In Anchorage on Saturday, you could measure the impact of the 7.0 earthquake in piles of broken glass.
"We've been running busy since the earthquake hit," Cody Cooper of Replacement Glass said as his crew removed a broken window at a downtown business.
There's another pile of glass outside the McDonald's in Eagle River, where the earthquake blew out most of the windows in the play area.
Many businesses are closed, with ceiling tiles caved in or everything off shelves.
Stores that are open are incredibly busy, like a Fred Meyer where shoppers reported waiting in line for an hour.
Crews have been working around the clock to repair major roadway damage, like on the Glenn Highway north of Anchorage.
Several stretches of roadway caved in, and some bridges were twisted in the shaking.
Another roadway is damaged near the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport.
Despite the strong earthquake, Alaskans are proud their state fared as well as it did, and credit the independent spirit of the Last Frontier.
"I think people are somewhat prepared up here and they're resilient," said Eagle River resident Mel Kalkowski. "It is a challenging climate and if you live here any period of time you have to be ready for it."
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