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NANCY GRACE: You know, there are a lot of fears with damage to buildings including a lot of our national monuments right now about injuries, crumbling. Even if something like a penny or a ham sandwich falls out of a building way high up, it can cause serious damage.

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That quote pretty much made our day! [/quote]



LOL! Frightful then to imagine the carnage a Quarter Pounder With Cheese could cause to people who ran out of buildings.

In fairness to my DC friends in and out of the media -- this was an extremely unusual -- probably once in a lifetime -- (and therefore very interesting and newsworthy) experience for us.

Very few had any grounding in the geologic history of this area or the capacity for seismic waves to travel much further here than out west. Some of my DC pals rolled their eyes at NYC hogging the earthquake news because we're so much closer to the epicenter. But any significant shake in Manhattan would be concerning.

Millions of people in and around DC and New York had, for at least a few moments, the passing thought that this was a major terrorist attack. That is quite an adrenaline rush, especially for those of us with vivid memories of 9/11 who live and/or work near major terrorist targets.

It certainly is prompting many peops to revisit preparedness -- especially some of my friends who now have children and were scrambling yesterday to get hold of nannies and daycare providers.