Posts Tagged ‘earthquake’
National Cathedral Earthquake Damage
The National Cathedral suffered some significant structural damage in the earthquake, with the tops of three of its tower pinnacles falling over, and cracked walls in buttresses and on upper floors. More info from their earthquake press release:
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Virginia Earthquake Rocks DC
Hey, Washington, DC was just rocked by an earthquake! The tremor hit at 1:51 PM today, and the earthquake detail page on USGS shows an initial magnitude of 5.8, epicenter near Mineral, VA, somewhere between Richmond and Charlottesville. Twitter is alight with reports of shaking felt from down the Carolinas all the way up to [...]
More »DC Mythbusting: Most Extreme Weather Ever
’seems so long ago’
courtesy of ‘philliefan99′
We’ve seen fire, and we’ve seen rain. We’ve also seen earthquakes, heat waves, blizzards, floods, and, of course, thundersnow. The DC region has seen more than its fair share of crazy weather this year, leading many people to say that this is the most extreme year of weather [...]
Looking For Some Post-Quake Relief? Half-Price Shakes At BGR!
So the big news story/joke today is the DC Quake- or lack there of. To fully understand the magnitude of the event I direct everybody to this Twitpic posted by Brightest Young Things:
Anyways to celebrate the seismic event BGR: The Burger Joint will be selling their milk shakes at half price ($2.50) today between 3-4 [...]
More »Shaking Buildings in Old Town, Related to Earthquake?
Through two separate reports, we’ve heard that at least one building in Old Town experienced very noticeable shaking today right at about the same time as a relatively major earthquake hit Ottawa and Quebec in Canada. People from Toronto, Detroit, New York and Ohio have reported experiencing some effects from this quake. Is it possible [...]
More »A Week of DC Helping Haiti
‘20_16A’ Donation Drive at the Haitian Embassy
courtesy of ‘m hoek’
Since posting about local Haiti relief efforts, I’ve gotten a bunch more info via email and blog comment that I wanted to share with you. Please note that I’m erring on the side of getting the information out there; I haven’t vetted any of the organizations [...]
DC Helps Haiti: Earthquake Relief Events
‘Haiti Earthquake’
courtesy of ‘United Nations Development Programme’
Update 1/18: Information about Haiti earthquake relief fundraising has continued to pour in, so we have a new list of events you can attend this week.
By now we’ve all heard the harrowing reports coming from Haiti. And if you’re reading this, it’s highly likely that you’re orders of magnitude [...]
