[QuadList] OT: 5.9 Quake 35 miles S of Library of Congress-Culpeper, and 35 NNW of Guy Spiller's TR-70's in Midlothian

Tue Aug 23 18:07:36 CDT 2011

Hello all from rock-and-roll central, Culpeper, VA!

We're all fine here, although the Library closed early both here and 
in DC so we could inspect the buildings and make sure they're OK.

We took no obvious structural damage here in Culpeper, but it was 
quite a ride!  Lots of ceiling tiles either down or knocked noticably 
out of place.  The floor tiles held firm and there are no obvious 
signs of cracks or other structural issues.  No leaks currently 
either.

I was in the big theatre when the temblor hit.  The theatre sits on 
bedrock and it felt like we were under an enormous air handler that 
was spinning up (sounded like it too!) but it just kept getting 
stronger for about 20 seconds, then started to tail off.  I got a 
great shot of our cement pond with large ripples in it.

We evacuated the building while it was inspected, and we got back 
into the building about 40 minutes later.

We had Senator Mark Warner here today for a meeting with the public 
and the quake struck about 10 minutes before the meeting.  He held 
his meeting with the public under the shade of the big tree in front 
of our parking lot, then went in for questions after the building was 
OK'd.  He handled it really well.

Given the strength of the quake, we got off pretty light.  I'm really 
glad we don't get these very often!

As for the quads, they didn't even hiccup during the quake....

James
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James Snyder
Senior Systems Administrator
Library of Congress -
   National Audio Visual Conservation Center (NAVCC)
Motion Picture, Broadcasting & Recorded Sound Division (MBRS)
Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation

>Ted, et al.
>I was at work at Archives 2.  Saw the wall ripple in front of me 
>(and not in a good way ;>). 
>
>They evacuated us and are checking the building for damage.  When I 
>heard about the epicenter, I emailed James at LoC.  They were much 
>closer.  He reported minor damage (ceiling tiles down), but no leaks 
>and no structural problems, but then that thing was built as a bomb 
>shelter!
>
>
>Steve Greene
>Archivist
>Nixon Presidential Library and Museum
>(301) 837-1772
>>>>  Ted Langdell <ted at quadvideotapegroup.com> 08/23/11 5:27 PM >>>
>Glad to hear all is well with you, Guy.
>
>With all the concrete and rebar at the LoC, I'd think they were safe 
>from any issues.
>
>(But would like to hear from James Snyder, Steve Nease, Pat Kennedy or 
>others at Culpeper and Steve Greene at NARA.)
>
>CNN had a camera being recorded on the Wolf Blitzer set when the quake 
>hit. It showed some good rock and roll.
>
>Quakes can be slightly fun (unusual or "interesting") and rather scary 
>at the same time, depending on where you are.
>
>When what we call "The Oroville Earthquake" happened on August 1, 
>1975, I was sitting in the main studio at KOBO, 1450, Yuba City, with 
>three plate glass windows in front of me and one on the side. I was a 
>song away from doing a "20-20" newscast. The jocks, records and spots 
>were out at the local fair as a weeklong remote.
>
>The timbers around the plate glass started creaking. The glass began 
>to rattle. (I feared it could shatter.) The phone receiver cord began 
>swaying back and forth, and I could feel the floor undulating under my 
>feet. It was like a sinewave with a length of about six inches was 
>pushing one shoe up as the other went down. Very weird and unsettling 
>feeling, I can tell you.
>
>   My first thought after "Oh, S---" was that it would be a good time 
>to be in an airplane. The second thought was "It's gotta land 
>sometime. What if the quake hasn't stopped?"
>
>The song ended... and we were off and running with news for the rest 
>of the afternoon.  No big deal in terms of damage or anything locally, 
>but the big concern was 700 foot tall Oroville Dam about 20-25 
>straight-line miles NNE of us in Yuba City and Marysville.
>
>If the dam had problems, the worst-case was a huge wall of water 
>rushing down the Feather River Canyon and out onto the Sacramento 
>Valley floor.  Oroville would have been washed away within minutes... 
>and they say we have maybe half-an-hour to flee.  Sacramento, about 40 
>miles south of me would be affected by the water.
>
>Guy, what did you decide about the tree?  I'd hate to hear it crashed 
>into something.
>
>Ted
>
>
>On Aug 23, 2011, at 12:49 PM, Guy Spiller wrote:
>
>>  All is well here at my place.  I was outside with a tree man talking 
>>  about taking down a dead tree that I'm worried might be blown over 
>>  onto my house in this weekend's possibly big hurricane.
>>  This was my first real earthquake experience. During the "other" one 
>>  we had in '03, I was inside a remote truck (with air ride) shading 
>>  cameras, and didn't feel a thing.
>>   This one sounded, and felt, like very intense thunder that went on 
>>  for 20-30 seconds on arguably, the most perfect weather day we have 
>>  had since spring.
>>  I had planned to do some quad this evening, but I think I will wait 
>>  another day in case there are some aftershocks.
>>  Guy
>>
>>  On 8/23/2011 3:25 PM, Ted Langdell wrote:
>>>
>>>  Hope all is well with our QuadList members along the East Coast.
>>>
>>>  A 5.9 magnitude earthquake happened at 1:51 p.m., EDT near Mineral, 
>>>  VA.  That's about 35 air-miles south of the Library of Congress's 
>>>  Culpeper, VA facility, and what looks like 35 air-miles NNW of Guy 
>>>  Spiller's TR-70 collection in Midlothian, VA southeast of Richmond.
>>>
>>>  Is everyone and everything OK there?
>>>
>>>  Anyone else shook up?
>>>
>>>  Comments about what one does to keep a Quad from rocking around 
>>>  during a quake of this size?
>>>
>>>  Meantime, Hurricane Irene gets closer to the Eastern Seaboard.
>>>
>>>  Ted
>>>
>>>  Ted Langdell
>>>  Secretary
>>>
>>>
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>>
>>  --
>>  Guy Spiller
>>  email: quadruplex at verizon.net
>>  phone: (804) 379-2050
>>  website: www.GuySpiller.com
>>  Midlothian, VA
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>Ted Langdell
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