Strong Earthquake Hits East Coast — Trembling Felt in D.C. and New York
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WASHINGTON (The Blaze/AP) — A 5.8 magnitude earthquake centered northwest of Richmond, Va., shook much of Washington, D.C., and was felt as far north as Rhode Island, New York City and Martha’s Vineyard, Mass., where President Barack Obama is vacationing.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the earthquake was half a mile deep. Shaking was felt at the White House and all over the East Coast, as far south as Chapel Hill, N.C. Parts of the Pentagon, White House and Capitol were evacuated. There are reports of injuries in Washington, D.C., but none serious.
(Related: Watch the quake interrupt the DSK press conference)
(Related: Blaze staffers give first-hand accounts of the incident)
(Related: See The Blaze’s exclusive pictures of damage to the National Cathedral)
It was centered near Louisa, Va., which is northwest of Richmond and south of Washington.
Obama and many of the nation’s leaders were out of town on August vacation when the quake struck at 1:51 p.m. EDT. The shaking was felt on the Martha’s Vineyard golf course as Obama was just starting a round.
This photo was sent to The Blaze by someone in D.C. It shows the aftermath of the quake on a CVS Pharmacy:
Cell phone service was overloaded for a period of time after the quake. There were no reports of infrastructure damage, however.
Flights out of the three major New York area airports were halted, but service has now resumed.
The National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. did experience some damage. Additionally, Fox News is getting word that there the Washington Monument may be tilting.
According to eyewitness reports in New York City, the rumblings had an eery similarity to the moments of September 11.
The East Coast gets earthquakes, but usually smaller ones and is less prepared than California or Alaska for shaking.
At Reagan National Airport outside Washington, ceiling tiles fell during a few seconds of shaking. Authorities announced it was an earthquake and all flights were put on hold.
At the Pentagon in northern Virginia, a low rumbling built and built to the point that the building was shaking. People ran into the corridors of the government’s biggest building and as the shaking continued there were shouts of “Evacuate! Evacuate!”
In New York, the 26-story federal courthouse in lower Manhattan began swaying and hundreds of people were seen leaving the building. Court officers weren’t letting people back in.
The quake came a day after an earthquake in Colorado toppled groceries off shelves and caused minor damage to homes in the southern part of the state and in northern New Mexico. No injuries were reported as aftershocks continued Tuesday.
In Charleston, W.Va., hundreds of workers left the state Capitol building and employees at other downtown office buildings were asked to leave temporarily.
“The whole building shook,” said Jennifer Bundy, a spokeswoman for the state Supreme Court. “You could feel two different shakes. Everybody just kind of came out on their own.”
In Ohio, where office buildings swayed in Columbus and Cincinnati and the press box at the Cleveland Indians’ Progressive Field shook. At least one building near the Statehouse was evacuated in downtown Columbus.
In downtown Baltimore, the quake sent office workers into the streets, where lamp posts swayed slightly as they called family and friends to check in.
Social media site Twitter lit up with reports of the earthquake from people using the site up and down the U.S. eastern seaboard.
“People pouring out of buildings and onto the sidewalks and Into Farragut Park in downtown DC…,” tweeted Republican strategist Kevin Madden.
“did you feel earthquake in ny? It started in richmond va!” tweeted Arianna Huffington, president and editor-in-chief of the Huffington Post Media Group.
Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill tweeted that her staff in Washington was in an “emergency location. Hope everyone is ok.”
John Gurlach, air traffic controller at the Morgantown Municipal Airport was in a 40-foot-tall tower when the earth trembled.
“There were two of us looking at each other saying, `What’s that?’” he said, even as a commuter plane was landing. “It was noticeably shaking. It felt like a B-52 unloading.”
Immediately, the phone rang from the nearest airport in Clarksburg, and a computer began spitting out green strips of paper – alerts from other airports in New York and Washington issuing ground stops “due to earthquake.”
This is a breaking story. Updates will be added.
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Comments (504)
NHwinter
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:17pmI think God is sending us a lot of messages. Wll anyone listen?
Report Post »WhiteFang
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:19pmSome are, and some will.
Report Post »Most will not listen.
cessna152
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:24pmI was in work taking a leak and it scared the crap out me!!! Honestly, I live in NJ and that was weird!!!!
Report Post »DJR
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:24pmYes He is. Are you listening Mr. Obama?
Report Post »ApokTheGreat
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:26pmThe earthquakes in diverse places is only a sign to get your attention. Give God your attention and listen for the still small voice. The voice says to repent of your sins and turn to God. The voice tells Christians to begin a ministry of repentance, reaching sinners for God.
Report Post »Even if this is not connected to the End Times (I think it is), we should still use it to get people’s attention and focus it on God.
11 And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake:
12 And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.
13 And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah?
SavingtheRepublic.com
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:28pm~~^^~~^^~~
Nope they will never listen.
I lived on eastcoast (NJ) for over 25 years. Never ever recall there even being a mention of an earthquake. There are no coincidences…
Report Post »…only illusions of coincidence. http://SavingtheRepublic.com
The_Almighty_Creestof
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:29pmI’m waiting for certain people to find some reason to riot (otherwise known as “grab everything you can and run”) …maybe waiting for darkness to fall. Probably be a lot of hoodies being bought in the next few hours.
Report Post »godlovinmom
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:29pmI fGod was sending a message…he hit the wrong place…it‘s called Martha’s vineyards.
Report Post »becker88
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:29pmNo Obama is off on vacation…
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Report Post »lisa2994
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:31pmThey won’t listen! They will insist it’s mother nature!
Report Post »cessna152
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:36pmBush’s fault…
Unexpectedly…
Bad luck…
Now Obambi can add another excuse to the ailing economy.
Report Post »KPEdwards
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:39pmI seem to remember someone else who recently claimed earthquakes were caused by religious infractions. Oh yeah, it was the Iranian cleric, Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi, who blamed it on women dressing immodestly. Glad to see you have some good company, right?
Report Post »Rational Man
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:40pmThis earthquake and an aproaching hurricane……Makes you wonder, doesn’t it?
