Earthquake Stories
Wednesday, March 28, 2001 |
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How South Sound has -- and has not -- returned to normal
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Quake plus 1 month
OLYMPIA -- As downtown slowly patches its post-earthquake wounds, the most nagging and debilitating pains continue to be the barricaded Fourth Avenue bridge and Deschutes Parkway.
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Quake plus 1 month
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Taking a toll
Here are the regionwide injury, property damage and economic loss estimates to date from the Feb. 28 Nisqually Earthquake:
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Capitol could be closed till 2004
OLYMPIA -- The earthquake-damaged Capitol could remain closed to the public until 2004 under a new proposal that was winning favor Tuesday with legislative budget writers.
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Temporary bridge gets government go-ahead
OLYMPIA -- A bridge is on the way.
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Schools, students escape serious damage
Final repairs are being made to get all South Sound students back in their classrooms and other school buildings after the Nisqually Earthquake.
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One downtown business getting temporary space
OLYMPIA -- Ever since the Nisqually Earthquake crumbled part of his Skookum Bay Outfitters store, Gary Sandgren has felt as if he were riding a raft over rapids.
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Road repairs proceed, some more quickly than others
OLYMPIA -- It's still anybody's guess when and how Deschutes Parkway in Olympia will be repaired.
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TAX RELIEF FOR QUAKE VICTIMS
The Internal Revenue Service has extended the tax deadline for taxpayers affected by the Nisqually Earthquake. All payments are now due April 30, including the payment of estimated tax.
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Downtown businesses picking up the pieces
OLYMPIA -- A little bit of earthquake history is displayed at Childhood's End Gallery in the form of a crack snaking across a bathroom wall.
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Crumbled chimneys keep masons busy
Brian Anderson of Anderson Masonry in Olympia used to joke about the "windfall" a big earthquake would bring to his masonry enterprise.
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Why our damage was limited
The Nisqually Earthquake demonstrated again to scientists just how the quake menace in the Northwest often differs from that in California.
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BY THE NUMBERS
Here are amounts the Federal Emergency Management Agency has paid to South Sound homeowners for chimney repair, followed by the amounts for total housing assistance, as of the close of business Monday:
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FEMA: Union labor rule will block federal aid
"It would not be very smart for us to say to the federal government, 'No, we don't want your earthquake money, because making this a union job is more important.' "-- Rep. Clyde Ballard, R-East Wenatchee
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