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East Coast Quake: Funny Photos of the Damage

From spilled coffee to disarrayed chairs, Brian Ries rounds up the funniest photos of the Earthquake damage.

Captain Pajamas via lockerz.com

By Brian RiesAug 23, 2011

galleries/2011/08/23/east-coast-earthquake-destruction-and-damage-twitter-photos/INTRO_dqltsr — Once America’s East Coast office drones recovered from the surprise of today’s quake, they quickly moved on to another pursuit: mocking it on Twitter and Facebook. One popular response? Posting so-called earthquake destruction photos, showing travesties ranging from spilled coffee to a single toppled lawn chair. The Daily Beast rounds up the most amusing photos and quotes.

galleries/2011/08/23/east-coast-earthquake-destruction-and-damage-twitter-photos/captainpajamas_iaozv2 — "Thanks to all of you for your kind words of support," jmckinley wrote on his posterous blog, "as we look to recover from the devastation of today's quake!"

Update: Despite surging today across social media, jmckinley originally published this photo after a magnitude 3.6 earthquake near Baltimore on July 16, 2010.

galleries/2011/08/23/east-coast-earthquake-destruction-and-damage-twitter-photos/DanTatLau_gtkozd — "Some serious #earthquake damage here in #Wakefield, MA," according to @DanTatLau. [via]

galleries/2011/08/23/east-coast-earthquake-destruction-and-damage-twitter-photos/shimmerj9_oi4vuz — Earthquake destruction at @Fueled, the design & development firm tweets.

galleries/2011/08/23/east-coast-earthquake-destruction-and-damage-twitter-photos/jfield_sega_kpe643 — "Destruction wrought on my apartment," tweets @jfiefld. "Have you no shame, earthquake?"
@jfield via yfrog

galleries/2011/08/23/east-coast-earthquake-destruction-and-damage-twitter-photos/thehappyrecap_officesupplies_rq3tu3 — "More Earthquake destruction," tweets @TheHappyRecap. "the humanity!"

galleries/2011/08/23/east-coast-earthquake-destruction-and-damage-twitter-photos/indisgeoff_oj_dywwt5 — "OMG huuuge earthquake here in Toronto pics of the destruction," @InDisGeoff tweets.

galleries/2011/08/23/east-coast-earthquake-destruction-and-damage-twitter-photos/ashleeeysloan_tfhi5b — "This is what happened to our bobble head @JohnCarlson74 during the earthquake," @ashleeeysloan tweets. "Sorry buddy :("[via]

galleries/2011/08/23/east-coast-earthquake-destruction-and-damage-twitter-photos/cgryp_drawer_rloazu — My earthquake damage: one drawer of files is now open that wasn't before," @cgryp tweets. "Where's my FEMA check?"

galleries/2011/08/23/east-coast-earthquake-destruction-and-damage-twitter-photos/Jord_Greenberg_u3yaqb — Aftermath of the earthquake felt from Virginia, @Jord_Greenberg notes. "Complete and utter devastation."

galleries/2011/08/23/east-coast-earthquake-destruction-and-damage-twitter-photos/chevbird_wmen2g — @Chevbird tweets, "Damages from Boston's horrific earthquake." It could have been any of them.

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