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It looks like something straight out of Hollywood -- or maybe SimCity -- but Washington State DOT officials say it could be closer to reality than fiction. The agency released an animation of what...more they believe might happen were a 7.0 earthquake to strike just 20 miles from Seattle and last 60 seconds. For comparison, the 6.8 Nisqually quake that struck the region in 2001 was 30 miles from Seattle and lasted 45 seconds. The video shows the seawall would give, power and communications would be cut, partial piers would collapse, pipes would burst, then huge platforms of the viaduct would crash down while fires rage all around it. KOMO reporter Shomari Stone spoke with the administrator over the Alaskan Way Viaduct. Here's what he had to say about the video: The DOT says they did not intend to release the video right now, but a private citizen, who they are not naming, and made a public disclosure request, forcing the video's release.

Concerning the 'hoods, here are some highlights from the Oct. 13 debate at Lincoln High:North Precinct Police station: The candidates agree it needs replacement/improvementWallingford transfer...more station: Neither candidate has a positionBurke-Gilman extension: Mallahan said he doesn't have a position on it (see video.) McGinn has said he supports it.Neighborhood plans; Mallahan said increasing density can promote social justice by providing affordable housing for blue-collar workers. McGinn said as president of the Greenwood Community Council he worked on plans that are now leading to better development in the neighborhood.  The event was hosted by the neighborhoods and chambers of Fremont, Wallingford, Green Lake, Greenwood, Phinney, Aurora and the University District.

When Mike McGinn asked Joe Mallahan how he planned to pay for cost overruns on the tunnel, Mallahan joked, "My plan is to tax the Greenwood neighborhood."Isn't it fun to be at the molten core of mayoral politics? You can read more highlights of the debate here.KOMO photo.

Seattle CityClub is hosting a debate between mayoral candidates Joe Mallahan and Mike McGinn. Tonight's debate starts at 5:30 at the downtown library. It's free to attend - but you have to register in advance.

We've already learned about the candidates' eating habits. Who do you think would win a drinking contest?UPDATE: Seattlest reports that Mallahan had three whiskey shots to McGinn's one.The only...more mayoral candidate forum that requires a wristband offers perhaps your best chance to figure that  out. Joe Mallahan faces off against Michael McGinn at 8:30 p.m. Saturday (Oct. 3)  at Conor Byrne, 5140 Ballard Ave NW. Moderated by John Roderick of the Long Winters and Mike Seely, author of Seattle's Best Dive Bars, as part of the Reverb festival.Wristbands are $8 in advance, $10 at the door.

Stand at 15th Avenue South and Beacon Avenue South long enough and you'll see it.  Police, fire and medics responding to 911 calls of a drunk and disorderly person.  A high-ranking source in public...more safety in Seattle tells KOMO News the calls come once or twice every 24 hours. For each call that is fewer emergency responders able to get to real danger quickly in other parts of the neighborhood. Neighbors say the calls are growing in frequency and the source says that's true. So what's going on and what can be done?

For the first time, the city's two mayoral candidates Mike McGinn and Joe Mallahan came together for a head-to-head debate at the Cinerama Theater on Thursday. At first sponsors thought not many...more would attend, but they ended up selling 350 tickers and having to move to a bigger venue. Why such a big crowd? Joe Mallahan summed it up. "We seemed to have filled the house perhaps more with questions than enthusiasm," he said. To most of the people here the two candidates are unknown candidate one and unknown candidate two.There is one thing that separates them -- the Alaskan Way Viaduct.  McGinn thinks the agreed to plan to replace it with a tunnel is a big mistake that ignores the will of the people:"We did have a long process which I thought culminated in a vote that we didn't want a tunnel," he said. McGinn warns the tunnel could bankrupt the city and he wants it stopped like now. But Mallahan sees it differently. "I, like most people, am frustrated it took us eight years to get to a

With about half the votes counted, attorney and Sierra Club activist Mike McGinn had a slim lead with 27 percent of the vote. Cell phone executive Joe Mallahan had 26 percent, while Nickels had 25...more percent.McGinn said he was outspent $1 million to $80,000 and still came in number one.At a news conference Wednesday morning, McGinn said he believes his showing in Tuesday's primary is in part the response to his campaign criticizing the tunnel option for replacing the Alaskan Way Viaduct.McGinn said the tunnel would cost Seattle in excess of $900 million -- money for which he says "there are far greater priorities, from police to schools to transit."He said the city can't afford an underground tunnel at a time of budget crisis, and vowed if he is elected mayor he will "stop the spending" of that $900 million.McGinn said he welcomes debates with whoever the second candidate is, adding "I will debate as often as the other candidate wants."On Tuesday, Nickels spokesman Sandeep Kaushik said