[yorkieusa]

Originally Posted by Maximo

35 miles south of us:

Anthony Vining, who lives in the epicenter in Mineral, Va., said, "I thought it was a plane breaking the sound barrier, but then it started getting more intense. Things started falling off the shelves. Shelves were breaking. I was running out the back door I watched the chimney fall. All the wood I have piled up against the house came down, animals running through the yard.""The sound of it was like a hundred times worse than thunder. It was like the sky was falling. The sound came from the ground."

Thankfully, our chimney is still standing. Hope we have a roof and our trees after the hurricane comes on Sunday.

I was afraid there would be lots of reports like that in their area.