Report Post »About time something shook up Washington!
beckisnuts
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:40pmI think earthquakes happen from time to time, and the supernatural has nothing to do with it. Science and reason agrees with me.
wow
Report Post »ozchambers
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:40pmIm located in Richmond about 35 miles away from epicenter and I ran out of the building like Costanza out of a burning apartment, lol. It was wild cuz you could hear the rumbling just like in the movies and everything outside was shaking and rattling. I thought a huge load of pipe had fallen at first and then the big warehouse type building i was in began rattling and shaking and I thought the building was beginning to collapse. By the time I got to the door and saw equipment out back swaying I realized it was an earthquake.
Report Post »Bill Rowland
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:40pmThe message seems to be :You pissed me off”
Report Post »rodamaa
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:41pmI was thinking, if we can manage an earthquake in Washington DC daily till the election, we can manage the damage Oblame-O- could make. Let’s pray for a pertual earthquake to keep those criminals from doing any more damage to our country
Report Post »Seabee79
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:44pmActually God was sending the Obama admin a message. but will he heed it????? Nope.
Oh and yes I felt the quake here in Northeast Pa.
Report Post »RIGHT2ARMBEARS
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:45pmHURRY! Lock the doors while everyone is outside!!
Report Post »Bella Rose
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:46pmGod is definitely giving a message. Colorado-New Mexico yesterday, Washington, DC and NYC today, Irene is on the way.
When the quake hit the prosecutors in NYC were pontificating on why they are dropping the charges against DSK–maybe God didn’t want them dropped.
Let’s see how the man in the oval office handles multiple events. Oh yeah, he’s not in the oval office, he‘s in Martha’s Vineyard, insulating himself.
Michelle may use this as a pretense not to go back to the white house, which she doesn’t like.
Sorry if I sound cynical. I’ve toned it down to an acceptable level.
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:46pmIt’s Glenn sending a message from Israel. Are you listening Wash DC?
Report Post »Sleazy Hippo
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:46pmI for one, am listening to Jesus, and I am hearing “buy Gold, sell Bonds short, buy Silver.”
Report Post »Voice-O-Reason
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:47pmGod sent His message, Jesus, did they listen?
Report Post »encinom
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:47pmMovment of the tetonic plates have nothing to do with some bearded sky god. Turn to science it has the answers, we are not our primative ancestors who needed to invent gods to explain the world around them.
SFsuper49er
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:50pmThere labor pains for whats to come!
Report Post »SavingtheRepublic.com
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:51pmOne of my Facebook fans posted the best reason for this
“That was our Forefathers rolling over in their graves…”
Report Post »sweathog1948
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:52pmIf the people will not listen to his son and the written word, perhaps people will listen for the still small voice of the Lord when the land shakes.BTW Obama you can’t blame Bush for the earthquake.
Report Post »cessna152
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:52pm@ozchambers
We are in S. Jersey and I hear you loud and clear. That was one weird experience… almost surreal. I am glad you are ok. My wife and I have been praying [almost] daily about this country returning to God. I believe he is trying to get our attention (kind of like Moses and Pharaoh) but people ain’t listening,
Report Post »GodHatesFigs
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:54pmHave you guys ever heard of plate tectonics?
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:55pmThis really killed all the live feeds (news) about Libya.
Report Post »darkrage000
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:58pmNo, Obama will blame it on the Tea party and demand that legislation be drafted to tax us.
Report Post »How DARE anything affect his golf game!
PaxInVeritate
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:58pmI was driving into downtown Los Gatos when the Loma Prieta earthquake struck (approximately 10 miles as the crow flies from the epicenter). Now that was true rocking and a rolling…. 6.0?? Evacuate buildings… East Coast get real!
Report Post »cessna152
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 3:00pm@encinom
Join the ranks of Pharaoh and all the other nay Sayers. Over 360 prophecies came to fruition, uncovered artifacts, 25,000 Manuscripts, changed personalities … the facts are endless. BTW, eternity is a LONG time, funny your willing to bet it all on eternity? Oh well, it’s your choice.
Report Post »fastfacts
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 3:03pmAccording to http://www.americanparchment.com Obama was just about to start a round on the golf course. Nuclear power plants, Pentagon, Airports, etc have all been evacuated. You would think these people had never been in California before. These small ones happen a few times a year.
Report Post »420 Patriot
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 3:07pmThis side of the world is due for quakes. Over the last several years the other side of the world has had several severe quakes. As the earth shifts on one side, it will put pressure on the fault lines on the other side of the world. I am waiting for a quake off the Oregon Coast which they predict in the next 50 years. I am afraid it may be sooner. Quakes are a natural event that is inevitable everywhere in the world. I do not think any area is immune. It is just a matter of time. We just hope that the time is not right now. All we can do is pray that people do not get injured. I do not want to say that this is a sign from God as that would mean he is responsible for the damage and injury to his people. Remember, all of us are his people. Yes, even the people that do harm to others. Christ said love your enemies, do not judge. All we can do is give love to others in hope that they will come around to the truth.
Report Post »encinom
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 3:08pm@cessna152
“Over 360 prophecies came to fruition, uncovered artifacts, 25,000 Manuscripts, changed personalities … the facts are endless.”
In a book written after the fact or the “prophecies written in such a vague way that nearly anything from a hang toenail to the BoSox winning the World Series could fulfill them.
Report Post »JRook
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 3:10pmLOL please….. more like drill baby drill, frack baby frack. Check out the natural gas fracking in the area.
Report Post »This_Individual
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 3:10pmI doubt that your God is so cryptic in his messages. Give him more credit.
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 3:16pmImage an aftershock happening when the Hurricane hits? “Please leave the building and go outsite”. Didn’t feel a thing here on the sandbar (Florida).
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 3:18pmIt was caused by Man-made Global Warming.
Report Post »Seriously, you people on the East Coast who have never felt a quake, join the party.
tirepitstop
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 3:18pmI felt it here in Ohio…it was a rolling kind of shake…
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 3:19pmMaybe someone upstairs is sending a message to Maxine Waters for saying she’s going to send the Tea Party to hell.
Report Post »Seabee79
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 3:19pmHey I just learned what caused the earthquake. It was every one over at MSNBC they all leaned forward at the same time.
Report Post »Rice Water
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 3:24pmTic-Tacs knocked off shelves at the local Rite-Aid? This is truly THE WRATH OF GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 3:25pm@Tirepitstop
Report Post »Really? I’m in SW Ohio, I didn’t feel a thing.
AreYouForReal
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 3:30pmWhat a load of garbage. What has God got to do with it.Seriously, you people are crazy??????
