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08-23-2011, 03:17 PM
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Earthquake story.....
My wife and I are up in Virginia, and along with my sister were in DC today when this quake hit. We were touring the Newseum, and when the quake hit were in a 4D film, in seats that moved for the movie, and then we felt extra movement but thought it was part of the film! That's when the lights went out, and alarms started sounding and they started evacuating the buildings. No cell phone service was available, everyone was standing around trying to get a signal on their phones. All up and down the streets were covered with people from the buildings. The subway trains were running at a reduced speed of 15 miles per hour, so it took us awhile to get home. But we survived. We only found out what was causing all this from a man on the street, thank goodness it wasn't another terrorist attack! This was the highest recorded earthquake since 1897!
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08-23-2011, 03:39 PM
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All's I know is that if I were in like Chile or some such place, there would have been devastation. Thankfully, we have building codes in this fine city.
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The world's foremost expert on virtually everything on the Redskins 2010 season: "Im going to go out on a limb here. I say they make the playoffs."
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08-23-2011, 07:21 PM
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Still trying to outsmart me, aren't you, mule-skinner? You want me to think that you don't want me to go down there, but the subtle truth is you really don't want me to go down there!
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08-23-2011, 09:42 PM
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it's cause gawd is angry. prayer in schools!
 hope all is well. oh, and fyi. not only do homeowners policies not cover floods, they don't cover quakes. if you're in the area, you might want to get that added. quake ins is generally a lot more affordable than flood insurance btw...
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Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new at all. Abraham Lincoln
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08-24-2011, 09:12 AM
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Will there be a benefit concert?
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Still trying to outsmart me, aren't you, mule-skinner? You want me to think that you don't want me to go down there, but the subtle truth is you really don't want me to go down there!
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08-24-2011, 10:03 AM
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08-23-2011, 03:36 PM
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I was taking my afternoon nap...slowly rocking in my rocking chair.Suddenly..it started to shake violently.I snapped awake.By the way it was rocking,I thought it wanted to chair dance with me.
When the table wanted to cut in, I knew something was askew. I raced to the phone and dialed 191...then 119...then then 922....there was too much shaking going on. I ran outside and climbed onto the roof with my chainsaw so as to cut a hole into the roof. Then I said..."Hey goat --hold it!! I already am on the roof!!" Dyslexia attacks. Anyhoo.....I then started twirling myself in rapid circles with my arms fully extended ,trying too mimic a rescue helicopter....thought it was part of Morris' Code. All it accomplished was bringing in several hundred birds who landed on the roof...laughing at me in a hysterical way. From the latest reports...I think I may have overreacted
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