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Officials check out structural damage to
the closed fourth Avenue bridge in Olympia from the water.
(Steve Bloom/
The Olympian)
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The
Olympia fourth Avenue bridge sustained enough damage to close
it.
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The Olympian) |
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Washington
Federal Savings in downtown Olympia lost most of its overhanging
fascia, luckily missing pedestrians on fifth Avenue.
(Steve Bloom/
The Olympian) |
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Cleanup
at the downtown Olympia Skookum Bay Outfitters started immediately
after the quake as most of the display glass wound up on the
sidewalk.
(Steve Bloom/
The Olympian) |
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Chad
Talbot, an engineer with the city of Tumwater, inspects a
landslide at the Extended StayAmerica hotel near Highway 101
in Tumwater. Wednesday's earthquake broke a water line, leading
to the landslide, Talbot said.
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The Olympian) |
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Chad
Talbot, an engineer with the city of Tumwater, inspects a
landslide at the Extended StayAmerica hotel near Highway 101
in Tumwater. Wednesday's earthquake ruptured a water line,
leading to the landslide, Talbot said.
(Tony Overman/
The Olympian) |
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Cement
fascia on the downtown Washington Federal Savings building
fell to the street.
(Steve Bloom/
The Olympian) |
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Sara
Lampo (left), Mallory Jennings (center) and Nicole Bertsch
stand on Highway 101 and look into the gaping hole of a landslide
caused by Wednesday morning's earthquake.
(Tony Overman/
The Olympian) |
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Department
of Transportation officials walk past the landslide that washed
out half of the northbound Highway 101 about 200 yards past
the Shelton exit.
(Tony Overman/
The Olympian) |
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Griffin
firefighter Lt. Rick Stevens directs onlookers away from the
landslide that dropped from Highway 101 above down onto Madrona
Beach Road. (Tony Overman/
The Olympian) |
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South
Puget Sound Community College student Jeff Ennett checks out
the detached walkway on Deschutes Parkway Tuesday morning.
(Steve Bloom/
The Olympian) |
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Two
men take water samples in upper Capitol Lake east of Interstate
5 near the landslide that dumped mud, trees and debris into
the lake Wednesday morning.
(Tony Overman/
The Olympian) |
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An
unidentified woman grabs a souvenir brick from the sidewalk
in front of the Washington Federal Savings Bank on 5th Avenue
that was damaged in Wednesday's earthquake.
(Mike Salsbury/
The Olympian) |
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Pam
DeKay, left, and Elizabeth Herring stand outside the Superintendent
of Public Instruction building after it was closed following
Wednesday's earthquake. A coworker provided Dekay's blanket
while the Ramada Inn provided blankets for Herring and other
displaced state workers.
(Mike Salsbury/
The Olympian) |
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Inspectors
check out damage to the Capitol following Wednesday's earthquake.
A pillar, above the inspectors, received noticeable damage.
(Mike Salsbury/
The Olympian) |
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State
workers from the General Administration building gather outside
their structure and respond to Wednesday's earthquake emergency.
(Mike Salsbury/
The Olympian) |
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Matt
Skinner, center, owner of Tee's Me reacts to the damage to
his downtown Olympia business following Wednesday's earthquake.
(Mike Salsbury/
The Olympian) |
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Workers
clear rubble from the sidewalk in front of the Washington
Federal Savings building on Fifth Avenue on Thursday.
(Mike Salsbury/
The Olympian) |
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Workers clear the sidewalk in front of the Washington Federal
Savings building on Thursday. No one was injured Wednesday
when the building's fascia collapsed.
(Mike Salsbury/
The Olympian) |
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Structural
engineer Monte Smith walks through the clutter left in the
Law Library of the Temple of Justice Building during an inspection
Thursday. (Steve Bloom/
The Olympian) |
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Structural
engineer Monte Smith walks over piles of books tossed to the
floor of the Temple of Justice Law Library during a morning
safety inspection a day after a powerful regional earthquake
hit.
(Steve Bloom/
The Olympian) |
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Cheryl
Heywood, community librarian for the Olympia Timberland Library,
looks over earthquake damage at the downtown library on Thursday.
"The library is closed until further notice," she said.
(Mike Salsbury/
The Olympian) |
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Starbucks
employees Desi Saylors, left, and Michelle Robinson volunteer
some warm smiles while delivering free coffee to cold, wet
workers clearing rubble from a downtown Olympia sidewalk on
Thursday.
(Mike Salsbury/
The Olympian) |
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Starbucks
employees Desi Saylors, left, and Michelle Robinson volunteer
some warm smiles while delivering free coffee to cold, wet
workers clearing rubble from a downtown Olympia sidewalk on
Thursday.
(Mike Salsbury/
The Olympian) |
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Visiting Lincoln School in the rain are, from left, Quinn
Mau, Kawika Mau, Catherine Willard and Maria Chambers. Quinn
Mau attends the school and wanted to look at t he effects
of Wednesday's earthquake.
(Mike Salsbury/
The Olympian) |
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Richard
Lerch of Olympia visits Lincoln Elementary school, looking
at the earthquake damage on the exterior of the school.
(Mike Salsbury/
The Olympian) |
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Homeowner Skip Hansen (left) and technician Scott Hull of
Puget Sound Energy walk past the buckled roadway at the Tumwater
Mobile Estates in Tumwater, Wash., on Thursday, March 1, 2001.
