Folks in the western U.S were entitled to be amused at the “panic” in the eastern U.S. over what was in most areas a very mild earthquake.
It was the seismic equivalent, in terms of actual damage, of an inch of snow hitting the Sunbelt. Or maybe more like a light dusting of snow.
CBN is 150 miles from the epicenter and when it happened (and I lost my balance during an audio recording), I thought I had had one of those so-called “senior moments.” An earthquake is just not in our East Coast thinking when things start to shake.
And in fairness to my fellow Easterners, I saw no “panic” around here, but something more like wonder, amusement, and even satisfaction. People seemed pleased to have personally felt such a rare and large-scale geologic event.
Unfortunately, there is still a very destructive earthquake in the future for the eastern U.S., as I wrote about last year.