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This video was taken in the building I was in during the 2001 Nisqually earthquake. The guy whose purple shirt and stomach you see at 14 seconds is Jay Charters (a contract software test engineer that + 145 more characters
url Building 27 has 3 floors above ground and 1 floor of underground parking that is generally open such that you could climb up a short retaining wall and walk up a dirt slope to ground level. At th + 344 more characters
I bought my son a "The Kinks" shirt for Christmas. His friends have mocked him for it when he wears it, but when the Kinks landed a song in the second highest-grossing box office movie ever, the shirt + 33 more characters
Ha ha, that email thread is a good representation of Larry whenever we had an earthquake. I think he had a similar sense of panic in his voice when he called me at 5am after the quake I slept through. + 1282 more characters
Thanks, Hal. Earthquakes are definitely wild. I have felt 4 that I recall for sure in my 29 years in Seattle. This one was pretty mild. I slept through one (a fifth one) that I know of because Larry ( + 205 more characters
Those who saw the movie "Avengers: Endgame" might recognize this Kinks song from the movie:
My earthquake insurance doubles the price of my homeowners insurance and the coverage has a 10% deductible and does not cover masonry (which my brick facade, fireplace, and chimney are the things that + 304 more characters
I don't feel so lucky when it comes time to pay the premium.
Yes, it did wake me up at 2:52am. Doors were rattling and my bed was swaying. No damage around here that I can see. I guess I shouldn't cancel my earthquake insurance policy... 
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Nice. Mom would have been 13 and Jean 17, I believe. The tradition continued with Ruthie taking her kids to the Pine Hills for picnics. Fun times. 
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Click on the images below for a larger picture. url url The Hawley Hotel was located on the north side of the 400 block of Main Street where the St. Vincent de Paul store is located today.
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