Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Photo image of the day


With respect to the earthquake that rocked the mid-Atlantic seaboard yesterday, we understand the skittish-ness that accompanied the tremor what with the 10 year anniversary of 9-11 approaching and their general unfamiliarity with earthquakes in general. Even still, us Southern Californians couldn't help but be somewhat bemused by the general freak-out that ensued.



Having said that, we scoured the interwebs to see what sort of pictures we could dredge up that depicted the devastation that the earthquake visited upon that region and the following is what we found:


... please brace yourself. It ain't pretty...







And tweets too...

Krugman says it wasn't big enough.


As all of DC leaves work at the same time, the United States experiences a brief economic recovery.


H/T: Instapundit









3 comments:

Anonymous said...

how do you guys deal with this ever-present threat?

/checks map
/observes hurricane season

never mind.

that krugman line made my day.

Dean said...

The economy is so bad out here even the earthquakes are leaving California.

Anonymous said...

ZING