A 5.9 earthquake is much more than a tremor according to those that cover such things. And in an era where strange things automatically make people think terrorist attack, the Tuesday shaker certainly had parts of the Eastern Seaboard freaked out for a little while. Steven Gaines is the Vice President and GM for Monticello Media in Charlottesville, VA. The epicenter was about 25 miles from the station. We spoke to Gaines last evening and asked him where he was and what he was doing when the earthquake hit.
Steve Gaines Speaks to Radio Ink Editor Ed Ryan
Salem Radio Network's Tom Tradup told Radio Ink, "Our SRN News Bureau in Washington was shaken-not-stirred for about 20 seconds. SRN News White House correspondent and SRN News U.S. House correspondent both ended up as ?street reporters? when both the White House and the Capitol (along with Union Station, the Pentagon, and most national monuments) ended up being closed as a precaution in case of aftershocks. Up the coast in NYC, our SRN studios in New York?s Empire State Building swayed a bit, and many buildings in midtown were evacuated, again as a precaution."
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