Earthquakeee

Sitting in Econ class Tuesday, Professor Newmark was talking about Americans’ love affair with big cars (examples of supply and demand) when Nelson started shaking. The projector screen was swinging back and forth, everyone was looking around wondering what was going on.

. . . E a r t h q u a k e . . .

Yes, an earthquake on the East Coast with a magnitude of 5.8 was confirmed at 1:50pm. It was about 150 miles NE of Raleigh. The brunt of the quake was in Mineral Springs, VA but major cities like Richmond and DC also felt the effects. It was pretty mild here, but still a big deal on the East Coast.

So we get through the earthquake, and 3 days later - - -Hurricane Irene- - - decides to pay us a visit.

Raleigh was pretty lucky. It was a long day of rain and it was pretty windy at times, but it cleared up by late afternoon. I've seen plenty of tree branches down and a few trees here and there, but no flooding and minimul power outages. Other areas East and even North suffered a lot more with the flooding and power outages. Still awaiting news on the fate of the Outer Banks..