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Earthquake rattles Western Washington on April 29, 1965
Submitted by webduck on Thu, 08/31/2006 - 6:25pm.

Earthquake rattles Western Washington on April 29, 1965. I know, because I was there.

As I remember it, there was a light frost the morning of April 29th. Spring was in the air, but unbeknownst to us, there was also a major quake about to rattle our houses, schools, and our nerves.

I was 14, and a freshman at Tumwater High School. I lived near the high school and so on most days I would walk to school.  Tumwater High was built in 1963-64, so it was a newly constructed school all on one floor , with high ceilings in the lunch room/study hall, and in the gym. There were perhaps about 650 pupils enrolled for that school year.

My first class that day was study hall so after making my way to my locker to pick up the books I needed, I walked down the hall a short distance and through the bi-folding doors to my seat at the long lunch table to work on an assignment. The sun was beginning to stream in through the two stories of windows behind me that gave a view to the small courtyard just beyond. My table was in the row closest to the windows, and I was sitting with my back to them.

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