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Old 08-24-2011, 01:31 PM
 
Location: Censorshipville...
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Why is it the DC Quake, when it originated in VA? :P
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Old 08-24-2011, 02:14 PM
 
Location: Suburbia
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Why is it the DC Quake, when it originated in VA? :P
Well, the Pentagon is there, may as well place the quake there too.
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Old 08-24-2011, 02:57 PM
 
Location: Manassas, VA
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The Pentagon is actually in Virginia.
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Old 08-24-2011, 04:02 PM
 
Location: Suburbia
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The Pentagon is actually in Virginia.
Um, no kidding. I guess the sarcasm didn't come across with my "sticks out tongue" icon.
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Old 08-24-2011, 04:57 PM
 
Location: Manassas, VA
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LOL! I thought you were being sarcastic.....and I wasn't even thinking - I was going to start the thread with a ummmmmm, yeah - the pentagon is actually in Virginia. Sorry about that!
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Old 08-24-2011, 04:59 PM
 
Location: Suburbia
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LOL! I thought you were being sarcastic.....and I wasn't even thinking - I was going to start the thread with a ummmmmm, yeah - the pentagon is actually in Virginia. Sorry about that!
No problem.
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Old 08-24-2011, 05:39 PM
 
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One thing all this illustrated was the value of telework and compressed or alternate hours. If we were all still working from 8:30 to 5:00 five times a week, every day on the roads and rails would be like yesterday.
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Old 08-24-2011, 11:11 PM
 
Location: Chapel Hill, NC, formerly NoVA and Phila
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Did anyone just feel that aftershock (about 1 am on August 25th?). The house rumbled again. Oy.
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Old 08-24-2011, 11:12 PM
 
Location: Suburbia
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Did anyone just feel that aftershock (about 1 am on August 25th?). The house rumbled again. Oy.
Yep. Rumbled the house pretty good. Got me out of bed and woke up my son.
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Old 08-24-2011, 11:20 PM
 
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4.5 Woke us up.

Magnitude 4.5 - VIRGINIA (http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/Quakes/usc0005jg1.php - broken link)
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