt it about 4 seconds before her...scary as all get out..I thought it was a terrorist attack to be totally honest

membrn · August 2011

Lynchburg here! I was at work at the hospital and we felt it for about a minute. We all thought it was something being transported on another floor, then thought construction then realized it must be something else. It seemed like forever though since several us went through this thought process together. One nurse said her pt's IV pole was shaking was how she knew and then all of our computers-on-wheels were shaking.

We did nothing except gawk at each other. And a picture fell off my wall and knocked over a lamp but I think the way I hung the picture didn't help it. I was really concerned about my DH's shot glass collection - all are safe though I think. Priorities, right?

Litasail · August 2011

I was driving on 495 and didn't feel it at all. I guess since I was moving/the car was already vibrating?

FYI - the best thing to do in an earthquake is to drop, cover and hold on. http://www.ready.gov/america/beinformed/earthquakes.html#B

KimWard · August 2011

I was sitting outside in a courtyard area between buildings when the very sturdy table started shaking. I was about to go back into work too- thank goodness I didn't or else I may have been trapped in the elevator!

mssaint · August 2011

I was in a meeting in a conference room and the screen and ceiling mounted projector were moving. We kind of froze--my office is right over a metro so my first thought was a metro crash. Then I heard someone say earthquake and I looked at a coworker who is from CA and she nodded.
we evacuated and went to our meeting place outside. Then after 20 minutes or so we went back in-/nobody said not to! Then I went back to work.

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