It was the summer of an earthquake, a hurricane, and even a close call with (fiscal) Armageddon.

And so we asked Amos Snead of the DC gossip Website FamousDC.com to help cap a Washington August that was anything but sleepy.

He chose a top image, a top Tweet, and a top political shot for the month.

And after the “devastation” of last week’s earthquake – made famous by this image circulated by Snead’s Website – comes a solemn vow.

“We will rebuild here. We will,” he told us.