The DC fire department is reporting damage to the National Cathedral.
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Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB
LOL that pretty much sums up my thoughts on a 5.0+ earthquake. But I know it's unexpected for the east coast and likely many people there have never felt an earthquake before.
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It's not too different from when West Coasters flip out over a few snowflakes.
Not only is it unexpected, our buildings are, as a whole older than those on the West Coast; furthermore, our office buildings are not seismically retrofitted or constructed in manner to resist such forces. I work in an engineering/architecture firm, and some of our structural guys were like, we hope a quake never really hits NYC, because we'll have a lot of problems. I'm laughing at our people freaking out, but I'm trying not to be too smug.