by Patrick Appel
I'm a native Californian and the earthquake that hit DC about an hour ago was among the stronger I've felt, but it was nothing compared to the Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989 that shook my childhood home. Thoreau, another Californian, snarks:
At least under socialist Hussein Obama the earthquake burden gets spread around rather than concentrated.
Jill at Feminste pokes fun at New Yorkers, who felt the Virginia wake as 2.2 tremor:
If there’s ever a real earthquake in New York, at least we know Twitter will be on it, since #earthquake is the #1 trending topic right now and everyone is sharing their stories of survival against all odds.
TPM is live-blogging more serious coverage.
The Dish 