Report Post »I support God's Israel!
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 3:34pmGod has sent a warning to Washington D.C. and all those in Virginia and surrounding areas.
GOD WILL NOT BE MOCKED. You shall reap what you sow. And, to my people, who are called by name, that have continually mocked, scorned, and caused pain, you have therefore, hurt Me. I shall require your soul for Judgement and you will be brought to your knees. LEAVE MY PEOPLE ALONE.
The God of the universe has sent Obama and his evil minions, a very clear warning.. However, Obama thinks he is god, so he will not believe it.
Report Post »Enciloon
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 3:35pmI sometimes think these messages are meant for me. Someone out there has to have problems with me posting pure rubbish on conservative sites every day all day until people agree with me that I should be able to stay out of work forever on their dime.
Report Post »I support God's Israel!
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 3:41pmbeckisnuts:
You ARE mocking God and I would be very, very afraid,. For in an hour that you know not, God will require your soul for redemption and it may or may not be redeemed for His glory.
By the comments you make from time to time, I believe yours will NOT be to His glory. Therefore, you WILL answer to Him and I am afraid that HIS answer to you won’t be very pretty.
Report Post »May you open your heart, soul, and mind to God’s truth and not your own understanding.
YOU WILL BE JUDGED for your reasoning. You will be judged for NOT serving Him.
Find peace in that.
cessna152
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 3:41pm@encicom
Really? Which one in particular? Typical liberal… no facts just meaningless lies. Well, I’ll help yo out with a few:
Psalm 22
6 But I am a worm and not a man.
I am scorned and despised by all!
7 Everyone who sees me mocks me.
They sneer and shake their heads, saying,
8 “Is this the one who relies on the Lord?
Then let the Lord save him!
If the Lord loves him so much,
let the Lord rescue him!”
9 Yet you brought me safely from my mother’s womb
and led me to trust you at my mother’s breast.
10 I was thrust into your arms at my birth.
You have been my God from the moment I was born.
11 Do not stay so far from me,
Report Post »for trouble is near,
and no one else can help me.
12 My enemies surround me like a herd of bulls;
fierce bulls of Bashan have hemmed me in!
13 Like lions they open their jaws against me,
roaring and tearing into their prey.
14 My life is poured out like water,
and all my bones are out of joint.
My heart is like wax,
melting within me.
15 My strength has dried up like sunbaked clay.
My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth.
You have laid me in the dust and left me for dead.
16 My enemies surround me like a pack of dogs;
an evil gang closes in on me.
They have pierced my hands and feet.
17 I can count all my bones.
My enemies stare at me and gloat.
18 They divide my garments among themselves
cessna152
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 3:43pmIsaiah 53
3 He was despised and rejected—
a man of sorrows, acquainted with deepest grief.
We turned our backs on him and looked the other way.
He was despised, and we did not care.
4 Yet it was our weaknesses he carried;
it was our sorrows[a] that weighed him down.
And we thought his troubles were a punishment from God,
a punishment for his own sins!
5 But he was pierced for our rebellion,
crushed for our sins.
He was beaten so we could be whole.
He was whipped so we could be healed.
6 All of us, like sheep, have strayed away.
We have left God’s paths to follow our own.
Yet the Lord laid on him
the sins of us all.
7 He was oppressed and treated harshly,
Report Post »yet he never said a word.
He was led like a lamb to the slaughter.
And as a sheep is silent before the shearers,
he did not open his mouth.
8 Unjustly condemned,
he was led away.[b]
No one cared that he died without descendants,
that his life was cut short in midstream.[c]
But he was struck down
for the rebellion of my people.
9 He had done no wrong
and had never deceived anyone.
But he was buried like a criminal;
he was put in a rich man’s grave.
Want our country back
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 3:48pmCESSNA152
I was in work taking a leak and it scared the crap out me!!!
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I wonder if the earthquake was anywhere near Martha’s Vineyard. I know that the Tea Party will get blamed for it, so let’s celebrate…..
Report Post »eyestoseeearstohear
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 4:02pmI think you are RIGHT!
Let he that have “eyes to see – SEE “ and ”ears to hear – HEAR.
Report Post »Jezreel
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 4:05pmIt is only the beginning of a huge more of a shaking to come. God is not mocked, he who sows to the flesh will reap corruption. Man will be humbled or else, “he that continually stiffens his neck will suddenly be broken without remedy”. In otherwords, what is about to happen to Obama and those who snear and mock God, there will be no remedy for them. They have made their choice to lie and be as their father satan.
Report Post »SLARTIBARTFAST
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 4:05pmOMG! The World is Ending! The president’s golf game was interrupted! OH THE HUMANITY!!!!
Report Post »Get a grip on yourselves (or each other). Sheesh…….
ckokkola
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 4:06pmMost definitely God is speaking.
Report Post »SimpleTruths
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 4:17pmSAVINGTHEREPUBLIC.COM
Report Post »There has been numerous earthquakes on the East Coast over the years, what are you talking about? The New York-Alabama Lineament, as it’s called, is at least as significant and the San Andres fault and in all likelihood was location of this incident. But if you‘d rather believe in fairy tales and angry gods then that’s your business. I like to deal in facts myself.
FoxholeAtheist
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 4:27pmYes, and every night god makes the sun go away because you are all bad.
Report Post »ozchambers
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 4:27pmI am a born again pentecostal Christian and I believe the Bible to be 100% truth (I’m not interested in what you think Encinom, so dont bother with a response cuz we all know already that you don’t believe in God), but I don’t think this tremor was a sign from God. I DO believe that in end times there will be a big increase in earthquakes and disasters, but this isnt it. When they start happening week in and week out and begin destroying city after city continually, then we’ll know.
Now all u left coasters give us East Coasters a break cuz most of us have never felt a West Coast quake before, so this was pretty exciting. All the excitement with little damage. It was kinda cool, actually.
Report Post »beckisnuts
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 4:40pmGods do not exist and they never have. The stories created by bronze age people have nothing to do with natural disasters that happen now. I continue to be absolutely astounded by how gullible people of faith are. The Bible and all other religious books are totally man made. There is no such thing as Allah, God, G-d, etc. Jesus will not be here again ever. NEVER. Each one of you will live your entire lives and not ever see Jesus return. When you are dying, remember I told you. There are no angles. No demons. No Satan. It is all manufactured by men. Women didn’t even get invited to the make-A-myth party. That is what a boatload of hogwash it all is. Am I making myself clear finally???
