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Earthquake
August 23, 2011
Twisted Pinnacles!
Energy from the 2011 earthquake traveled upward, like the energy traveling to the tip of a cracked whip. Most of the worst damage therefore took place at the tops of towers and buttresses. On the west towers the damage was mostly limited to the intermediate pinnacles, which cracked apart, rotated and shifted on their bases. A couple of stones even fell to the ground (luckily no one was injured).
Learn more about our ongoing restoration efforts at cathedral.org/earthquake or scan this QR code. |