December thunder…sounds like a name for a military operation, huh? I heard thunder about 20 minutes ago. It was quite out of place, seeing how its mid-December. It’s rained buckets today, too. And it still continues.
There was some talk in the office yesterday about how strange it is to have two named storms cruising the Atlantic, long after hurricane season has offically ended.
And what is this talk about an earthquake west of Richmond? When I first heard that, I thought “yeah, west… as in California.” But the epicenter of this 4.5 quake was 30 miles west of Richmond. When it struck at 4 PM yesterday, I never noticed a thing. Dang.
Ol’ Mother Earth loves keeping us on our toes.
FYI – There is an earthquake fault line running from Charleston, SC through Greensboro, NC. I don’t know if it runs any further north, but this might have been the source of the quake. The last time this fault really let loose was August 31, 1886, with a magnitude 7.3 quake centered near Charleston. Check it out:
http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/eq_depot/usa/1886_09_01.html