Alaska Digs Out: Rebuilding Begins In Wake Of 'Quake
Alaska Digs Out: Rebuilding Begins In Wake Of 'Quake
Devastated Alaska begins the task of rebuilding after the greatest earthquake ever recorded. Anchorage was in the center of the severe shock that ripped down Fourth Avenue, the main shopping street. Stores were crowded with week-end shoppers. The far-flung disaster area was spared, miraculously, large loss of life. Property damage and loss is staggering. Conservative estimate: $500,000,000. In the residential district, in the coastal fishing towns, everywhere there is devastation. Kodiak, Seward, towns that have almost been leveled have vowed to rebuild. Alaska, with the spirit of the pioneers, starts the gigantic task. Visible cracks in earth. Alaska The streets, the sidewalks and some buildings upheaval. MS - You can see how one side of the street is raised above the other side, and some buildings that seem twisted. MS - One side of the street dropped into a sink hole. MS - As you look down this street you see how it looks like a roller coaster ride, parts of the street are missing. MS - The street heaved up so much the man on the street can touch the bottom of a sign that was two stories high. MS - On the other side of the street this building sustained no damage. MS - Rescue workers looking for survivors in this department that collapsed. MS - Man operating a crane lifting huge pieces of the building looking for survivors. MS - A early Corvette that got hit in the back from a piece of falling building. Camera panning - Over the ruins of the collapsed buildings and heaved streets and sidewalks. Buildings that their second floors are now first floors. MS - Towns outside the city limits, huge cracks in the earth and houses sinking into a sink holes. A tilted home that half way sunk into the earths opening. MS - Huge crack in the earth's crust. MS - House is off its foundation and landed up in a tilted position. MS - Kodiak to the South-West was almost knocked out, after suffering an earthquake it also suffered three title waves. A fishing boat landed up on dry land and most of the buildings that were three and four story are now two-story buildings. MS - A completely demolished car. MS - Two boats on dry land, cars and buildings around the boats are smashed to smithereens. MS - All you see left of a house is the roof and attic. MS - A house that fell backwards MS - Part of a hospital's roof that collapsed. The lobby of the hospital is completely ruined. MS - Inside a library all the shelves are toppled. MS - Inside a grocery store all the can goods ended up on the floor. Employees cleaning up the mess.