Report Post »Jesus!
chips1
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 4:41pmGod was looking for Lucifer. I’ll give Him a mulligan on this one!!!
Report Post »blowback
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 4:47pmWhy cheapen God with such foolishness?
Report Post »smv803
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 4:49pmyup…God is sending a massage. Think anyone is listening?
Report Post »CLM
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 4:51pmYes, I would agree, that was just a short “memo.” If Obama continues his agenda and insists that Israel goes back to pre-1967 borders, dividing Jerusalem God will call a serious meeting.
Zechariah 12:2&3, “Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of drunkenness to all the surrounding peoples, when they lay siege against Judah and Jerusalem, and it shall happen in that day that I will make Jerusalem a very heavy stone for all peoples; ALL WHO WOULD HEAVE IT AWAY WILL SURELY BE CUT IN PIECES, though all nations of the earth are gathered against it.”
We all need to pray that the Lord deals with our president. We haven’t seen trouble yet. But you can be sure that the situation will be dire. Indeed, very bad for the United States! God help us! God have mercy on us!
Report Post »fande3rls
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 4:55pmto ozchambers : that was strange ,i too live near richmond , I was at a stop light when it hit , At first ,I thought something was wrong with the truck , no damage anywhere except a school in Mineral .
Report Post »blowback
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 5:00pmGod may be sending us a message to devoid ourselves of Israel and its human rights violations. That would be the actions of a Biblical God of the New Testament. His was a covenant with the descendents of Abraham, not the Khazar’s of Zionism. He also warned us of the false prophets, of which Beck may be.
Report Post »http://jewsagainstzionism.com/
beckisnuts
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 5:02pmGlenn got a message from god when he mocked that woman in Eugene last July:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/55751455@N02/5987685144/
lololol
Report Post »Nathaniel Horn
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 5:09pmHell, this little earthquake wasn’t even up to fun standards for us Californians. But the Tea Party wasn’t enough of a wake-up call for DC so the deity sent a little follow-up message. It will fall on deaf ears though so you can expect much more than this and very soon probably…
Report Post »kritacul
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 5:14pmI live in Richmond Virginia so was like WTF.
Report Post »But it’s crazy we almost NEVER get a Earthquake and at this scale.
But another scary thing is we got a Hurricane heading right for us as well later this week.
kryptonite
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 5:31pmSome of you need to read the article before you post. It states that “the shaking was felt on the Martha’s Vineyard golf course as Obama was just starting a round.”
Hey, Barack! Looks like “Armageddon” as you once mockingly referred to the Great Tribulation — you don’t even know the biblical meaning of the word, you phony Hollyweird version of a Christian — is making its way to you. You may not see “some cracks opening up in the earth,” just yet, but you gotta admit it’s shakin’ funny under your feet. It’s a reminder that when the Lord wills, the earth will open it’s mouth and suck you into the pit of h*ll.
You think you can mock God, Obum? You should learn from Comrade Chavez. He now realizes his days are numbered, and he TREMBLES.
Report Post »Nathaniel Horn
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 5:37pmHey Beck’sNuts: No Angles? Really? I see a very obtuse one in you… Does that count? LMAO!
Report Post »Nathaniel Horn
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 5:48pm@godHatesFigs: “Have you guys ever heard of plate tectonics?”
Yeah, ain’t that the mechanism by which God rearranges fools like you and I at the proper moment in time?
Report Post »vtxphantom
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 6:05pmThis will be another “headwind” retarding the economy.
Report Post »black9897
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 6:17pmI live in VA and this is only the 2nd one i’ve ever felt. Lived in VA most my life. First one I ever felt was years and years ago only lasted 5 sec. This one lasted like 30 sec.
Report Post »jhaydeng
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 6:28pmI’m in New York burbs and felt nothing!
Report Post »rangerp
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 6:35pmIt rains on the just, and the unjust. Some folks are quick to claim that a storm or such event is a punishment from God.
Good God fearing people live in those areas also. About as much credibility as claiming every storm now is a biproduct of global warming. Storms, earthquackes…. are not new. We have always had them, alway will.
Want to see punishment from God, look to NY. They just allowed gays to marry. That is a punishment from God. When societies/ nations turn away from God, their behavior become ungodly, and it destroys them. Homosexuality destroys nations. It has in the past, and it will destroy ours. Look to the Bible, and see how many times God used an earthquake or storm to punish Israel when they turned wicked (let me know if you find one). He did let Babylon come in and rule over Israel, same with Rome. Their wickedness weakend them, and made them vulnurable. Do you think we are vulnurable to the Chinese? Are we vulnarable to the socialist that take away your rights, money,…..
Stop claiming God’s judgement every time we get a storm. Wickedness is a biproduct of turning from God. Look at our murder rates, abortion rates, suicide rates…..
Report Post »Teaparty-grammy
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 6:37pmThat was my first thought. Glenn goes to Israel–prays with rabbis and Christians for Israel–and Washington D.C. gets an earthquake. If they won’t listen to Glenn, maybe God will get their attention some other way, hmmm?
Report Post »Right_on_the_Left_Coast
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 6:40pm@Enicinom and @Beckisnuts,
Reason and science has nothing to do with denying the existence of God. If God exists, and He caused an earthquake, wouldn’t it still look like a regular earthquake to all the scientists and their instruments? Just because science understands the physical chain of events that led to an earthquake doesn’t logically rule out the possibility of a spiritual cause to those physical events.
People who believe in the spiritual claim there was a spiritual cause behind the physical phenomenon, and there is nothing logically fallacious or unreasonable about that point of view. Science is unable to disprove them.
You assume there is no God, just because science can’t find Him. But do not make the mistake of thinking that your conclusion is the result of evidence or that it is the only logical conclusion. It is logically impossible to disprove the existence of a spiritual reality, and so a denial of the spiritual is nothing more than an expression of your personal distaste for it… not a logical conclusion at all.
…and by the way, saying that biblical prophecy was so vague it could be fulfilled by anything only displays your ignorance of the subject. Nostradamus was vague… the prophecies in the old testament were remarkably specific, and not only predicted future events in plain language, but in some cases predicted the very year (or even day) that certain events would take place… and turned out to be right.
