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underpants

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1. Oh how I remember that. People in Louisa were effected for years.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Mon Aug 23, 2021, 07:26 AM

Aug 2021

They had teams of counselors there for a good long time.
I had no idea that the Washington Monument had no interior structure to it.

I was sitting at my desk and I felt what I thought was air rushing across the floor. I thought it was the AC or something. Then I realized it was an earthquake.

The Richter scale is designed for the west coast. There’s a layer of sand in the west between the layers of the ground. The east coast is basically one big set rocks to there’s nothing to absorb some of the energy. 5.8 here is very strong.

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10 years ago, a magnitude 5.8 earthquake hit Virginia and was felt across the eastern U.S. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2021 OP

Oh how I remember that. People in Louisa were effected for years. underpants Aug 2021 #1

Still working to repair damage to the Washington National Cathedral. elleng Aug 2021 #2

Don't remind me! It was after Snowmageddon appalachiablue Aug 2021 #3