Earthquake Stories
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Assessing damage
OLYMPIA -- South Sound was among the areas declared a disaster zone by President Bush on Thursday in the aftermath of the violent Ash Wednesday earthquake that crippled downtown Olympia.
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Updated 1:15 p.m.
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Lane closure on southbound US 101 at Mud Bay Bridge today
A single-lane closure of southbound US 101 at the Mud Bay Bridge (MP 363), west of Olympia, will occur today (March2) starting at 3:30 p.m. for bridge inspection work. Crews will be inspecting the underside of the bridge during low tide, checking for earthquake damage. The lane will be reopened by dark.
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Emergency chief pledges quick aid
OLYMPIA -- Joe Allbaugh, Federal Emergency Management Agency director, toured earthquake damage in downtown Olympia Wednesday and pledged immediate help.
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Capitol Campus inspectors find little structural damage
OLYMPIA -- Engineers poking through debris-strewn Capitol Campus buildings Thursday found fallen plaster, walls spidery with cracks, plenty of broken glass and a tossed salad of paperwork.
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Fourth Avenue bridge fenced off
OLYMPIA -- Thursday afternoon commuters inched around the barricaded Fourth Avenue bridge, past the orange cones blocking Deschutes Parkway and slowly across the Fifth Avenue bridge in a preview of traffic problems to come.
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QUAKE SCENES
The following anecdotes from Olympian readers were compiled from e-mail, phone calls and Web site contributions.
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After the shaking stopped
SOUTH SOUND -- Structural engineers inspected and cleared all but three schools in the Olympia, Tumwater and North Thurston school districts Thursday, and, with a few exceptions, South Sound schools will be back in session today.
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Shelters house quake victims
OLYMPIA -- The owner of The Olympian Apartments, heavily damaged in Wednesday's earthquake, hopes to reopen the historic downtown building soon.
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Disaster brought out best in people
OLYMPIA -- The streets had never looked so crowded to K.D. Seeley just after Wednesday's earthquake rolled through South Sound.
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Environmental-protection devices survive
OLYMPIA -- A huge earthen bathtub on Port of Olympia property, built last fall to contain thousands of gallons of toxic marine sediments, withstood the Ash Wednesday earthquake, according to port officials.
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library begins cleanup, awaits next chapter
OLYMPIA -- The Olympia Timberland Regional library looked like a scene from the movie "Ghostbusters" Wednesday, as books flew off shelves.
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Officials get a grip on road toll
SOUTH SOUND -- The status of city, county and state roads after Wednesday's earthquake is a mishmash of good news, bad news, question marks and incoming details.
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Business brisk for building repairers
THURSTON COUNTY -- The earthquake that rumbled through South Sound on Wednesday has thrown some repair work to building contractors.
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FEMA dollars available to businesses and residents
OLYMPIA -- Business owners and residents hammered by Wednesday's earthquake will be able to tap into Federal Emergency Management Agency money now that President Bush has declared sections of Western Washington a disaster area.
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Getting back to normal
Getting your house back to normal after a natural disaster can help you get your life back to normal. Some tips on in-specting your house for damage:
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Cracked earth mixed with rain: Recipe for landslides
OLYMPIA -- Heavy rain on the heels of Wednesday's major earthquake could be the recipe for increased landslides, a state geologist warned Thursday.
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Downtown merchants mix frustration with optimism
"This is going to be devas-tating to the area. "Many of these businesses were marginal to begin with." -- Paul Seabert, owner, Wind Up Here toy store
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Not all earthquake losses are measurable by money
OLYMPIA -- To Betty Druzianize, the earthquake that shook her gift shop was capricious because it left many of her glass objects untouched, while destroying others.
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Seismic upgrades paid off for many downtown buildings
OLYMPIA -- Buildings in downtown Olympia are a study in contrasts in the aftermath of Wednesday's earthquake.
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Updated 1:15 p.m.
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Building damage
Wednesday's earthquake took its toll on a number of buildings around South Sound. Many have been closed until structural engineers can assess their stability.
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Boeing hit hard by earthquake
SEATTLE -- Some of the largest and best-known companies in Seattle, including Starbucks, Amazon.com, Microsoft and Boeing, still had some operations closed Thursday, a day after a magnitude-6.8 earthquake struck the region.
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