Report Post »AZpatriotmama
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 6:43pm@encinom:
“Movment of the tetonic plates have nothing to do with some bearded sky god. Turn to science it has the answers, we are not our primative ancestors who needed to invent gods to explain the world around them.”
Remind me to not stand next to you in a lightening storm without wearing rubber boots…just sayin’.
Report Post »Teaparty-grammy
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 6:48pm@ Enciloon Posted: “I sometimes think these messages are meant for me. Someone out there has to have problems with me posting pure rubbish on conservative sites every day all day until people agree with me that I should be able to stay out of work forever on their dime.”
Nobody here agrees with you about anything, Encinom. You are simply such a loon and so abysmally stupid that you are not worth our time. You flatter yourself. Nobody cares what you say, because you are a leftist loon. Youj finally picked a name that fits you!
Report Post »AZpatriotmama
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 6:50pm@PaxInVeritate:
“I was driving into downtown Los Gatos when the Loma Prieta earthquake struck (approximately 10 miles as the crow flies from the epicenter). Now that was true rocking and a rolling…. 6.0?? Evacuate buildings… East Coast get real!”
I hear ya – I was there, too. Lived in CA for many years, but that was one I’ll never forget! I was taping a television show and my co-host yelled, “Are we an island yet?”
Report Post »beckisnuts
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 7:09pmRight on the left coast, reason alone can dismiss the supernatural. The work to prove the existence of the supernatural is all on your side anyway. The concept of “god” was created by mankind and it shows. A real god would have corrected men at its first appearance. Instead we have a stupid, and I mean stupid, story that explains why women are intended to be second class people. It is disgusting and laughable. No god would ever condone nonsense like that. Then you have the ridiculous stories about killing children to test loyalty. Please. That is simply barbaric and is also a fine example of how bronze age people behaved. But it doesn’t stop there. The idiocy goes on and on. None of it adds up, and now with science cracking open more and more secrets every day, it has become painfully obvious that the stories of long dead middle eastern peoples that make up religious books like the Bible are myths. I do not need any of it. There’s much more to comment on in response to your posting, because you also attempted to attribute words and conclusions to me that were never said, but enough already. Off you go.
Report Post »Rice Water
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 7:16pmCLM- Obama only said that negotiations should begin with the 1967 borders, which has been the US’s position since 1967. Obviously, you’ve never negotiated a deal.
@cessna & god’s Israel: Yes, your God CAN be mocked. I’m mocking your God right now. You are free to mock my god if you want; my god doesn’t care about such silliness.
Report Post »rangerp
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 7:32pm@beckisnuts
We love you, and will pray for you.
Report Post »NCTexasVAGirl
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 7:55pmI live in Mineral, VA and He has my attention!
Report Post »aahope
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 8:13pmI believe God is calling to repentance, something worse may happen in New York or California..
Report Post »Nathaniel Horn
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 8:15pm@Right_on_the_Left_Coast- That was beautiful and incisive. I couldn’t have said it better if I had tried.
Beck’sNuts: Ridiculous drivel as usual. Very few of us conservatives are here on the Blaze, you know. We’re mostly out defeating you civilization destroying ********. You’re not disrupting us at all. We who are here enjoy smacking you morons around. Your existence is meaningless in more ways than one. By the beginning of 2013 you’ll be an endangered species without an EPA to save ya anyway… Just sayin’… So enjoy that blood money while you can. You’ll need it to pay for your PTSD later on. Love and kisses!
Report Post »HD Veteran
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 8:22pmThey choose not to listen.
Report Post »Robert999
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 8:54pmNo question this is a message from the Lord to America for who we have chosen to rule us and what we permit them to do in our name. If things don’t change, there will be more admonishments. I just hope the Lord does not bring about the destruction of America as he did Israel in the past.
Report Post »beckisnuts
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 9:46pmIt’s your delusion Gnat Horn, make it as big as you want. Meantime, your mean-spirited self reflects the Muslim faith more than it does the Christian faith. You will have to work on that if you ever hope to measure up to your god. You certainly do not sound like a Christian person at all. Off you go Gnat.
Report Post »Mimi24
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 11:07pmI hope and pray that many will. God is so good. He gives us so many warnings. But I fear that even his patience is running thin.
Report Post »N37BU6
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 11:09pmOf course you do… because you have selective reasoning.
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 11:25pmIt’s a modest earthquake. The aftershocks in Japan were stronger than this. Good gravy, what a nation of wimps we’ve become.
Report Post »StrongWesternbabeluvinherWesternMAN
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 11:57pmtime for the East Coast to take a deep breath…….I guess the Western states are more accustomed….doesn’t mean that the BIG ONE might hit anywhere…..but since the earth got knocked off its axis after the huge one in Japan everything is off kilter. Time for all to relax and go with the flow…time for inventory of self everyone in America……take a side and may it be the right one…then go with the flow.
Report Post »Anarcho Capitalist
Posted on August 24, 2011 at 12:48amI think the earth moved.
You people really need to get off of the hole God thing.
Report Post »Nathaniel Horn
Posted on August 24, 2011 at 2:30amTell me more Beck’sNuts. That’s so interesting. You get paid to blather so blather me a river. Tell me about your mother. Was it her that raised you to be such an evil little poser? Would she be proud of you now? How does it feel to be paid very little to be so small? Didn‘t you expect more than ’this’ from your life? What does it feel like to meddle maliciously in real people’s lives every day? Is it gratifying to cause anger and hurt? Or are you like an EMT who becomes hardened and numb out of necessity to others pain and makes jokes about it to further insulate you from your death and therefore your life as well? I am truly curious. They pay you to hurt others. Do you feel the damage it does to you? It doesn’t appear to be a very good trade off to me. You don’t seem very sensitive though. You probably don’t even sense the harm you are doing to your own soul. Not good. You do understand that you are a soul, don’t you?
