Category: transportation

Followup on flooding in Western Washington. News and photos.

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First up, some news stories from local media. All the stories include photos. Auburn Neighborhoods Evacuated. US Highway 2 Closed from Skykomish to Leavenworth. This is very bad news, for tourism in Leavenworth, and for the businesses in Skykomish itself. https://twitter.com/wspd6pio/status/2000681307639063016?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ Flood damage closes Highway 12 in Naches, repairs underway. Naches is in Central Washington …

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Flooding in Western Washington

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For much of this week, we have had what the weather guys call an “atmospheric river” bringing heavy rain to our area from that big water to our west, known as the Pacific Ocean. Here are some photos and videos showing our waters. First, Snoqualmie Falls. https://twitter.com/markskaggs10/status/1998898875147628652?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ And here’s one from a helicopter. https://twitter.com/pnwconservative/status/1998872381176344595?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ Note …

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It’s my first Cellpic Sunday! Marina After Dark

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Hubby and I went out for dinner tonight, at a place near the Everett Marina. On the way in, I noticed that some of the boats near the restaurant had already put up Christmas lights on their masts and around their edges. So I told him that we should stop on the way home and …

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*Guest Author: Brian Heywood on the Environment Candidate’s Successors, and the WA Legislature’s Hatred of Petroleum (except when they benefit). Readers, this will have you laughing, or maybe crying.

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Olympia : we hate petroleum Olympia : Petroleum companies we are coming for you Big Oil: would it help if we donated to your campaigns? Olympia: Well, it might help a little bit Big Oil: what if we gave you a lot of money and changed our name? Olympia: to what? Big Oil: How about …

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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #374: On the Move!

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I love Transportation, in all its forms. It started with my summer job when I was in college, working in the Traffic Department (in charge of shipping and receiving) at the Ford Motor Company Seattle Parts Depot in south Seattle. I worked there three years in a row, and I loved learning about the modes …

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Lens-artists Photo Challenge #373: Looking back to Challenge #31, Landscapes

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I do remember doing that challenge, shortly after WordPress stopped sponsoring them. I understand that we have to keep our photos to only six, so I am going to try using ones that I have not used before. I'm pretty sure that landscape photos can be taken from any vantage point that's not a closeup, …

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On the heels of New York City, Deep Blue Seattle turns even farther left than they are now.

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New York City elected a Muslim Communist mayor. In Seattle, perhaps the only office that did NOT go farther left was the mayor, Bruce Harrell, who as of now has a lead over Socialist Katie Wilson. However, we need to take into account the propensity for large-scale cheating in our all-mail-voting state, by the DemocRat …

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The Just Good Fun story of the week. Former Pilot Buzz Patterson on an incident in his exciting career

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If you are not following Buzz on X, you should be. He has had a successful career in the US Military, from being a fighter pilot, to a military attache in DC, to being on the staff of Hillary Clinton (you should hear his horror stories, of which he has many). Below is one of …

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Lens-Artists Photo challenge #363: Virtual Scavenger Hunt

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This week's subject is a trip through the Archives, to find photos on a number of themes. We were given the instruction to choose as many as 10 different themes, and find a photo that expresses it. Boy, that was a hard choice, as there were so many good ones to choose from. For my …

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