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I have gone through this earthquake 5 years ago. I'm a native californian and I've been thru a few earthquakes and first time felt a quake here in Washington state.
http://www.komotv.com/stories/42111.htm
5 Years Ago Today, This Web Site Was REALLY Busy...
February 28, 2006
SEATTLE - Where were you five years ago today at 10:54 a.m.? If it was anywhere in the Puget Sound area, it was probably under a desk.
Tuesday marked the five-year anniversary of the 6.8 quake that shook the ground and, in many ways, our confidence.
It lasted only 45 seconds, at 10:54 a.m. that fateful day, our lives changed forever.
Buildings shook; the ground rumbled, and our protective bubble was gone. It's the moment we realized a powerful earthquake isn't just a California thing.
"I thought it was going to come down," said one who made it through the quake. "I didn't think I was going to walk out of there."
The damage was widespread as huge chunks of brick from buildings rained down to streets and sidewalks.
The Alaskan Way Viaduct shook so hard, it shifted a little. Cars beneath the bridge were littered with debris, and braces now help hold the roadway together. We're still trying to figure out what the future of the vital link is.
Chunks of building façade fell from the Starbucks building in south Seattle, sinkholes opened up., highways buckled, and the violent shaking caused mudslides -- leaving homeowners in a state of shock.
The Cedar River was clogged to the point that rising water forced evacuations along the Maple Valley Highway. Cracks developed at Boeing Field's runway and in the state Capitol building.
And Sea-Tac air traffic controllers juggled flights as their workplace collapsed.
"Attention all aircraft in Seattle. We have a huge earthquake going on," one of the tower controllers broadcast over the radio during the quake. "The tower is collapsing. I say again: the tower is falling apart. Hang on everybody."
Amazingly, nobody was killed. But over 400 were injured, and damage was estimated at between $2 billion and $4 billion. It's a quake that will always have locals asking the question: Where were you on the morning of February 28th, 2001?
Rob Harper from the State's emergency management division says that quake was not the "big one." We were lucky because it was so deep.
He's concerned we are still at risk for a larger quake that's more shallow. Harper says disaster personnel still have plenty to do to get ready for an event like that.
http://www.komotv.com/stories/42111.htm
5 Years Ago Today, This Web Site Was REALLY Busy...
February 28, 2006
SEATTLE - Where were you five years ago today at 10:54 a.m.? If it was anywhere in the Puget Sound area, it was probably under a desk.
Tuesday marked the five-year anniversary of the 6.8 quake that shook the ground and, in many ways, our confidence.
It lasted only 45 seconds, at 10:54 a.m. that fateful day, our lives changed forever.
Buildings shook; the ground rumbled, and our protective bubble was gone. It's the moment we realized a powerful earthquake isn't just a California thing.
"I thought it was going to come down," said one who made it through the quake. "I didn't think I was going to walk out of there."
The damage was widespread as huge chunks of brick from buildings rained down to streets and sidewalks.
The Alaskan Way Viaduct shook so hard, it shifted a little. Cars beneath the bridge were littered with debris, and braces now help hold the roadway together. We're still trying to figure out what the future of the vital link is.
Chunks of building façade fell from the Starbucks building in south Seattle, sinkholes opened up., highways buckled, and the violent shaking caused mudslides -- leaving homeowners in a state of shock.
The Cedar River was clogged to the point that rising water forced evacuations along the Maple Valley Highway. Cracks developed at Boeing Field's runway and in the state Capitol building.
And Sea-Tac air traffic controllers juggled flights as their workplace collapsed.
"Attention all aircraft in Seattle. We have a huge earthquake going on," one of the tower controllers broadcast over the radio during the quake. "The tower is collapsing. I say again: the tower is falling apart. Hang on everybody."
Amazingly, nobody was killed. But over 400 were injured, and damage was estimated at between $2 billion and $4 billion. It's a quake that will always have locals asking the question: Where were you on the morning of February 28th, 2001?
Rob Harper from the State's emergency management division says that quake was not the "big one." We were lucky because it was so deep.
He's concerned we are still at risk for a larger quake that's more shallow. Harper says disaster personnel still have plenty to do to get ready for an event like that.
...I'm sorry I had to laugh at that comment, funni!
and I gotta to check to make sure that my bra is snap hold harder to hold longer heh