I live about two hours form the epicenter of today's Virginia earthquake which occured about thirty miles northwest of Richmond. We didn't even feel it here in Woodstock. But one of my northern Virginia children said it shook their house pretty vigorously. It's amazing how many people far away felt it. I read a geologist's assessment about the shake being felt in New Jersey. He said, the rock formations between here and there are pretty strong and unbroken so the tremors travel without breaking up. Where there are lots of small faults and the rocks are broken, the tremors are more localized. Sounds reasonable.
How about you? If you live in the east did you feel it where you are?
Mary Ann,
ReplyDeleteI felt it on the south shore of Long Island where I live and work. It certainly shook me up a bit. Thank goodness I went to confession on Saturday! I believe the Lord is definitely trying to get our attention, particularly the current resident at Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, DC. God our Father will not be mocked, and He will answer his children's prayers.
My sister felt it in the Burlington, Vt. area, and many felt it here in NH. 2 earthquakes today and a looming hurricane....will people wake up and listen?
ReplyDeleteWe didn't feel it Mary but Melanie (Ray's wife) said she did and Jessica's sister Melanie said she felt it up Philadelphia way. I imagine that it's just a matter of what is between you and the epicenter.
ReplyDeleteAdvice from a native Californian: bolt down your bookcases,water heater, etc.; keep bottled water and a supply of canned food with a manual can opener on hand and recycle it periodically: have an emergency kit ready and flashlights with batteries. Here in California we store them in the freezer compartment of the refrigerator, and it keeps them indefinitely. Have your fireplace checked and repaired if needed for any cracks in the chimney and keep a Coleman stove or barbeque for cooking outdoors. And last but not least, have a priest bless and exocist St. Benedict medals and bury them them at the four cornors of your property for his intercession against quake damage. The blessing can be found online. My prayers are with "you all".
ReplyDeleteSorry for saying "you all" in my last post, as most of you are Easteners and not necessarily Southeners.
ReplyDeleteIt was quite strong here in Manassas - knocked off some glasses, pictures and other items from shelves, but no structural damage.
ReplyDeleteI read a report that it's been established by the administration that the earthquake occurred on a rare and obscure faultline, apparently known as "Bush's Fault".
Oh! and don't forget the firewood, barbeque briquets or fuel for the Coleman stove. Also, plenty of candles and/or laterns. Oil can spill in a quake so I do not recommend oil laterns.
ReplyDeleteAnd above all, share this "stuff" with your neighbors and help each other when the quake hits. It is not a time for panic and stinginess. It is good to take a First Aide class, also, or keep up the certificate one has.
ReplyDeleteIn case someone does not know Californian terminology, "bolt down" means to bolt heavy furniture that can topple with metal straps from the back or front to the walls. I guess some things can be bolted to the floor, but we had not done that.
ReplyDeleteSitting in the dentist's waiting room (Falls Church), it started as a series of bumps and thumps akin to a boiler's hiccups, or heavy furniture's being dropped, then the building (converted wooden house) swayed a couple of times, and that was it.
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