(Tony Overman/
The Olympian) |
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A
worker steamrolls through the fog created by fresh asphalt
Thursday afternoon on the Highway 101 temporary emergency
lane, built to bypass the landslide that washed out more than
half of the northbound lanes.
(Tony Overman/
The Olympian) |
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The
strong regional earthquake has put the State Capitol and Thurston
County on the national media map as trucks set up Thursday
morning near the Legislative building.
(Steve Bloom/
The Olympian) |
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Washington
State Supreme Court Justice Charles Johnson leaves the Temple
of Justice Building Thursday morning after checking in, saying
that the building appeared to fare much better than some other
campus buildings.
(Steve Bloom/
The Olympian) |
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Joe Allbaugh (left), director of the Federal Emergency Management
Agency, tours downtown Olympia on Thursday with (from left)
Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash.,
Rep. Brian Baird, D-Wash., State Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Seattle,
and Democratic Lt. Gov. Brad Owen.
(Mike Salsbury/
The Olympian) |
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Olympia
Mayor Stan Biles takes a map to a table of officials to give
further explanation to problems the city now faces following
Wednesday's earthquake.
(Mike Salsbury/
The Olympian) |
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Gov.
Gary Locke outlines the State's response to the earthquake
in a morning press conference on the Capitol Campus.
(Steve Bloom/
The Olympian) |
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Flanked
by House co-speaker Clyde Ballard (L) and Senate majority
Leader Sid Snyder, Governor Gary Locke outlines the State's
response to the Wednesday earthquake in the John L. O'Brien
building on the Capitol Campus Thursday.
(Steve Bloom/
The Olympian) |
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Damage to the Fourth Avenue bridge is evident Friday afternoon
as workers assess the impact of WednesdayÕs
earthquake.
(Mike Salsbury/
The Olympian)
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Damage
to the Fourth Avenue bridge will keep downtown Olympia traffic
congested for an undetermined time.
(Steve Bloom/
The Olympian) |
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Blaine
Meade (left) and Eric Murphy of the city engineering department
measure the vertical elevations of the Fourth Avenue Bridge
on Friday. They were taking measurements to compare with a
1994 survey to determine the impact of Wednesday's earthquake
on the bridge.
(Mike Salsbury/
The Olympian) |
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U.S.
Rep. Brian Baird, D-Wash. (left) and Olympia Mayor Stan Biles
tour the Capitol Rotunda on Friday. The Capitol lies within
BairdÕs 3rd Congressional District.
(Steve Bloom/
The Olympian) |
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A
small crowd gathers in downtown Olympia on Friday as parts
of the Washington Federal Savings building facade is removed.
(Mike Salsbury/
The Olympian) |
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Olympia
Mayor Stan Biles gets a hands-on example of earthquake damage
behind the House Chambers in the Legislative building during
a tour of the Capitol on Friday.
(Steve Bloom/
The Olympian) |
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A
corner section of the House Chambers' ceiling had substantial
damage.
(Steve Bloom/
The Olympian) |
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Magda
Mendi was on her daily walk along Madrona Beach Road on Wednesday
morning when a landslide from U.S. Highway 101 (background)
came rumbling down a few feet away. "It was so big! I
wanted to tell somebody, but nobody was home," Mendi
said.
(Tony Overman/
The Olympian) |
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Tricia
Krantz, a Washington state trooper cadet, cordons off the
sidewalks around the Temple of Justice on Saturday afternoon
on the Capitol Campus after structural inspectors discovered
more severe damage than originally thought. The discovery
of additional damage prompted officials on Saturday to expand
the safety zone around the Capitol.
(Tony Overman/
The Olympian) |
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Inspectors,
including the chief architect for the Department of General
Administration, Dwayne Harkness (center), examine on Saturday
the Capitol domeÕs affected columns nearest to the cracked
buttress on the right.
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Olympia
senior planner Shanna Stevenson checks out a crack in the
exterior of Drees, on the corner of Legion Way and Washington
Street. Several downtown buildings bear testimony to the power
of WednesdayÕs quake.
(Steve Bloom/
The Olympian) |
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Plaster
fell from the wall of the stairwell that leads from the lobby
to the ballroom at the old Olympia Hotel.
(Amy Atkins/ For The Olympian) |
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Parent
volunteers Diane Boesenberg (right) and Nancy Hurley-Madison
transfer kindergarten classroom supplies Saturday morning
from Lincoln Elementary School to nearby Trinity Lutheran
Church.
(Tony Overman/
The Olympian) |
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Severe
roof damage has closed Orca Books in downtown Olympia.
(Steve Bloom/
The Olympian) |
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Talcott's
building circa 1882.
(Photo courtesy of Washington State Historical Society) |
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The
back of the Olympian Hotel is shown after a magnitude 7.1
earthquake struck in 1949. The Olympian Hotel also sustained
heavy damage in WednesdayÕs quake.
(Photo courtesy of Washington State Historical Society) |
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Repairs
were done to the cupola on the legislature building due to
the 1949 earthquake.
(Photo courtesy of Washington State Historical Society) |
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The Fourth Avenue bridge, circa the early 1930's.
(Photo courtesy of Washington State Historical Society)
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The
Mottman Building, at Fourth Avenue and Capitol Way, is pictured
after the 1949 quake. Stacks of lumber were used to shore
up the damaged building.
(Photo courtesy of Washington State Historical Society) |
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