Report Post »Nathaniel Horn
Posted on August 24, 2011 at 2:43amBeck’sNuts, Do you tell yourself that the people you hurt are ‘those’ kind of people and so it‘s alright and even a duty to malign and hurt ’those’ kind of people? Or do you make other kinds of excuses? What are they? Are ‘those’ kind really so different from you, besides in your imagination? Tell the truth. I’ll let you in on a little secret… There are no others… It’s all just you. You know it’s true in a strange kind of way, don’t you BN? It’s illogical but it rings true doesn’t it? That’s because the essence of life is paradox. So when you hurt others… you are really hurting… yourself! Too bad. Life is stranger and far deeper than you suspect and you are in a lot of trouble BN… That’s why there is a God. She inhabits all those strange places that most of us barely perceive or even suspect. She doesn‘t need to be overt because she’s everywhere. Yep, everywhere you can think of, she’s already there. Everywhere you can’t think of too. That’s the worrisome part… :) Ignorance is so profound. Science, rationality, technology, the religion of Liberalism. False gods all. That’s why you are going to be so incredibly, shockingly surprised in the end. All the more so because it’s an alien emotion to you… Nothing is what it seems… Especially with Liberals LoL…
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on August 24, 2011 at 3:21amMuch more likely that it was the earth sending a message “amend your fracking practices!” Interesting that the Colorado and Virginia quakes occurred at similar latitudes and at mining sites.
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on August 24, 2011 at 4:34amIf this IS a message sent by your angry, vengeful God, it’s to Cantor (R-VA) and Gardner (R-CO) to get their grubby hands off the budgets of US Geological Survey, Nat’l Weather Service, & NOAA, and btw leave those building regs ALONE because if you frack, you pay back. ;^)
Report Post »Nathaniel Horn
Posted on August 24, 2011 at 7:56amHey Tifosa: You’ve got it all wrong. Frack you! LoL…
Report Post »beckisnuts
Posted on August 24, 2011 at 10:01amGnat Horn, I read through your two lengthy posts very carefully, and all I really have to say is:
YOUR POOR HUSBAND. lolol
wow!
Report Post »Nathaniel Horn
Posted on August 24, 2011 at 2:12pmBeck’sTestacles: You really do think you’re clever, don’t you? LoL… The joke’s on you though.
Report Post »thegreatcarnac
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:16pmThe news said the center of the quake was supposedly around Washington D.C. If we were really lucky the government buildings and the W.H. would have collapsed with both houses in session and the idiot Kenyan eating peanuts on the floor of his office. However, we don’t have that kind of luck anymore.
They say that the quake was caused by the complete void of intelligence there and the fact that nature abhors a vacuum. Nature tried very hard to fill the void suddenly, and thus …the earthquake.
SacredHonor1776
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:28pmNow, now, I don’t wish death on anyone… That makes us just as bad as those who wish death on us.
Report Post »The Christmas Story Told
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:30pmI don’t know why people keep saying the quake lasted 25 seconds. It was minutes here. I finally got nervous after turning off the washer and the trailer kept shaking. A coffee cup fell out of the cupboard and then I went out side. It shook several minutes.
Report Post »Ranson, WV
Eastern Panhandle
SacredHonor1776
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:37pmDid you actually time it? Because a quake can seem longer than it really is.
Report Post »PatriotDaze
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:38pmYour thoughts and comments are dispicable.
Report Post »fatjack
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:44pmI live in North Georgia and around that time I could feel my recliner shaking… not hard, but enough to call my wife into the room to see why my recliner was shaking. Not sure, just sayin’
Report Post »squonk1pb
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:54pmWell done, carnac.
Report Post »oneshiner
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 5:40pm@ all the disbelievers and B is Nuts,
Report Post »James 2:19 Thou believest that there is ONE GOD does well; The devils also believe and tremble.
‘nough said.
MJNice
Posted on August 24, 2011 at 1:21amSo, since what you believe should have happened, didn’t happen, and god makes no mistakes, then what you believe is wrong. The earthquake didn’t kill Obama therefore god must LOVE OBAMA. Praise JESUS… the best ZOMBIE EVER GIVEN TO MAN!! Praise be to our heavenly SPACE OVERLORD… for knocking up that VIRGIN, OUT OF WEDLOCK, and delivering unto us your HIPPIE ZOMBIE CHILD!! We BOW TO YOU! Your way is SO PERFECT that MORE THAN HALF of the HUMAN BEINGS who LIVE ON YOUR CREATION don’t acknowledge that your HIPPIE ZOMBIE LOVE CHILD is actually real! GREAT WORK SPACELORD!
Report Post »conservative_teacher
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:16pmAnd here come the Blaze crazies…tell us, oh wise ones…tell us how this earthquake was “the hand of god” bringing a message to Washington. LOL!
Report Post »right-wing-waco
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:21pmWow, You think so too?
Report Post »WhiteFang
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:23pmAnd some will scoff and ridicule the prophecies of Jesus Christ.
Report Post »TX_45_ACP
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:23pmI bet that’s the first thing that came to your mind when you heard of the quake. Never let a good crisis go to waste. My hope is that no one was injured.
Report Post »news12kim
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:24pm“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom” (Prov. 1:7).
Report Post »SacredHonor1776
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:25pmLook for other sorts of crazies to blame it on a false flag/HAARP test…
Report Post »MODEL82A1
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:27pmTEACHER, get back to work.
Report Post »patriotteapress
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:28pmCon-teach, it couldn’t have been your messiah, he was in Martha’s Vineyard.
Report Post »conservative_teacher
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:42pmROFL! You’re Honor, I rest my case.
Report Post »beckisnuts
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:43pmHow sad, but when Glenn‘s sheep’s trailers start rocking, they think it’s god knocking.
Report Post »totallyfedup2
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:55pmGEE Is it my imagination or do you also have an account with, and post on, the Blaze !!!
Report Post »What a BONEHEAD
cessna152
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 3:06pm@beckisnuts
Pretty funny how times have not changed since the beginning of record keeping. People make fun of followers of God, God’s enemies cower in fear and are defeated…. time and time again. It‘s all in God’s book… the Bible! Thank you for reinforcing my faith… it is exactly how God’s word said it will happen. Keep it coming, it only gives us more hope and faith..
Report Post »This_Individual
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 3:15pmAnd some will scoff because of the fact that a diety does not have to be so cryptic. I’m certain that your God can do much better than that, to send everyone a message.
Report Post »I support God's Israel!
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 3:44pmnews12kim:
Report Post »AMEN.
beckisnuts
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 4:43pmGlenn will claim it’s the ARM OF GOD. And he will be wrong yet again.
