Quake in the Richmond area today. Anyone on the ground with info on how Kings Dominion reacted?
I would have to think that a quake is at the bottom of their preparedness list, so I'm curious as to how it played out. (Not to say they are unprepared, just that severe weather is what they usually plan for).
We felt it here in Harrisburg, too. At first I just thought the brainstorming meeting we were having was just that intense. Now that I know it was an actual earthquake (my first) I think I will have a t-shirt made. I might have to buy an "I survived the SooperDooperLooper" shirt, too, and I can store them together. ;)
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wahoo skipper said:
I was in the 5.3 in northeastern Ohio in the 80s and it was a shaker and attention getter but there was not any significant damage nor loss of life.
I remember that very vividly. Good times. Like this one, it's fun to talk about, but probably nothing to worry about in the long term.
KD's reaction is probably appropriate, though if their rides can move around tons of steel, I doubt a little shaking will matter.
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I was on the 5th floor of the Hilton in Waldorf, MD. I think it is about 60 miles or so from the epicenter. The hotel was shaking like crazy! I was planning on going down to King's Dominion on Thursday so I will let you know if anything is still shut down but I highly doubt anything will be. I may just make a call down there later tomorrow to make sure though.
That was the biggest earthquake I have ever felt...no big aftershocks that I have felt.
I'd take that wonder even further, and ask, what does it feel like to ride a coaster in an earthquake. Would the forces that an earthquake create have potential to cause a coaster to rollback?
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Felt it in Jersey..I was eating lunch at Wendy's when my booth shook for about 45 seconds. I looked around for a squirming kid in an attached booth that might be causing the shaking..to no avail. I came back to my office to discover we were being sent home and the building closed.
Funny how the focus is on KD, when SFA was probably affected as well.
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