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Originally Posted by Munchkin03
The DC fire department is reporting damage to the National Cathedral.
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. |
Yes, I recognize all of this. Good points. Out here our buildings are built for earthquakes (the Space Needle was even engineered to sway to a 45 degree angle in an earthquake), which is why we sustained very little damage in Seattle when we had our 7.0-ish quake in 2001. We also have earthquake drills in school...maybe they should do that on the east coast and along the Missouri fault if they don't already. If they did, everyone would know that running outside while the ground is shaking is the LAST thing you should do.
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