Earthquake Stories
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Capitol damage mounts
OLYMPIA -- About 20 workers were evacuated from the Legislative Building on Saturday morning after engineers raised new concerns that the columns ringing the Capitol Dome were in danger of crashing to the ground.
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Earthquake reminded us why we prepare
"I do have some concern that people will gain a false sense of confidence that they made it through the big one." -- Bill Steele, University of Washington seismologist
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Inside old Olympia Hotel: 'Kept on shaking'
"I've been through other earthquakes before, but this was definitely the most violent." -- Lynne Yankee
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Downtown merchants, visitors begin getting back to normal
OLYMPIA -- Normalcy began to creep back into downtown Saturday.
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QUOTABLE
"The dome moved, rotated and jumped. The building performed magnificently." -- Andy Stepleton, General Administration senior property manager
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QUAKE NOTES
Emergency center issues update
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Council to consider commute routes
The Olympia City Council will this week discuss improvements to the street system in the vicinity of the Fourth Avenue and Fifth Avenue bridges to help move traffic more smoothly. Improvements for walking and biking will also be examined to encourage those modes for commuters and visitors downtown.
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REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK
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For this South Sound transplant, one quake is enough
OLYMPIA -- When the earthquake hit Wednesday morning, I was sitting in my office, which is in a wooden house on the state Capitol grounds. I was later told that a wooden house is the safest kind of structure to be in during an earthquake, but you could have fooled me at the time.
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Workers ready school for kids
OLYMPIA -- Thanks to the earthquake, 23 kindergartners will be promoted to big-people chairs next week.
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Road crew assesses damage to U.S. 101
Drivers heeding the call of the open road may want to avoid the Shelton area of U.S. Highway 101.
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ON POLITICS
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Aftershocks: Pols deal with political quake
OLYMPIA -- The warning sign in front of the John L. O'Brien Building captured the situation well, if strangely: "Emergency in progress."
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South Sound market on solid ground
"I don't see any change in the market at all. People are aware that natural disasters are going to happen." -- Dean Stohl, real estate broker
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Earthquake damage might affect property tax assessment
THURSTON COUNTY -- People whose homes were severely damaged by Wednesday's earthquake may be eligible for tax relief.
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