Cleveland Shaken, Rattled in Unlikely Earthquake
A 5.9 earthquake hit Mineral, Va., Tuesday and by around 1:53 p.m. Eastern time Clevelanders were feeling the shake. The shakes and rattles lasted for about 60 seconds and were jarring enough to send downtown workers fleeing from their buildings. Many folks attending the Indians’ double-header decided to leave the stadium.
“The Avengers” is currently filming in downtown Cleveland, so a few explosions and a little rocking has been the norm for a few weeks. However, Clevelanders quickly realized that this was different. Tim Hammond was attending the Cleveland Indians’ double header yesterday at Progressive Field in downtown Cleveland with his family. They were just trying to celebrate his son’s 10th birthday until the earth started moving.
“My first thought was, that’s weird, I can’t move this seat,” Tim Hammond said, according to The Associated Press. “I thought it was the wind. I know the stadium is made to move, but I didn’t know what was moving it. I was thinking maybe they blew something up on that movie set. A lot of people got up and were like, ‘We’re out of here.’”
No injuries were reported in Cleveland and no official evacuation orders were issued. Downtown Cleveland has since returned to business as usual.
Earthquakes are not commonplace in Cleveland, but they are not unheard of either. On June 23, 2010, a 5.0 earthquake rocked an area about 33 miles north of Ottawa, Canada. Within minutes of this earthquake, Cleveland felt a shock of about 2.0. No major building damage or injuries were reported with this quake.
Jada Pinkett and Will Smith Deny Break-up Rumors
At some point yesterday, entertainment headlines started blaring that Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, one of the few allegedly successful Hollywood couples, were breaking up. That carried on throughout the day, until the following joint statement was issued by Will and Jada via Access Hollywood:
“Although we are reluctant to respond to these types of press reports, the rumors circulating about our relationship are completely false. We are still together, and our marriage is intact.”
And while it would be very easy to dismiss the whole episode as a result of overzealous and erroneous reporting on the part of the entertainment media – specifically InTouch Weekly – it’s probably best to simply put the notion of a Smith break-up on the shelf for now. No one’s going to convince me that InTouch Weekly should be trusted on the merits of their journalistic integrity, but digging up gossip on celebrities is their entire reason for existence. So, in that sense, I give them the benefit of the doubt that they uncovered something very tangible and very convincing, which suggested that the Smith marriage was finished.
Perhaps publishing the headline was premature, and that would appear to be the case given the joint statement denial. But I’m still betting that there was something uncovered that would lead a reasonable person to assume that the Smith marriage is in big trouble. Maybe the story goes away entirely, but I’m betting that we hear more about this at some point in the next year or two, possibly sooner.
Libyan rebels hunt Gadhafi, try to secure capital (AP)
AP – Libyans hunting Moammar Gadhafi offered a $ 2 million bounty on the fallen dictator’s head and amnesty for anyone who kills or captures him as rebels battled Wednesday to clear the last pockets of resistance from the capital Tripoli.