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5.8 Earthquake Aug 23, 2011


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Oh good lord. People who don't know what they are talking about should not be allowed to be broadcast scientists. Who was it? Somebody from WJLA I presume? Doesn't WTOP use WJLA mets?

I'm curious who it was too. They usually either have Doug Hill or Bob Ryan give the forecast during the evening rush, but I can't imagine it was one of them. And yeah, they use WJLA mets.

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Biggest facepalm moment so far...a met on WTOP radio saying that a 2.8 magnitude aftershock was "half as strong" as the 5.8 primary quake. :facepalm:

The Richter scale is LOGARITHMIC. A 2.8 is 1000 times weaker than a 5.8. :rolleyes:

Bad sh*t happens when novices jump into the world of mathematics.

For some reason that reminded me that tomorrow is the first day of school. :P

Sounds like the DC area was pretty wild during this thing. We got a really good shake here as well. I've wonder why we're not hearing anything from the posters we have down in the Charlottesville area. Maybe I just missed them. I know this was exciting, but I'll admit that it also scared me as well.

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