The USGS is reporting it as a 5.8 or 5.9 magnitude quake.

Thanks to Xeni Jardin, here’s a Google map showing how close the epicenter of the quake was to the North Anna nuclear power station.

After realizing what was going on, I grabbed my video camera and took . . . → Read More: Virginia Earthquake!]]> Looks like we had an earthquake in Virginia today around 2PM, and it was felt all the way up the coast to Maine and into Canada.

The USGS is reporting it as a 5.8 or 5.9 magnitude quake.

Thanks to Xeni Jardin, here’s a Google map showing how close the epicenter of the quake was to the North Anna nuclear power station.

After realizing what was going on, I grabbed my video camera and took some footage of some glasses clinking. About 31 seconds in you can also hear my cat, upset.

Here’s the video:

Okay, maybe this is not too traumatic, but we don’t get many earthquakes in Virginia, so it gets everyone excited.

In all I’d estimate the quake lasted a couple minutes.

According to the Richmond Times-Dispatch, here’s a look at Virginia’s biggest earthquakes.

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No doubt she’s dreaming of captaining a starship searching for planets strange and populated with mice capering in catnip forests.

The first pic shows two cats in the tree–not too unusual except they were pretty high up. One is facing away, but you should be able to spot both of them.

The second pic shows a baby possum. The photo is not that good because the little guy could really climb, and the closer I . . . → Read More: Things in Trees]]> It just so happened that within two days I saw some cute critters in some trees nearby.

The first pic shows two cats in the tree–not too unusual except they were pretty high up. One is facing away, but you should be able to spot both of them.

The second pic shows a baby possum. The photo is not that good because the little guy could really climb, and the closer I got, the higher in the tree he got. Also, it was in the woods, so I had to play with the brightness and contrast so you would actually see him due to the dim/weird lighting. Really just a little fluff ball on the side of a tree. But I think you can make out his face. I think he’s saying, “I’m scared. Go away, please.”

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Oh, but look at those eyes!

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Oh, but look at those eyes!

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Here’s a short video of what I saw on the porch:

Ya, that’s a hungry possum. What I think is funny is the audio of him eating — crunching away.

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Here’s a short video of what I saw on the porch:

Ya, that’s a hungry possum. What I think is funny is the audio of him eating — crunching away.

I guess now I shouldn’t make the cats feel so guilty for eating so much food…

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