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WEBVTT kvos special 24 02 s27b 00:00:00.000 --> 00:01:34.570 align:middle line:90% [NON-SPEECH] 00:01:34.570 --> 00:01:39.310 align:middle line:84% This was the city of Kodiak, Alaska a week before Easter. 00:01:39.310 --> 00:01:42.250 align:middle line:84% Kodiak is the largest town on the Kodiak Island 00:01:42.250 --> 00:01:45.430 align:middle line:84% and is the oldest permanent settlement in Alaska. 00:01:45.430 --> 00:01:49.630 align:middle line:84% It was founded in 1792 by Alexander Baranov. 00:01:49.630 --> 00:01:52.240 align:middle line:84% Kodiak Island is a rugged, mountainous land 00:01:52.240 --> 00:01:57.460 align:middle line:84% with many long finger-like bays creating magnificent scenery. 00:01:57.460 --> 00:02:00.250 align:middle line:84% The city of Kodiak is situated on the northeastern corner 00:02:00.250 --> 00:02:01.300 align:middle line:90% of the island. 00:02:01.300 --> 00:02:06.050 align:middle line:84% Nestled at the base of 1,400-foot Pillar Mountain. 00:02:06.050 --> 00:02:09.490 align:middle line:90% About 3,500 people live here. 00:02:09.490 --> 00:02:12.070 align:middle line:84% Nearby is the Kodiak Naval Station headquarters 00:02:12.070 --> 00:02:14.890 align:middle line:90% for the 17th US Naval District. 00:02:14.890 --> 00:02:17.620 align:middle line:84% Kodiak is the fishing capital of Alaska, 00:02:17.620 --> 00:02:21.190 align:middle line:84% is well-known to fishermen from the United States and Canada. 00:02:21.190 --> 00:02:25.360 align:middle line:84% And this was how it looked on Friday morning March 27th. 00:02:25.360 --> 00:02:28.780 align:middle line:84% In a moment, we'll look at Kodiak the day after. 00:02:28.780 --> 00:02:37.240 align:middle line:90% 00:02:37.240 --> 00:02:40.960 align:middle line:84% This is the 49th of the 50 United States. 00:02:40.960 --> 00:02:46.000 align:middle line:84% At 5:45 PM on March 27th, the hardest earthquake 00:02:46.000 --> 00:02:48.820 align:middle line:84% to hit North America in a century 00:02:48.820 --> 00:02:53.560 align:middle line:84% shuttered and ripped the south central portion of this state. 00:02:53.560 --> 00:02:58.690 align:middle line:84% The epicenter was somewhere in this area. 00:02:58.690 --> 00:03:04.390 align:middle line:84% Hard hit were the cities of Valdez, Seward, 00:03:04.390 --> 00:03:09.190 align:middle line:84% and Alaska's largest city Anchorage. 00:03:09.190 --> 00:03:11.170 align:middle line:84% The damage and the death toll at these cities 00:03:11.170 --> 00:03:13.255 align:middle line:84% was caused mainly by the quake itself. 00:03:13.255 --> 00:03:16.130 align:middle line:90% 00:03:16.130 --> 00:03:19.420 align:middle line:84% Here is Kodiak Island separated from the mainland 00:03:19.420 --> 00:03:21.970 align:middle line:90% by Shelikof Strait. 00:03:21.970 --> 00:03:24.520 align:middle line:84% Unlike other Alaskan areas, Kodiak 00:03:24.520 --> 00:03:27.790 align:middle line:84% suffered hardly any earthquake damage. 00:03:27.790 --> 00:03:30.850 align:middle line:84% Instead, it was three gigantic tidal waves 00:03:30.850 --> 00:03:33.400 align:middle line:84% which took 3/4 of its business section 00:03:33.400 --> 00:03:36.260 align:middle line:90% and dumped it upside down. 00:03:36.260 --> 00:03:38.650 align:middle line:84% The three waves, which terrified the population, 00:03:38.650 --> 00:03:40.900 align:middle line:84% came sweeping into the city of Kodiak 00:03:40.900 --> 00:03:42.175 align:middle line:90% through Saint Paul Harbor. 00:03:42.175 --> 00:10:19.135 align:middle line:90% [NON-SPEECH] 00:10:19.135 --> 00:22:42.230 align:middle line:90% 00:22:42.230 --> 00:22:46.190 align:middle line:84% The people of Alaska are a hardy and determined bunch. 00:22:46.190 --> 00:22:48.110 align:middle line:84% The old timers there will tell you 00:22:48.110 --> 00:22:52.280 align:middle line:84% that it is an ingrained trait, that stamina and guts are 00:22:52.280 --> 00:22:55.100 align:middle line:84% important in some cases to survival 00:22:55.100 --> 00:22:57.440 align:middle line:90% in this northern state. 00:22:57.440 --> 00:23:00.650 align:middle line:84% It is for this reason, that despite damage now 00:23:00.650 --> 00:23:03.760 align:middle line:84% estimated to exceed $400 million, 00:23:03.760 --> 00:23:08.046 align:middle line:84% Alaska's Governor William Egan says he is hopeful. 00:23:08.046 --> 00:23:12.740 align:middle line:84% To give you an example, after we talked with Walter Kraft, whom 00:23:12.740 --> 00:23:16.190 align:middle line:84% you saw and heard, he continued to poke around 00:23:16.190 --> 00:23:19.400 align:middle line:84% in the rubble that was once his store. 00:23:19.400 --> 00:23:23.000 align:middle line:90% He found this ashtray. 00:23:23.000 --> 00:23:26.930 align:middle line:84% It had been made to celebrate the store's 60th birthday 00:23:26.930 --> 00:23:28.700 align:middle line:90% last year. 00:23:28.700 --> 00:23:31.940 align:middle line:84% He wiped the mud off with his hand, 00:23:31.940 --> 00:23:38.210 align:middle line:84% handed it to me with a grin, and said, "Here, have a souvenir." 00:23:38.210 --> 00:23:39.390 align:middle line:90% This is Andy Anderson. 00:23:39.390 --> 00:23:39.890 align:middle line:90% Goodnight. 00:23:39.890 --> 00:27:16.540 align:middle line:90% [NON-SPEECH] 00:27:16.540 --> 00:28:56.317 align:middle line:90%