East Coast/VA Earthquake (8/23/2011)

[pilferk]

Winds weren't TOO bad up here in NW CT.

However, there was a LOT of water in a very short period of time.  We saw something around 8 to 10 inches of rain in about 12 hours.  And it had been pretty "wet" around here lately, anyway, so the ground was already pretty soaked.

LOTS of flooding in CT.  Our backyard looked like a small lake was forming....we ended up running a sump pump to pump water away from our basement door all night.  Then we lost power around 8 AM and my wife and I spent about 3 hours outside bailing water (as in, with buckets) to do the same.

Not fun.  Not horribly awful, but not fun.

[cineater]

Sebastian Bach lost his house in NJ to flooding.  Some where out there a KISS pinball machine lost its life.

[Layne Staley's Sunglasses]

Super cereal, bruh.  It's like, pilferk even put the date in the thread title.  It's one of those "Never Forget" moments for them.

Man, I'll never forgot the day the water in my waterglass starting shaking.  I became a completely new person after going through that horror.

Just to clarify:

I put the date in the title NOT because the event was monumental (it was weird....our ground don't shake)...but because I can see us having another one....say, next year....and didn't want the thread "resurrected" (as I so often see happen).

Zombie threads are bad....

You say no, but your eyes say yes.

[AxlsMainMan]

Lost a few shingles on the roof up here in Canada.

[cineater]

The flooding has caused more problems then they thought.  They have people they are airlifting food to.

Katia?  No going there right now. 

[Mysteron]

The flooding has caused more problems then they thought.  They have people they are airlifting food to.

Katia?  No going there right now. 

It's amazing that the local takeaways in the US have helicopters as well as bikes 

[faldor]

I had a 2 hour drive to work the other day from CT, through RI into MA and I saw LOTS of down trees and power lines.  Roads were closed.  It was a MESS!  There were no stop lights, makeshift stop signs.  No power for miles on end, generators running.  Trees were resting on power lines, crazy stuff.  I can't see how those people get power back anytime soon.