NJ Quake: Earthquake in New Jersey? Who Woulda Thunk It????
Oooookay…
So I’m here at my desk working on my computer. All’s quiet. As I’m typing, my chair starts rocking side to side. I’m thinking my dog is having a nightmare under my chair (he’s 165 lbs..). I yell, “NICK!!!” and realize he’s across the room. I look at the floor, as if my puny cat might be able to move my chair, and all of a sudden, I see my flat screen rocking on its pedestal. Felt the floor moving under my feet. My 4 year old is asleep on the other side of the house, I go to run to get out of the room, get to the hallway, thinking, wait, am I going nuts? I look back to my office, and the tv’s still rocking, and now, so are my ceiling fans… Then, it just stopped.
Ok, so, big deal??? In NJ, it IS a BIG DEAL!!! We had ONE tremor, back when I was 16 in Cliffside Park, NJ. I think it was a 1.5. Nothing. Today’s earthquake, the epicenter was in VA, at magnitude 5.8, and 3.7 miles deep. The Pentagon and White House were BOTH evacuated. It was felt all the way down in NC, and all the way up to Rhode Island. Buildings in NJ were evacuated, with many historic buildings reporting possible structural damage. So far, thank goodness, many of those buildings have been given a green light. Mike Bloomberg is on CNN now, giving his speech, no major damage or disruptions, but they DID shut down the tunnels for a bit. Engineers are inspecting buildings for cracks. Penn Station train service was shut down for half an hour. All nuclear plants are now being inspected for possible damage. The President is due to come on CNN soon to talk about the impact. Twitter and Facebook were ON FIRE. I heard the stocks went up 300 points, wooHAHHHHH!!!!!
And of course, we have 2 nuclear plants nearby (!). This in from NJ.com and Associated Press:
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The Oyster Creek nuclear power plant in Lacey Township, which is run by Exelon, is currently operating at full power, said spokeswoman Suzanne D’Ambrosio. Plant operators are following “seismic procedures,” which include walking throughout the facility to confirm the earthquake did not damage equipment or affect operations.
“We will continue to closely monitor plant equipment should there be any additional seismic activity,” D’Ambrosio said.
Exelon declared “unusual events” at its Oyster Creek, Limerick, Peach Bottom and Three Mile Island Unit 1 plants, a classification that is the lowest of the four emergency classifications used in the U.S. nuclear power industry, she added.”
Comforting, huh???
Colorado gets a 5.3 this morning , Va gets the 5.9, BOTH are getting aftershocks, and there could be 30 more on VA alone, man, SOMEBODY peed in Mother Nature‘s Cheerios this morning….
Oh, and update? They said President Obama is STILL on the golfcourse playing golf….
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