OK, probably not as bad as the headline makes it out to be. As everybody knows by now, there was an earthquake yesterday, 4.5 on the Richter Scale, 5:25 am Friday morning, centered about 14 miles northwest of downtown. Honestly, we slept through it, and we’re not sure we would even report it, but all the other neighborhood blogs did, and now we feel left out.
To make up for our deliquency, we will report in reporterly style the following received from the SDOT:
Responding to this morning’s earthquake, the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) is inspecting the city’s elevated roadway structures for any possible damage. The department has already examined the Ballard, Fremont, University and Spokane Street bridges and has found no indications of damage from the earthquake. […]
Given the small size of the earthquake, the department is carefully examining a key number of its bridges, viaducts and overpasses. If any earthquake damage is discovered, SDOT will then escalate its inspection to all citywide elevated roadway structures.
As you were.