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Westport recently reached a major milestone in the effort to provide sanctuary from an impending tsunami when city officials received notice of a $16.7 million federal grant award to build a vertical …
After seven-year effort, city poised to build third tsunami structure on South Beach
Canceling May’s mail ballot election at the eleventh hour because of an overlooked deadline cost the West Valley School about $3,183 and district trustees this week decided to forgo another attempt at running a levy this year.
Nisqually earthquake 20 years later; are we prepared for the next big one? Siemny Kim It’s been 20 years since the Nisqually earthquake shook the region. It was one of the biggest earthquakes to rattle the area in decades. KIRO 7 spoke to a panel of experts, the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network, and from the state, who reflected on their memories of that day. “I was on 45th Ave NE at the Starbucks there when the shaking started. A student of mine had to grab me and say it’s an earthquake - we got to go,” recounted Bill Steele from the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network...
20 years after the Nisqually earthquake, are we better prepared for the Big One? By Sandi Doughton, The Seattle Times Published: March 1, 2021, 9:47am Share: The Seattle Times files A man walks by a damaged Starbucks in Seattle after the 2001 Nisqually earthquake. The magnitude 6.8 earthquake could be small compared with a potential quake in the Cascadia fault zone. The zone created a magnitude 9.0 earthquake when it last ruptured in 1700. SEATTLE –The last time the ground shook in a big way in Washington was 20 years ago, and here are a few things that happened: • Th...