siebkens Posted December 9, 2003 Share Posted December 9, 2003 Whoa - we just had 2 earthquake tremors in Virginia! Dishes rattling, etc. Too bizarre. Hurricanes, floods, snowstorms, earthquakes?!? Are we trying to cover all of the weather possibilities?---------The shaken, not stirred Sieb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibe98765 Posted December 9, 2003 Share Posted December 9, 2003 Yup. Here it is:http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqs/Magnitude 4.5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted December 9, 2003 Share Posted December 9, 2003 We did too Sieb!We didn't know what the heck was going on!Thanks ibe98765 for the link! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ross549 Posted December 10, 2003 Share Posted December 10, 2003 Odd...... I did not feel anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeber Posted December 10, 2003 Share Posted December 10, 2003 Just let me know if you'd like to have our wildfires, too. We Californians like to share.(Need a governor ?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted December 10, 2003 Share Posted December 10, 2003 We probably felt it because we are only 40 minutes from Petersburg and it was a little west of Richmond where it centered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted December 10, 2003 Share Posted December 10, 2003 No, thanks Jeber! Our little town had their share of wildfires at the turn of the century, thank you very much! Wiped out the town from what I understand and it was pretty big in those days....forest, lumber mill and all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siebkens Posted December 10, 2003 Author Share Posted December 10, 2003 Odd...... I did not feel anything.That's because you're in the bunker - concrete & steel, no fine china to rattle! Neither of my boys noticed it - 1 in the basement playing video games, the other at the school (concrete block). I was upstairs hanging around here at the forum (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum!) & stuff started shakin'! I immediately yelled down to my youngest, demanding that whatever he was doing STOP IT NOW! Then I realized that this was a bit bigger than anything he could be causing! Small on the scale of earthquakes in CA, but definitely enough to get our attention here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ross549 Posted December 10, 2003 Share Posted December 10, 2003 We ain't got no concrete here!! Didn't you know I live in a tent on the beach???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siebkens Posted December 10, 2003 Author Share Posted December 10, 2003 Don't need no stinkin' concrete!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ross549 Posted December 10, 2003 Share Posted December 10, 2003 That's right!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted December 10, 2003 Share Posted December 10, 2003 The whole house shook here ... came up through the floor and just shook and shook. We have a ladder in my computer area and it just kept shaking and making noise the whole time.I called down to Jim and asked him if he knew what that was and he said no it was just coming up from the ground.We assumed some sort of tremor. We've had sonic booms around here before, but this went on for alot longer than a quick shake from a sonic boom!Glad someone else felt it too.Did you notice it was the biggest block on the map? And did you notice ALL the little blue and yellow blocks and a couple red blocks in California for recent quakes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibe98765 Posted December 10, 2003 Share Posted December 10, 2003 All those little quakes in CA occur all the time. You can see clustering up in the SF Bay area but it has been a while since I felt anything myself. Although what is strange is that I had a dream last evening about an 8.9 quake occurring. From the AP report: While quakes are more common in the West they do occur in Eastern states from time to time.The largest quake in Virginia history took place in Giles County in 1897. It was felt from Georgia to Pennsylvania, some older brick houses were cracked and bricks were thrown from chimneys in the area from Pulaski to Roanoke.On Feb. 21, 1774, a strong earthquake was felt over much of Virginia and southward into North Carolina. Many houses were moved partly off their foundations at Petersburg and Blandford.More recently, parts of southwestern Virginia were shaken in 1959. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_P Posted December 10, 2003 Share Posted December 10, 2003 We have a ladder in my computer area :teehee:BTW 13 secs to post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeber Posted December 10, 2003 Share Posted December 10, 2003 While I was living in Idaho (so we're talking the late 80's) we had a quake, which happens there once a century or so. Two children walking by an old brick building were killed by falling bricks, the only fatalities. I'm sure no one ever thought to tell them how to be safe in an earthquake...in Idaho. Might as well warn them of the dangers of a tidal wave. But most of those kids know how to avoid an avalanche. Fran, Julia...just don't go sending us your hurricanes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teacher Posted December 10, 2003 Share Posted December 10, 2003 Don't worry Jeber, hurricane season is about officially over for the year. Saw the title of the thread and thought I was coming to read about your adventures, not things just north of here. Spent the day in a concrete, hurricane proof building. Did not feel a thing but doubt I would have anyway! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeber Posted December 10, 2003 Share Posted December 10, 2003 hurricane season is about officially over for the yearTell Mother Nature about that, would you? I've noticed lately she hasn't been exactly playing by the rules! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted December 10, 2003 Share Posted December 10, 2003 You are right Jeber! She's not playing by the normal rules ... she's going by some bigger, cosmic rules I guess.It's not the first time we in Virginia have had quakes though as you will see from this article:Virginian Pilot: Earthquake of 4.5 magnitude rumbles across VirginiaThis one was very shallow and not felt very far by comparison to the one in 1774 and 1897! While quakes are more common in the West they do occur in Eastern states from time to time. This one occurred in the central Virginia seismic zone, a region where quakes have occurred in the past. The largest quake in Virginia history took place in Giles County in 1897. It was felt from Georgia to Pennsylvania, some older brick houses were cracked and bricks were thrown from chimneys in the area from Pulaski to Roanoke. On Feb. 21, 1774, a strong earthquake was felt over much of Virginia and southward into North Carolina. Many houses were moved partly off their foundations at Petersburg and Blandford. More recently, parts of southwestern Virginia were shaken in 1959. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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