For those who may not have caught a news report lately, our area was hit
with a pretty good-sized shaker today -- 6.8 on the Richter, to be exact,
with the epicenter about 30 miles southwest of Seattle.
The vast majority of the damage was in the older sections of the state
capitol in Olympia, and in parts of downtown Seattle. The local news had
some footage of a twisted pile of metal, buried under (literally) a ton of
bricks from an older building. Said pile had once been an SUV in the Ford
Bronco (full-size) class.
The building I work in at Boeing's Renton plant appears to have sustained
minimal damage, though it is still closed at this hour. It is expected to
reopen tomorrow unless major structural problems are found.
Thanks be to God, the sum total of our "damage" here at home was a stuffed
animal fallen from its shelf, and my mate's closet door jarred out of
alignment with its track guide.
I have yet to check on the level of damage at the local used-computer
places. The only fatality I know of, and I'm not even certain it can be
directly attributed to the quake, is that a heart-attack victim died.
And that's the Way it Is from southeast of Seattle, Kent's East Hill. At
least Peter Jennings wasn't on the air to say "Earthquack" like he did with
the Bay Area's 'Quake of '89.' ;-)
Keep the peace(es).
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Bruce Lane, Owner and head honcho, Blue Feather Technologies
http://www.bluefeathertech.com // E-mail: kyrrin_at_bluefeathertech.com
Amateur Radio: WD6EOS since Dec. '77 (Extra class as of June-2K)
"I'll get a life when someone demonstrates to me that it would be
superior to what I have now..." (Gym Z. Quirk, aka Taki Kogoma).
Received on Wed Feb 28 2001 - 20:47:55 GMT