Yesterday, on the East coast of the United States, the most powerful earthquake  in 67 years rattled both buildings and nerves from Vermont to Atlanta.  Office workers, scared out of their minds,  ran into the streets in New York, while parts of the White House, Capitol and Pentagon were forced to evacuate.

Thank God, there have been no reports of deaths, however, according to  fire officials in Washington, there were some injuries.

The  central tower and three of its four corner spires were damaged on the National Cathedral, but advisers interrupted President Barack Hussein Obama’s golf game to let him know that there were no reports of major damage to the nation’s infrastructure, including airports and nuclear facilities.

Per the U.S. Geological Survey, the quake registered a magnitude of 5.8 and its epicenter was located 40 miles northwest of Richmond, Va.

According to Roger Hannah, a spokesman for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, two nuclear reactors at the North Anna Power Station, in the same county as the epicenter, were automatically taken off line by safety systems.

Momentary panic ensued in Washington and New York, triggered by fears of a Terrorist Attack, due to the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks looming less than 3 weeks away.

At the Pentagon, a low rumbling built until the building itself was shaking, and people ran into the corridors of the complex. The shaking continued there, to shouts of “Evacuate! Evacuate!”, as a water main in the basement burst, due to the seismic activity.

In D.C., the National Park Service closed all monuments and memorials on the National Mall.  Meanwhile, and ceiling tiles fell at Reagan National Airport outside Washington causing all flights to be put on hold.

A 26-story federal courthouse in Lower Manhattan, blocks from ground zero of the Sept. 11 attacks, began swaying, causing hundreds of people to flee out of the building.

New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly was in a meeting with top deputies planning security for the upcoming anniversary when the quake interrupted. Workers in the Empire State Building ran out into the streets, some having ran down dozens of flights of stairs.

Meanwhile, per reuters.com:

The United States put its eastern seaboard on alert for Hurricane Irene on Tuesday as the powerful storm barreled up from the Caribbean on a path that could hit the U.S. coast on the weekend.

Even as the first hurricane of the 2011 Atlantic season pounded the Turks and Caicos Islands and the southeast Bahamas with battering winds and rain and dangerous storm surge, coastal residents in Florida and the Carolinas were preparing for Irene’s approach.

“I pray God’s blessing on us all,” Bahamas Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham said as he urged residents of his Atlantic archipelago nation southeast of Florida to take shelter.

Irene is the ninth named storm of the busy June-through-November season [ID:nN1E77M1W4] and looks set to be the first hurricane to hit the United States since Ike pounded the Texas coast in 2008.

It weakened on Tuesday to a Category 1 hurricane on the five-step Saffir Simpson scale of intensity, but could strengthen into a major Category 3 storm with winds over 111 miles per hour (178 km per hour) by Thursday, the Hurricane Center forecasters said.

So, where has the Leader of our country been during this “Armageddon Rehearsal”?

“Scooter” was briefed about Irene while on vacation at the Massachusetts island of Martha’s Vineyard. He signed an emergency declaration on Monday for Puerto Rico after the storm pummeled the U.S. territory with heavy rains and winds. Puerto Rican authorities reported power outages and some flooding, but there were no reports of deaths or injuries.

On Tuesday, before the quake, Obama began a round at the Farm Neck Golf Club, a public course in Oak Bluffs. His foursome included White House trip adviser Marvin Nicholson, Chicago pal Eric Whitaker, and Washington lawyer Vernon Jordan.

And when the quake hit, Scooter was right on the job, showing his concern for the American citizens whom he is supposed to be serving, right? RIGHT?

Errr….no.

Per washingtonpost.com:

According to a press pool report, Obama wasn’t exactly on his A game.

At the first hole, Obama “stepped up to his ball, which was several feet from the hole, and made two practice strokes. He missed the hole on his first putt, but got it close. He then tried to tap it in, but missed again. He appeared to pick up the ball to let the others in his party play through as he watched,” the pool report noted.

At that point, the press pool was ushered off the course, while Obama continued to the second tee.

The earthquake, whose epicenter was in Virginia, was felt by the press pool waiting for Obama after it struck around 1:51 p.m. But it was unclear whether the president had felt it on the course.

He was, however, photographed and captured on video, taking the phone call on a mobile phone.

By 2:50 p.m., the White House felt compelled to issue a statement, saying Obama has led a conference call with Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley, National Security Adviser Tom Donilon, Homeland Security Adviser John Brennan, FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate, and other geological and nuclear regulatory advisers.

“The president was told that there are no initial reports of major infrastructure damage, including at airports and nuclear facilities and that there were currently no requests for assistance,” White House deputy press secretary Josh Earnest, who is with the president in Martha’s Vineyard, told reporters. “The president asked for regular updates on the situation.”

Reporters were not satisfied and continued to press Earnest about whether the president had felt the quake. Somtime around 6:45 p.m., Earnest said that Obama “didn’t feel the earthquake today.”

Not everyone was put off by the president’s golf outing. The most popular Twitter message on the topic was one from a user names Spykes whose Twitter name is Dammyyie, who saluted Obama’s typical cool demeanor.

“Shoutout to obama playing golf right now while the usa is going crazy about this earthquake…obama still chilln like a boss,” he wrote.

A BOSS WHAT? MAC DADDY?

No wonder Obama wants to blame Congress and anyone else he can think of for his rapidly tanking approval poll numbers.

As of yesterday, gallup.com reported that Obama’s approval had dropped to an alltime low of 38%.

And that was before his performance, caught on video during the quake.