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snow might never be good again

the cwg snow map posted wasnt the final, trollios Capital Weather Gang's final snowfall call for Snowpocalypse.

dca had epic meltage on christmas tho it was the snowiest start to xmas ever (tied)

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theres a map here, cant get it to hotlink http://blogs.agu.org/mountainbeltway/2011/08/23/the-mineral-va-earthquake-of-august-23-2011/ i dont think they know which fault it was on for sure

darn i missed one.. but it hit my range.

same page

i was just guessing but looks like i was right Mike Blanpied, USGS associate coordinator for the earthquake hazards program, says there could be more aftershocks any magnitude up to 5. “Aftershocks could go on for days, weeks, or even months. They’re most likely to be felt under the next three or four days,” Blanpied said. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/earthquake-aftershock-felt-in-virginia-more-likely-to-come/2011/08/23/gIQA0i9TZJ_blog.html

No. Not because it's 24 hrs later at least. I would think we could get a 4.5-5 or so tho still.

it's almost 24 hours ago.. we should also prepare a moment of silence.

the "expected" west coast mocking: http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2011/08/23/post-quake-west-coast-teases-east-on-social-networks/ i get it, sort of, but it's kind of silly with no comparison to building codes. also, i think some of the major media did us a disservice by running "joke" stories akin to those facebook etc images of a chair knocked over in the grass etc. much of the damage might be superficial but it's rather significant by our standards still.

it actually looks moderately bad in some of these shots: http://www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2011/08/what-really-happened-national-cathedral-quake/41644/

Follow up on Monument: The National Park Service says the Washington Monument may have suffered cracks near its top during Tuesday’s earthquake, and the monument could be closed indefinitely. Park service spokesman Bill Line said there appear to be cracks “at the very, very top” of the 555-foot tall structure, and structural engineers were being brought in Wednesday to conduct a close inspection. Meanwhile, the historic stone obelisk at the center of the Mall, south of the White House, will remain closed, and “could be closed for an indefinite period of time,” he said. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post_now/post/earthquake-reported-along-the-east-coast/2011/08/23/gIQAozdEZJ_blog.html

You really are tempting me to try (in vain) to hurt you by bringing up dirigibles and naming earthquakes.

me either.. i was just changing the topic

was that an aftershock?

honestly, all of maryland sucks

I wrote a blog about the 'great quake' -- mostly because it's been far too long since I last did on my site. Three quakes I mention, two on the same day -- two were pre-dawn quakes. Northridge of course is well known: http://en.wikipedia....idge_earthquake Then Landers a few years earlier: http://en.wikipedia....ders_earthquake I lived right off a range created by the San Andreas so I was always kind of obsessed with that stuff but we lived on pretty solid footing as well. Getting woken up is pretty scary.. but I can see how being in a city during the day could trump that perhaps. The thing I will always remember from Northridge was going outside and watching the sky intensely light up with power flashes in the minutes after (and it was crystal clear so you could see super distant stuff). I was, what, almost 13... but even then I was partially thinking some war had just started or something.

I remember when I was a kid I was always freaked out after earthquakes. For some reason I haven't been that bothered by this one since it's been over. I guess it's my love of climo.. I figure we aren't due for another while now. My workplace apparently sustained at least minor damage.

Earthquakes are not fun -- people only say that in retrospect. I never imagined I'd have that split second feeling of "is this going to keep getting worse" living here. It definitely popped in there late in the game. Similar situation at work.. I think that final bit of jolt set everyone in motion.

help

It's been a long while but I've been through 6.7, 7.1, 7.3 on the upper limits.. none super close epicenter but not any further than this one. This was a solid quake.. taking it inside a building and seeing some of the aftermath I would not want to go higher. My condo is well built but I'm pretty sure it's unreinforced brick like many. You can only push that so far. I felt pretty much all the waves I think. Started as a wobbly jellow like feeling followed by monitor swaying type of stuff and then finally a few seconds of surface wave activity which was more jolty. It's also pretty dependent on what floor of a building you're on (higher floors should feel more general swaying etc), soil type, etc.

im going to sleep in a doorway

maybe it will keep snapping northeast. everyone is so jealous of our earthquakes.