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This is the first 1,000 characters of 482 words (1.93 pages) in the essay titled A little short of now THE ROLLING QUAKE hit about 10:55 a.m. and sent people pouring out of Seattle City Hall and from skyscrapers throughout the city as it continued for nearly 30 seconds before subsiding.Windows shattered in some buildings and debris and bricks loosened from buildings cascaded onto sidewalks and some city streets. Frightened residents said they could hear metal grinding as the city’s famed Space Needle rocked to-and-fro, though the building’s owner later said it apparently came through the quake unscathed. Seattle’s Haborview Medical Center reported treating at least 29 people for quake-related injuries, four of whom were in critical condition. It said the injuries ranged from “crushing injuries,” to burns and cardiac failure. The Seattle-Tacoma International Airport was closed and the tower and other offices were evacuated, Federal Aviation Administration spokesman William Shumann said. The FAA ordered a national ground stop for Seattle, which meant no flights to the Northwest’s largest city were being allowed to take off anywhere in the country. The center handling air traffic in Washington and Oregon, near Auburn, Wash., was operating on backup power. Federal emergency teams were mobilized in Washington state and President Bush, traveling in Iowa, said the government was staying “on top of it.” In Seattle, fire crews responded to more than 30 emergency calls. One of the potentially more dangerous situatio... |
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Keywords: mayor paul schell, quake, seattle tacoma international airport, unscathed, faa, apparently, skyscrapers, seattle fire, seattle mayor, south seattle, seattle city, emergency teams, federal emergency, gas leaks, dangerous situations, cardiac failure, shumann, backup power, space needle, fire crews