Our offices are on the 5th floor of an office building in DC and they've been doing construction upstairs, plus we're always waiting for the next big terrorist thing. So when things started bouncing pretty good we were wondering which it was. Having lived in SoCal for about 10 years, being in a quake was no big deal, it was that this one didn't stop. It just kept going. When it was all done, you should've seen the packed crowd that'd gathered between buildings outside - right where all the glass would fall to. So much for the concept of duck and cover. The crowd refused to leave, too.
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That's about when the news radio was saying that the epicenter was close to the nuke, south of town. :nuke:
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Fox News started to report that the Washington Monument was leaning. :scenic: It wasn't, so thanks for that one and helping keep the calm, Fox. :headbonk:
We were told to evacuate our building & the streets were packed since just about every building emptied at the same time. The Metro entrance was shut and nobody wanted to go down there anyway, so there were people EVERYWHERE. Of course, every one was on their cellphone, so the cell system became useless pretty quick.
Hopped on the bike and cops were in most intersections directing traffic, even though the lights were fine. What a zoo. Got as far as Canal Road in Georgetown after forever and that looked like a Costco parking lot on a weekend. Looking across the river, Virginia's GW Parkway was also inching along at best. Lots of sirens and hot tempers.
Tough times demand solid action, so I decided to check on the drinks at Jack's Potomac River Kayak and Canoe Rental. The downside was that they only had bottled water and Diet Coke, but hey, it was a day for roughing it.
"Umm Miss, I think I'll have another."
The neighbors have been talking about how it took them 4-5 hours to get home.
Sure would have been nice to have some sun screen.
