[QuadList] OT: 5.9 Quake--Ping Culpeper--

[Skip Elsheimer]

I was in downtown Culpeper during the quake.

It was nuts, but it was my first quake.. Cracks in buildings, chimneys
collapsing, some broken windows.

Skip Elsheimer
A/V Geeks

On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 6:44 PM, Ted Langdell
<ted at quadvideotapegroup.com> wrote:
> In a roundabout way (third hand) we hear that the shaking was enough to
> knock things off shelves in one LoC Culpeper staffer's area. Hope nothing
> more than that happened elsewhere in the building.
> There was enough movement in the town of Culpeper to cause one building to
> collapse and three to be condemned. One person was hospitalized.
> A state of emergency was declared by the mayor and various public buildings
> have been closed for inspections. That includes schools and the local county
> jail.  Power was cut to 100 customers, including 80 businesses, according to
> the Charlottseville NBC affiliate, WVIR-TV.
> http://www.nbc29.com/story/15318470/state-of-emergency-declared-in-culpeper
> Charlottesville's TV stations are the closest to the epicenter of the quake.
> The CBS/ABC/Fox combo's news coverage is here: http://www.newsplex.com/
>
>
> Ted Langdell
> Secretary
>
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