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In an image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and made by the GOES East satellite, Hurricane Irene moves over the Bahamas on Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011. (AP Photo/NOAA)
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Pratik Shah/The Washington Times Juan Juarez of Concord Construction disassembles a damaged chimney in the Columbia Heights neighborhood of Northwest Washington on Wednesday. The damage was a result of the 5.8 magnitude earthquake that hit the region Tuesday.
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In this Wednesday, July 13, 2011 photo, young men herd cattle through the mud-caked streets of Pibor, South Sudan. Cattle raiding between some of the south's dozens of tribes, many of them cattle herders by culture and occupation, has plagued the Texas-sized region, now Africa's 54th nation, on and off for decades. (AP Photo/Maggie Fick)
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Juan Juarez of Concord Construction disassembles a damaged chimney in the Columbia Heights neighborhood of Washington on Aug. 24, 2011, a day after a 5.8-magnitude earthquake hit the East Coast. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)
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A stone cherub which used to sit atop the center tower's corner spire of the National Cathedral in D.C., lays shattered on the roof on Aug. 24, 2011, a day after a 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck the East Coast. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)
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Mason foreman Joe Alonso explains Aug. 24, 2011, how much damage was done to the center tower at the National Cathedral during a 5.8-magnitude earthquake the day prior. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)
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The sun sets behind a damaged building in Mineral, Va., a small town close to the epicenter of 5.8-magnitude earthquake that struck the East Coast on Aug. 23, 2011. (Associated Press)
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Vice President Joseph R. Biden greets survivors of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami at a temporary-housing complex in Natori, Japan, on Tuesday, two days after making controversial remarks in Chengdu, China. (Associated Press)
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Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann's campaign promise to get gas back down to $2 a gallon if she's elected has created skepticism among energy industry experts. "Many [politicians] will say or do just about anything to get elected," said Robert Rapier of Consumer Energy Report. (Associated Press)
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A slew of onlookers stopped and observed a window on Market Street in downtown Philadelphia that was cracked during Tuesday's 5.8-magnitude earthquake that shook the East Coast from Georgia to New England. (Associated Press)
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A window on Market Street in downtown Philadelphia was cracked during Tuesday's 5.8-magnitude earthquake that shook the East Coast from Georgia to New England. The earthquake was centered near Mineral, Va. (Associated Press)
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The Washington National Cathedral in Northwest Washington, D.C. suffered damaged pinnacles, which broke off as a 5.8 magnitude earthquake hit the area on Tuesday, August 23, 2011. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)
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Glass bottles lay shattered on the ground Aug. 23, 2011, at Sammy's Liquor store in northeast Washington, after a 5.8-magnitude earthquake hit much of the East Coast. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)
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The Washington National Cathedral in Northwest Washington, D.C. suffered damaged pinnacles, which broke off as a 5.8 magnitude earthquake hit the area on Tuesday, August 23, 2011. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)
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Glass bottles lay shattered on the ground at Sammy's Liquor store in Northeast Washington, D.C., after a 5.8 magnitude earthquake hit the District. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)
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ROD LAMKEY JR. / THE WASHINGTON TIMES Tuesday's 5.8 magnitude earthquake sent office workers across the region out into the sunshine -including these women in Rosslyn -while buildings were checked for damage. "It's an extraordinary and unusual situation," CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer said. "There are thousands and thousands of stories here, with people wondering about aftershocks, about damage."
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Ronald Reagan National Airport Police stop travelers from entering Terminal A, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011, as authorities checked for damage after an earthquake in the Washington area. A 5.9 magnitude earthquake centered in Virginia forced evacuations of all the monuments on the National Mall in Washington and rattled nerves from Georgia to Martha's Vineyard, the Massachusetts island where President Barack Obama is vacationing. No injuries were immediately reported. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
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People stand in Foley Square in New York after being evacuated from the Federal and State buildings that surround it Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011. The 5.9 magnitude earthquake centered northwest of Richmond, Va., shook much of Washington, D.C., and was felt as far north as Rhode Island and New York City. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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With the Washington Monument in the background people walk nearby after it was closed to visitors as a security precaution following an earthquake in the Washington area. The 5.9 magnitude earthquake centered northwest of Richmond, Va., shook much of Washington, D.C., and was felt as far north as Rhode Island and New York City. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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In this Feb. 10, 2005 file photo, The containment domes enclosing the North Anna Power Station's two nuclear reactors rise over a discharge canal at the Louisa plant in Spotsylvainia county Va. A 5.9 magnitude earthquake centered in Virginia forced evacuations of all the monuments on the National Mall in Washington and rattled nerves from Georgia. Two nuclear reactors at the North Anna Power Station in the same county as the epicenter were automatically taken off line by safety systems around the time of the earthquake, said Roger Hannah, a spokesman for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. (AP Photo/the Free Lance-Star, Suzanne Carr-Rossi, File)
