seriously freaked! my house was just rocked by something!

[pres2032]

i was just just about to go up the second floor when the house just shook. i checked the basement hoping our heating tank didn't go, though i'm sure i'd be dead if it did. what the hell happened? I think my neighbors felt it too 'cause i saw them turn their lights on briefly before turning them back off. Did anyone else in eastern PA feel anything? any reports of an explosion or earthquake anywhere??

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

1. Hope all is well...being in California

I know that can concern you when it happens

[Red State Rebel]

2. Oops, sorry, I had White Castle for Dinner....

Just kidding! I hope everything has settled down out there!!!

[qnr]

3. Lot of snow and ice on your roof? Maybe it slid off. n/t

[pres2032]

4. hm, maybe

i did think that maybe my tree finally snapped, but then it's not in any danger of hitting the house and it's not big enough to shake a house even if it fell right next to it.

[pres2032]

14. definitely thinking that's what it is

you should hear all the stuff blowing around up on the roof right now. pretty amazing but also half-expecting the roof to cave-in at anytime.

[qnr]

15. well, better to have lost the load. Unless there happen to be

vehicles where it fell. Hard on the windshield - I know from personal experience.

[pres2032]

16. there are cars in the driveway

hope they stay safe!

[TrustingDog]

5. you have a neighbour you can call? check your radio? call the police?

It's hopefully nothing as serious as you think, but try to get some info if you can.

[Mistress Quickly]

6. Nothing on the earthquake page yet

don't know how often it updates

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsUS/

[shraby]

7. I think it updates about 5 minutes after an earthquake.

[Divernan]

8. Any coal mine tunnels under your area?

I hope not, but there are problems with mine subsidence in Pennsylvania.

[pres2032]

9. there are quarries nearby, at least 3 of them

but i don't think they've ever exploded inside them at night.

[Divernan]

20. Subsidence=old abandoned coal mine tunnels collapse.

NOT quarries (which are open to the surface). There are some whole neighborhoods in PA which have had to be abandoned as the homes start sinking. Check with Army Corps of Engineers-there are maps you can look at to see if there are any underground tunnels below your area.

[Mabus]

10. Any chance it was thunder?

We had a snow storm here a while back and we had some claps of thunder and some lightning with it. Anyway, our house got rocked when lightning hit not that far away. There's a tree about half a block away that was the target. At first it was freaky because it was so unexpected. Plus the thunder sounded different, not like it usually does, I think the snow somehow distorted the sound by asborbing some of it when it hit.

[pres2032]

11. that could be a possibility

didn't see any flash though. usually when lightening strikes so close, the sky lights up to where it looks like daytime.

[Mabus]

18. Just had a strange thought

(chalk it up to lack of sleep) Maybe it was the sound of the earth settling into its new orbit or the sound the earth makes as the vibration slows down.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

19. A snundersnorm!

I love those!

[Mabus]

24. Actually a snundersnorm

is what occurs every night at my house. Between the dogs and my husband I get snundersnormed every night.
:nopity:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

25. LOL! I hear ya!

By the way, are you a Joel Mabus fan, by any chance?

[Mabus]

26. No

I was named after the third antichrist. ;-)

[Calanus]

27. Feed them snausages. They'll be fine.

[Mabus]

28. LOL

they just shared one, the dogs that is. They went outside and did a quick patrol around their yard. They are ever vigilant against unauthorized intruders, including but not limited to squirrels, cats and opossums. I rewarded them with a snausage when they came back in.

My husband won't take his though. He says he didn't do yard patrol. He gave his to the dogs.

[Calanus]

29. OK, then make him poo in the yard.

That'll fix him.

[LoZoccolo]

12. I've seen a million faces...

...and I rocked them all!

[Valerie5555]

13. Maybe it might be Osama's earthquake machine.

Just kidding and playing with you, for no worries I don't think he even has one and maybe any reports that he does is :tinfoilhat: stuff.

[IcyPeas]

17. there was a little shaker at about 5:30 A.M.

this morning, here in the L.A. area. It was only a 3._ something, but enough to wake me up.

[Ellen Forradalom]

21. Just RandomKoolzip tuning up

before band practice.

[Bridget Burke]

22. Are you close to any chemical plants or refineries?

Here on the Gulf Coast, the first thought would be that one of them had blown....

[theboss]

23. Coal truck? train?

I grew up in a Steel town. My house was never not shaking.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

30. Care for a cigarette?

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