Buildings were crumbling
Large pieces of concrete and steel fell twenty, thirty stories
Crushing cars, trees, and people
Windows shattered as they were twisted out of window frames
Hundreds of feet up
And fragments of glass rained down
People ran, searching frantically for cover
Ducking into doorways or under arches
Anything to get away from the falling sky
The ground heaved, water mains erupted
Telephone poles shimmied like Polynesian dancers
High tension wires snapped like dry twine
Electricity crackled and hummed
Vehicles roiled and pitched like small boats in a storm
People fell, staggering to get back on their feet
The unfaithful earth tripping them up
Plummeting debris knocking them down
Screams, screams everywhere
Barely perceptible above the roar of destruction
The remains of the city covered in clouds of dust
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