Lots of scary things going on lately!
I was at work on Tuesday until one of the associates told me at my store I might want to call home because Virginia just had an earthquake. I was wondering what the heck was going on, and then I check my phone and see my house called, and Ryan had texted me about checking in because he heard about the earthquake too.
I called home immediately and talked to my parents. They were fine, thank God, and they told me that they talked to the rest of my family and everyone was fine.
The earthquake was a 5.8 magnitude, which is big time for the East Coast! My mom said she was at her desk when it started majorly shaking so naturally she was scared. Work sent everyone home for safety reasons and the big chance of a pretty large aftershock.
I'm glad to hear no one was hurt, but it does look like some pretty historic buildings had significant damage. Here's a website in DC showing the damage done to the beautiful National Cathedral:
http://www.dcquake.nationalcathedral.org/
On top of the Earthquake, there's a nasty Hurricane Irene getting ready to hit the East Coast. I'm hoping it doesn't cut too many people's vacation's short, and I definitely hope no one gets hurt!
The Hurricane just so happened to hit our vacation island that we'll be visiting in only 5 days. Soooooo glad that we didn't chose to go this week, but soooooo hoping we have an island to visit in a few days!
http://www.foxnews.com/weather/2011/08/25/east-coast-checks-bridges-readies-plans-for-hurricane-irene/
Check out the link above for a video. I told Ryan last night that even if there are storms when we're on vacation, we'll live. A rainy day at the beach is better than a sunny day at work :)
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