It has been a very interesting month here in Virginia weather wise. On August 23, 2011, at 1:51 pm I woke up to my bed shaking and the doors rattling. It was so weird I didn't think Virginia had earthquakes, but not only was it an earthquake it was a fairly decent size one at a magnitude of 5.8. Had it lasted any longer it could have done some serious damage. We only had a few pictures go crooked, but some of the older buildings in our area didn't fair so well.
the Washington monument has a huge crack in it and is closed indefinitely. These 100+ year old structures just aren't built to stand up to earthquakes.
Just as we were recovering from our earthquake less than a week later Hurricane Irene struck with flooding, power outages and fallen trees everywhere. Once again we were left unscathed with just a few fallen branches to clean up, but we cant help wondering whats next?
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