Report Post »beckisnuts
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 4:52pmcesna, the bible is simply a collection of stories and myths. “GOD” never punished anyone, no more than Santa Claus has. I understand that that is tough for you believers to take, but it is the truth. I believed in what others told me when I was a child. I was a Christian for decades. But religion did not meet the test of my research, so I left it behind with all the other false beliefs people tried make me believe all my life. You believers are free to believe as you wish, but when you start with your threats, it’s simply amusing. If you only knew what I and some others know.
Report Post »Right_on_the_Left_Coast
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 6:49pmI won’t claim to know that this quake was the hand of God, but neither should you be so quick to scoff at the idea. You don‘t know that God didn’t ordain this to happen. In fact, following another line of thought, is there anything that happens that is not in some way part of God’s plan?
If God exists, and He is the God described in the Bible, then He is always in control, and was still in control at the time of the earthquake. So in a sense, believing in God means you must believe that this earthquake happened on His watch, and with His approval. It was part of His plan, and probably had a purpose behind it.
…Now go chew on that one for awhile.
Report Post »rangerp
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 7:45pm@conservative_teacher
It rains on the just, and the unjust. Good people get hit by storms, just like the bad. Good peoples houses crumble, just like the bad. Good people get sick, just like the bad. Nothing new. Claiming God sent this earthquake, is about as stupid as idiots claiming “global warming” evertime we get a tornado, huricane, blizzard….. We have always had these storms.
Who am I to say God is punishing anyone for anything. I would be a fool to think every storm, fire, mud slide, earth quake… was a punishment. I am tiny, insignificant, and amount to about as much a a freckle on a flea’s butt.
For us Christians, we should know better. Outside of the flood (followed by a promise that there will not be another), we do not see much punishment this way. Generally wickedness is punishment for turning away from God. I would compare with AIDS. AIDS is not a punishment for homosexuality, Homosexuality is a punishment for turning from God.
Wickedness has a price. Homosexuality has a price Abortion has a price. Look at our murder rates, look at our economy, look at the heathen behaviors going on in many of our public schools.
God does not need a storm, earthquake…. America is destroying it’s self from the inside. Rome did the same, Babylon was having a giant drunken sex party, when the persians slipped in and destroyed them. Same with Greece. History does not repeat, people repeat history. I am sure as a teacher, you know this
Report Post »Mimi24
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 11:30pmIf you don’t like us Blaze crazies then why are you here with us? God is still in control and He will say what happens. You can say what you want. But, remember this. God will win. Jesus will come back. Don’t blame me when you are left behind. I pray that you will choose Jesus as your savior. He will come back and your knee will bow.
Report Post »MJNice
Posted on August 24, 2011 at 1:30am@RangerP thanks for your service to our country. Because of you, I can now get married in NY to my really fakkin’ sexy 21 year old boyfriend in Massachusetts AND New York! And to think, it was in INDIANA where god crushed those st00pit “sugarland” fans. You’d think he would have sent a flood down 5th avenue during the gay pride parade that happened the day after NY legalized gay marriage. Instead, he kills seven at the Indiana state fair. So weird.. Anyway, my hunny is blonde and skinny, just how I like them. Met him right out of high school. And we wouldn’t be sitting here together, commentin’ on the blaze… MARRIED… if it weren’t for your dedicated service to the greatest, freest country MAN ever gave MAN! Man on Man! USA!! Thanks babe!
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on August 24, 2011 at 4:17amCONSERV TCHR, clearly, you were spot on.
Report Post »rangerp
Posted on August 24, 2011 at 3:20pm@MJNice
I will be praying for you also my friend.
thanks for the appreciation of what Americna Service Men and Women do for our nation.
Report Post »Gashouse Gorilla
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:14pmGet ready for the Firey-Flood, folks!
Report Post »beket
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:20pmIf it happened a few minutes before 2:00 (eastern time), I felt it here in Michigan. Just a slight rocking through the house.
Report Post »ozchambers
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:44pmwow BEKET, thats a long way away. I was 35 miles from the epicenter and believe me I FELT IT!!
Report Post »beckisnuts
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 3:04pmObama is on vacation and we have an earthquake, a hurricane approaching, the stock market tanking and our craziest radio talk host in Israel with a target on his back. Oh yes, and gold is doing parabolic somersaults. Time for new leadership.
Report Post »llotus
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 5:21pmbnutts….where were you lookin when you were researching religion? Share all the research knowledge that led you away from religion. I for one am very curious as to how exactly….that works. I have believed all my life and have not run onto anything or anyone that would make me not be a believer. Your comment amazes me. Exsplanes a lot about your comments. Lotus.
Report Post »MilesF
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:13pmJust after 1:50 pm I flet it. Everything was rattling and after a full minute it died down, but everything kept on humming. (That was partly me humming from the soles of my feet up.) My cat dove under the living room table. I looked out the window and saw my neighbors outside talking to each other. I thought, They’re asking each other what happened. They don’t know anymore than I do. The epicenter could be thirty miles or so to the northeast of me. (I’m in central Virginia.)
Report Post »Restored One
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:17pmFrom here in the Land of the Lost (California), I’ve been through some biggies and they are scary. Hope all are safe back there.
Report Post »MilesF
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:19pmThat was 35 to 40 miles due east, it turns out, not northeast of me. I was close in more ways than one.
Report Post »Elena2010
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:22pmSmart cat!
Report Post »MilesF
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:36pmElena, if you’re trying to say that the cat is smarter than me…I can’t argue with you!
Report Post »Donny05
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:13pmFelt the quake here in Allentown ,PA. Wild ride.
Report Post »Koukimonster
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:13pmThe Tea Part did it
Report Post »totallyfedup2
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:22pmIt was Bush’s falt
Report Post »totallyfedup2
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:28pm@Koukimonster………….. It was Bush’s fault ! ! !
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:12pmI hope no one is injured or killed in this quake, the fact of it shaking DC and the area may be God trying to inform the DC old guard that times there be a changing.
Although I find it ironic Mr Obama was starting a round of golf as the quake hits…
Report Post »Bauervision
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:15pmHAHAHAHA!!!! Too funny! Thats right, God’s had enough of the BS! Time to shake things up!!
Report Post »NHwinter
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:20pmWhat else would he be doing when a disaster strikes. Maybe shooting hoops, but vacationing for sure.
