5.8 Earthquake in Virginia

[Zmapper]

I have to wonder if anyone was playing Jenga when the earthquake hit? 

[PAHighways]

It must have been that period somewhere between 1:15 and 1:30 where I thought I was having vertigo, otherwise I didn't feel anything and I didn't hear nor see anything move.

I'd have said more like 1:45 if they weren't reporting 1:51.  Certainly, nothing had happened as of 1:40.

OK, I should have said "somewhere between 1 and 2" since I was just estimating as I also didn't look at my phone or a clock.

[dfilpus]

I was in my car waiting for a light in downtown Annapolis. The rear end of the car bounced up and down. I thought I had been rear-ended.

[corco]

The MLB Network reaction was priceless

[Alps]

Oddly, I felt it around 2:10 near NYC, though having been ill at the time, my perception of the clock could have been at a different time and my brain just stuck them together.

[SSOWorld]

That video is priceless indeed - I hope it wasn't live at the time.  I don't think he should be talking about Manhattan like that.

[dfilpus]

On US 50/301, there was a light board warning that "Nice Bridge Closed; Use I-95"
First of all, who knows the bridge by name and not as the US 301 bridge?
Second, the Woodrow Wilson bridge was also closed and I 95/495 was a parking lot.

[Alps]

I've seen it called the Nice Bridge enough to think that it must be regionally known to some degree. That and, even with the Wilson Bridge closed, at least there is SOME way across there.

[1995hoo]

A lot of people in Southern Maryland know it as the "Potomac River Bridge," I assume because it's the only one down there.

[dfilpus]

I've seen it called the Nice Bridge enough to think that it must be regionally known to some degree. That and, even with the Wilson Bridge closed, at least there is SOME way across there.

We were headed to Arlington VA. We ended up crossing the Potomac on the I 395/US 1 bridge in crawling traffic, then exited to VA 27/Washington Boulevard around the Pentagon. I wouldn't have wanted to stay on I 395. It was the worst traffic I have ever seen in DC.