Earthquake

[Giggle Goose]

I work on the 16th floor of a 26 floor building right outside DC....yeah, I was more than a little freaked out!!!

[AtDIelement]

Felt it here outside Philly. I thought I was feeling things at first.

[Jay 2K Winger]

Yeah, I didn't think much of it at first. The floor shakes sometimes when some of my coworkers walk by too heavily, and one of the chief offenders had just walked by when the quake hit. Then I hear other people commenting on it, and we see the monitors on the wall start shaking.

After that, people started booking it out of there.

Funny exchange during it:

CW1: "Somebody make sure to log me out!"
CW2: "Fuck that, just go!"

[protege]

When it started, I thought I was getting a migraine. The letters on my monitors started moving around...very similar to what I go through when the headaches start. But then the floor was also shaking, along with the quote machine...and my coworkers were also feeling it. Then I look outside, and see my Corolla rocking side to side in the street Sorry if I'm a bit freaked out here--if we do get quakes here in Pittsburgh--which has happened in the past--the only thing they do...is set off the seismograph at the Carnegie. So far though, the local news said we got hit with a 2.8.

[telecom_goddess]

I live in earthquake country, always have, and have always been deathly afraid of them because you have no way of knowing what it's going to do or for how long. I've never heard of the east coast having them. I discovered the earthquake had happened on facebook cause people were remarking on it.

[dragon_wings]

The bus route I take to work starts in downtown Baltimore. There was a lot of panicking downtown which caused the buses to run late. Therefore I was 15 minutes getting to work. I did call and let my manager know though.

[daleduke17]

I only heard about it due to some co-workers talking about it. Then we all get an email stating to expect a lot of calls about it, especially another group in our building.

I remember going through one earthquake at a different job. It was about 430a and the floor starts shaking, then so does the coat rack in the hallway...ok, maybe it is the HVAC unit or the huge printers downstairs (campus printing was below us)...then the county radio starts squawking about the shaking. Then the freaked out parents started calling in worried about their kids...you think if a dorm collapsed (especially the largest in downstate Illinois) you'd see it on several news stations.

[Solumina]

Hubby and I were in the car and didn't feel a thing.

Guests at the resort seem utterly perplexed that an earthquake could happen here, some have even said "but there aren't any of those plate thingies". I know we don't have a ton of tectonic activity but how do those people think the mountains around here formed?

[BrightEyedKitty]

Apparently some people felt it in my area (Toledo), but I was at work and didn't feel a thing.

[Lachrymose]

Baltimore area here.

It was pretty shaketastic.

The funniest part was all the coworkers in my office freaking the hell out.

"What do we do?"
"I think we stand in a doorway!"
"NO! Get the hell out!"

Then half the people in the office went home.

[MoonCat]

Actually there are a couple of fault lines in the eastern US. The plates move differently here than they do in the west, is my understanding.

They just said on the evening news that it was felt in 22 states. There was some damage here and there, but obviously nothing like you see in California or Japan. Still, it's scary when you don't experience it as often as those places do. Our buildings aren't built to withstand quakes, and most people have never been instructed on what to do.

[Mytical]

Hmm all I know is if it hit ohio I slept through it or something. Felt nada, zip, zilch.

[sld72382]

People think I'm crazy when I say that the reason why these earthquakes in strange places keep happening is because the earth is starting to show its age.... it's kinda like an old high mileage car that is starting to have things break in various places.

[Peppergirl]

Hmm all I know is if it hit ohio I slept through it or something. Felt nada, zip, zilch.

I don't think we got anything by us. I didn't feel it either.

[klhanson]

My friend who lives in north carolina felt it pretty good..