Critical thinking was on parade this afternoon as rumors flew that the Washington Monument is now visibly leaning after the DC quake:
The Washington Monument is supposibly leaningEtc. The rumors may have started with this report from FOX:
Washington Monument is really now leaning? Will it stay like that now? Like the one in Italy
THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT IS LEANING BCUZ OF THAT QUAKE!! DAYUUUUUUUUM
Why don't they just shut down DC already? Traffic is worse then usual and the Washington Monument and the National Cathedral are tilting.
NOOOOOO! They said the Washington Monument is tilting. D: Like, I love that thing. How it looks in the reflecting pool.. IT CANT FALL.
Reports suggesting the Washington Monument was shaking so much today it looked as if it were made a rubber.
Marine helicopters were seen hovering above the D.C, and there were reports that the Washington Monument may be tilting.But it isn't. At least not so anyone can tell. It could have been unsettled, I suppose, but it wasn't. Maybe FOX should have sent someone over there to eyeball it before going with that. Though, for the record, they did say "may be tilting."
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Yep, I heard them say it live! Yet another reason why America needs conservative bloggers more than the MSM!
ReplyDeleteI didn't even feel it. Did you?
ReplyDeleteNo. First earthquake of my life and I missed it. But my family members spread across DC, Arlington, Alexandria, Fairfax, and Loudoun felt it. It got a little scary. All were evacuated from workplaces. At home my teens certainly noticed it, with jiggling bathroom fixtures and rattling pots and dishes.
ReplyDeleteI picked the wrong two minutes to drive over to the polls to vote in yesterday's primary. When #2 son and I got there the ladies out front were shouting, "Did you feel it?"
Not a lot of damage here in suburbia:
http://jmckinley.posterous.com/dc-earthquake-devastation
I was working outside the polling station handing out ballots and giving Tito info, and all of sudden the workers came running out screaming. They closed the polling place down for a little while so they check the building. It was very strange.
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