TILL
TILL THIS
TILL THIS WEEKEND
MARKS
MARKS THE
MARKS THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE NISQUALY EARTHQUAKE THAT SHOOK THE NORTHWESTERN CAUSED A
LOT OF DAMAGE.
THE DAYYS UNFORGETTABLE FOR
THOSE WHO LIVED THROUGH IT OUT
OF THE BLUE A MAGNITUDE SIX
POINT EIGHT QUAKE VIOLENTLY
RATTLED THE REGION.
ALL THIS WEEK WE ARE BRINGING
YOU SPECIAL REPORTS ABOUT THE
QUAKE, THE AFTERMATH AND THE
LESSONS LEARNED.
GLENN FARLEY TAKES US BACK TO A
FEBUARY MORNING IN 2001 THAT
STARTED OUT LIKE ANY OTHER AND
THEN THE UNEXPECTED 10 54 A
BRESE NAVCAM ECNOMY FROM A GAME
FULL OF HUGE EARTHQUAKE GOING
ON.
THE TOWER IS COLLAPSING.
I SAY AGAIN THE TOWER IS
FALLING.
BUT HANG ON EVERYBODY TO THE
CONTROL TOWER AT SEATAC AIRPORT
.
THIS WAS THE DAY OF THE
NISQUALY EARTHQUAKE.
IT LASTED LESS THAN A MINUTE
BUT IT SAID WE COULD NO LONGER
TAKE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE FOR
GRANTED.
BASICALLY WE'RE LOOKING FOR ANY
ANY SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURAL
FAILURE.
LOOK AT THE MESS.
IT HIT US AT HOME AND YOU LOSE
EVERYTHING AND WORK.
IT'S BEEN A ROUGH WEEK.
I HAVEN'T GOT A LOT OF SLEEP
AND IT COST UPWARD OF FOUR
BILLION DOLLARS TO FIX.
I WAS THERE FOR THAT EARTHQUAKE
TOO.
AND WHERE WAS I ON THE FIFTY
SECOND FLOOR OF TO UNION SQUARE
IN DOWNTOWN SEATTLE AND I CAN
TELL YOU IT WAS AN E TICKET
RIDE AND THEN I WALKED DOWN
FIFTY TWO FLIGHTS OF STAIRS
DOWN HERE TO UNION STREET AND
WHEN I GOT OUTSIDE THE ONE
THING I REMEMBER WAS THAT ALL
THE STREET LIGHTS HAD POPPED
OPEN SHOWERING GLASS DOHN UNDER
THE SIDEWALK.
NOBODY DIED DIRECTLY FROM THE
QUAKE BUT WE EASILY COULD HIT
THIS OLDER BUILDING SHOWERED
BRICKS AND TERRACOTTA ONTO THE
SIDEWALKS.
YOU GET IN THE CAR?
NO.
IN THE DAYS THAT FOLLOWED
STEVE COOPER AND OLYMPIA HAD A
HARD TIME GETTING HIS DOG SONNY
INTO THE CAR BECAUSE SONNY WAS
IN THIS CAR WHEN HIS OWNER'S
BUILDING DID THIS CAR WENT UP
IN THE AIR HIGH ENOUGH I COULD
SEE THE GAS TANK.
I HAD PEOPLE CALL FROM ALL OVER
THE COUNTRY, PEOPLE HERE IN
TOWN SAYING I DON'T KNOW WHAT I
CAN DO.
IF I CAN HELP, I'LL HELP THE
NWSSEATTLE CHOCOLATE COMPANY ON
FIRST AVENUE SOLDIERED ON EVEN
THOUGH ITS BUILDING DID NOT IN
THAT SPACE.
NOW A STARBBUCKS WELL JUST DOWN
THE STREET ON THE DAY OF THE
QUAKE, THE STARBBUCKS
HEADQUARTERS ONCE THE OLDEST
AND BIGGEST SEARS ROEBUCK IN
THE REGION WAS CRACKED AND
DAMAGED
KING5
KING5 WAS
KING5 WAS THERE WHEN EMPLOYEES WERE ABLE TO COME PICK UP THEIR STUFF THERE
WAS GOING TO DIE.
I MEAN IT WAS I THOUGHT THIS
WAS IT THE FLOOR WAS GOING TO
OPEN UP AND WE'RE JUST GOING TO
GO DOWN NISQUALY WAS NOT OUR
FIRST EARTHQUAKE OF THIS TYPE.
THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE IN
NINETEEN SIXTY FIVE AND IN
NINETEEN FORTY NINE AND BOTH
OF THOSE WERE DEADLY BUT
NISQUALY LED THE CHANGES FOR
EXAMPLE THE ALASKAN WAY VIADUCT
HAS BEEN TORN DOWN AND REPLACED
WITH A TUNNEL WE ALSO REPLACED
THE 520 BRIDGE ACROSS LAKE
WASHINGTON.
SCIENTISTS SAY THERE WAS AN
EIGHTY FOUR PERCENT CHANCE
OF ANOTHER NISQUALY STYLE QUAKE
IN THE 50 YEARS SINCE 2001 AND
20 OF THOSE YEARS ARE ALREADY
BEHIND US IN SEATTLE AND
FARLEIGH KING5 NEWS OF THE
QUAKE HAS HAD LONG LASTING
EFFECTS IN THE NORTHWEST AND
SCIENTISTS ARE LEARNING NEW
INFORMATION ALL THE TIME.
SO WHAT'S REALLY HAPPENING
UNDERGROUND?
WE WILL BRING YOU THAT CHAPTER
IN OUR SERIES TOMORROW ONLY ON
KING5.
WE ALSO HAVE EXTENSIVE
RESOURCES ON PREPARING FOR A
QUAKE AS WELL AS WHAT YOU NEED
TO KNOW ABOUT THE GREAT
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