Report Post »Elena2010
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:23pmThe ground under DC is swampland — perfect soil for liquefaction and massive destruction. Good thing the quake did not hit it directly!
Report Post »Rayblue
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:30pmI wouldn’t be satisfied until the earth opens up and swallows him whole
Report Post »then spits him up to the moon.
A brief shooting star, he.
SacredHonor1776
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:40pm“The ground under DC is swampland — perfect soil for liquefaction and massive destruction. Good thing the quake did not hit it directly.”
Actually, that’s an urban legend. The actual swampland lay nearby the city near the rivers. Also for liqeufaction to take place would depend on the watertable and how saturated the soil was. If it hadn’t been saturated for oh say 200 years, there would be little chance of liquefaction.
Report Post »beckisnuts
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 4:59pmSnowleopard, you are wrong. Sorry pal. Has it ever crossed your mind that if your god really did exist, he would not need to hide from you? There is no logic in any of it. None. Sorry.
Report Post »Katydidnt
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:12pmI felt it here in Lancaster, PA. My room and the bed were visibly moving. It is a weird sensation.
Report Post »Gashouse Gorilla
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:16pmYep. Felt it here in the Allentown, PA area. Thought I was drunk!
Report Post »chips1
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 5:00pmI’m married. My bed hasn’t moved in years. Lucky you!!!
Report Post »ConstitutionalPatriot
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:12pmOh Man!! The studies done on this coast is that anything over 2.1 would have devastating effects due to the structure of the building on the East Coast. Pray for those people in the quake area…
God bless and watch over us…
Report Post »country_hick
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:12pmD AMN the Tea Party!
Report Post »Gashouse Gorilla
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:59pmCould this headline have anything to do with it?
Bull semen forces closure of interstate ramp
http://www.wkrn.com/story/15313584/ramp-to-i-65s-closed
Report Post »Amy
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:11pmI was about to have a spoonful of soup in an upstairs apt. My son was in the kitchen washing dishes. I couldn’t find my mouth – and the dishwater was swaying… I saw that and knew it was an earthquake. Virginia Beach.
Report Post »LinkedIn G
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:24pmWait…how did you get your son to do dishes…
Report Post »Gashouse Gorilla
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:11pmGod’s pissed! He’s coming for Obama! LOL
Report Post »harvbell
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:18pmJust the footprints of an approaching God.This is just the beginning.Time to allow the Holy Spirit to do his work in hearts.
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:10pmColorado had a big quake this a.m., too…. maybe it’s all the bunkers the elites have had constructed for them to hide in caving in on top of alllllll their money and stolen goods?????????????? Sorta evens out the playing field, doesn’t it? Wouldn’t that be a hoot?
Report Post »SacredHonor1776
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:42pmWhat good would money be, if the government collapsed, and we lived in a natural or nuclear armageddon?
Report Post »santramir
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:09pmit is because of the climate change and the bush’s tax cuts.
Report Post »PavZilla
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:12pmDid anyone check with Bawnee Fwank to see if he was just feeling gaseous elements around his anus again?
ApokTheGreat
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 4:20pmpavzilla,
Report Post »Maybe that tingle up Chris Matthew’s leg got stronger
The Bees Know
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:09pmPray that all are and remain safe.
Report Post »USNRET04
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:08pmWe felt it here, north of Baltimore. Thought I got away from this after leaving Japan years ago.
Report Post »Ronko
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:08pmWow, I felt it too and I’m at least 90 miles from Washington. Hope nobody got hurt.
Report Post »HUNITHUNIT
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:07pmfelt in charlotte area of NC too!
Report Post »godhatesacoward
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:28pmKill Devil Hills, NC, as well.
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:34pm@HUNITHUNIT~~~ We are west of you by about 2 1/2 hours. Didn’t feel a thing here, but we were walking around and standing up. Lived in Central America with quakes almost daily and found that if we were on foot or moving or driving, it was hard to discern them. HOWEVER, 5.8 is a significant quake. I remember seeing the ground roll as though it were ocean waves. Cannot imagine here where folks are not prepared for such. PRAYERS esp. for school kids and hospitals.
GOD IS MARCHING ON, folks. We had two significant quakes in the US today already and a significant hurricane on the way.
I bet that ole Maxine Waters person ordered all this up in all her witchery so she could blame it on us TEA PARTIERS. HA! To you, you old witchy hag. You ain’t seen nothing yet. OUR GOD is p.o.ed with you and your ilk and all your false gods, and HE is on the move.
Report Post »HUNITHUNIT
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:48pmEarthquake had everything to do with the fault zone in Virginia and nothing to do with your “God”, nice try though moron.
quicker
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 3:19pmReal good at name calling arn`t you.Just because people believe in god doesn`t make them morons.
Report Post »HUNITHUNIT
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 3:28pmPerhaps not, but attributing natural disasters to a “God” does.
Report Post »Steel Awesome
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 5:19pmAre you saying that Mother Earth is not a god?
Report Post »HUNITHUNIT
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 6:41pmWhy would I say mother earth is a God? I do not believe in any gods whatsoever.
Report Post »tom
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:06pmGod Be With Us!
Report Post »MODEL82A1
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:06pm….Women and Minorities Hardest Hit.
Report Post »ninja97
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:11pmHow long are we going to continue letting the Tea Party get away with this!
Report Post »NickyLouse
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:11pmha :)
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texasfarmer
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:12pmI needed that.
Report Post »Gashouse Gorilla
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:12pmlol!!
Report Post »Bealzobama
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:28pmBwaaahhhhh ha ha ha
Report Post »BernieKittyCat
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:06pmWJR in Detroit reported that they felt the tremor, too.
Report Post »sWampy
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:05pmWow, it would be so good if both coasts could split off and fall in the ocean.
Report Post »Gashouse Gorilla
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:43pmWell, maybe just the northeast and entire west coast. The south is cool!
Report Post »RightUnite
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:59pmOne can always hope!
Report Post »sWampy
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 3:16pmI don’t know, Florida has become pretty contaminated.
Report Post »MistaB
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:04pmAnother disaster starts in Washington D.C.!!
Report Post »ReadyInPA
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:03pmChina is drilling up into DC….
Report Post »NHwinter
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:12pmI don’t want anyone hurt, but it would be great if Maxine fell in a crack and actually saw what hell was like. Maybe she would keep her big mouth shut then.
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