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ack, daycare called, they're closing now b/c of aftershocks...
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Anonymous
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wtf?!
it takes me 50 minutes on a good day--both metro and bus to get there. Ack. |
Anonymous
| Funny we live significantly closer to the epicenter (just moved from DC) and nothing is closing early, shutting down, etc. |
Anonymous
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My husband's company shut down too, and they have daycare in the building so he picked up my daughter and went home. I thought it was a little extreme.
I am debating about how to get home. Not really excited about metro and am thinking the bus may be better. |
Anonymous
Do you work in DC? The traffic out there is absolutely insane (check the traffic on Google maps). There is no way I am leaving my office at this point + I am 35 weeks pregnant and can't make it any more than an hour without peeing. And the federal government just sent all workers home. Good luck! |
Anonymous
Yeah - I'm pregnant too so not sure what I'm going to do. Metro's web site is recommending buses though, saying they are faring better than metro (though there are delays). I figure at least with a bus, if it gets really bad I can always get off and know where I am and be able to grab dinner/go to the bathroom, whereas on metro I'm more at the mercy of the train and I don't know where I am in relation to all the stops really. |
Anonymous
| Why is everyone being evacuated/sent home b/c the earthquake? I honestly don't understand the hysteria, and I have lived here my whole life. |
Anonymous
I nominate you to be in charge of emergency services during an earthquake, since you are so expert in these sort of things and have so much experience. (The largest earthquake in Virginia history was also a magnitude 5.9, which occurred May 31, 1897, according to the USGS.) |
Anonymous
You don't have to be mean. I was spooked for a bit too, but I'm just honestly wondering what people are afraid is going to happen now? Aftershocks? I mean, it was scary, but not that bad... |
Anonymous
I don't understand the hysteria but at this point it's a transportation issue. If metro and traffic are both affected it's going to be a mess and maybe it's not a bad idea to have some people leaving at 2:30 and 3 vs. everyone trying to leave at the regular time with metro operating at half capacity and roads being affected. |
Anonymous
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Complete, ridiculous hysteria.
OK I get it. People are worried about aftershocks. But aftershocks can happen for weeks after the earthquake. Are they going to close for a few weeks??? |
Anonymous
| Also aftershocks are by definition weaker than the first earthquake. So what's the point in closing early for fear of them? This earthquake was strong for us, but was there any damage at the daycare center? Doubtful. |
Anonymous
So I guess we should all hide in our homes for the next 114 years and wait for the next one? |
Anonymous
| I thought people were told to go home so engineers could check office buildings and make sure they were safe. |
Anonymous
I agree with this first poster. I feel people are overreacting. It's not like anyone got hurt. It's not like any building collapsed. My poor daycare director (when I got through) said in an exasperated voice, "everyone is fine, the worst that happened is a bottle of shampoo fell into the tub." For everyone to rush out the door and sit in traffic (where frankly there's a higher risk of being in a car accident than any other calamity befalling one) seems really stupid to me... |
Anonymous
exactly. on our campus, we had serious cracks, a stairway that is now unsafe and a water line break. i don't think this area has an earthquake building code like places in cali, where they take these things into consideration based on the the greater chance of earthquakes. |