Exhausting instances for Straightforward Road Information: A pipe burst within the condominium above the West Seattle report retailer on Friday evening. Water injury ruined between 8,000 and 10,000 information—a blow price $10,000 in line with the store. The entire blues part is gone. The steel, digital, and classical sections obtained drenched, too. It appears pop might have made it out unscathed. Then, on Sunday, a girl in misery reportedly threw herself towards Straightforward Road’s window and shattered it.
Mount Rainier is shrinking: The tip prime of Mount Rainier is melting, and now the very best level on the mountain is about 10 toes decrease than it was once, in line with the mountaineer and mechanical engineer who measured the change. This information might imply Rainier is now not 14,410 toes above sea degree, however solely 14,399.6 toes above sea degree. Due to local weather change, Washington’s different ice-capped mountains are shrinking, too. Possibly in one other twenty years of warming-assisted shrinking I will have the ability to truly summit Rainier.
Queen Anne condominium hearth: A Saturday afternoon hearth in a Queen Anne condominium displaced 40 individuals and broken 22 items. Nobody was injured.
A bow on a lovely weekend: Who would’ve thought we would have such nice climate in October? Did you catch twilight final evening? The Nationwide Climate Service snapped a very good shot.
The twilight pairing of the crescent Moon (far left) and Venus (far proper) as seen from the roof tonight. #wawx pic.twitter.com/iiZEhjcQQb
— NWS Seattle (@NWSSeattle) October 7, 2024
Good climate will proceed: Depend your fortunate stars, it’s going to be within the 70s and sunny right now.
New hurricane hurtles towards Florida: Hurricane Milton grew right into a Class 4 storm because it barreled towards Florida on Monday, fewer than two weeks since Hurricane Helene battered the state. It is unclear precisely the place Milton will strike, but it surely’ll positively make landfall on the west coast of Florida. Gov. Ron DeSantis warned individuals to prepared themselves for the storm and potential evacuation. How’s the local weather change denial going lately, Ron?
In the meantime: The Hurricane Helene loss of life toll rose to 227 useless over the weekend.
A story of two protests: On Saturday, a bunch of round 200 individuals rallied in assist of Israel to commemorate the victims of the October 7 Hamas assaults. They marched to Lumen Area for the “Rally of Remembrance.” Close by, a pro-Palestine rally of greater than 400 individuals marched from the waterfront to the Area Needle to name for a ceasefire, a call-to-action greater than a commemoration, one which acknowledged all of the loss of life and devastation that got here on and after final October 7.
1000 individuals in #Seattle gathered to protest Israel’s one 12 months conflict on Gaza and present escalations with Yemen, Syria, and Lebanon. Protestors demand an finish to the US funding of genocide. pic.twitter.com/gVscuPkpb7
— Alex Garland (@AGarlandPhoto) October 5, 2024
Biden requires an finish to the conflict: In a press release acknowledging the primary anniversary of the bloody begin to the Israel-Hamas conflict, President Joe Biden mentioned, “We is not going to cease working to realize a ceasefire deal in Gaza that brings the hostages dwelling, permits for a surge in humanitarian help to ease the struggling on the bottom, assures Israel’s safety, and ends this conflict.” As The Guardian factors out, Biden has not, as Israel’s greatest arms provider, exercised any leverage to truly make a ceasefire occur.
Siiiiigh: The Supreme Court docket is not going to overturn a decrease courtroom order that bans emergency abortions that violate Texas’ abortion legal guidelines. The Biden administration had requested the courtroom to throw out the decrease courtroom order since federal regulation requires hospitals to carry out abortions in emergency conditions and the Texas regulation muddies what counts as an emergency. Beneath Texas’ abortion bans, “there was a spike in complaints that pregnant ladies in medical misery have been turned away from emergency rooms,” in line with the Related Press. Medically essential abortions forestall “sepsis, organ failure, and different main issues,” however medical doctors in Texas might hesitate to carry out them since Texas regulation threatens abortion practitioners with jail time.
New waterfront park opens: Hey, that Overlook Stroll is good. Higher to deal with this spotlight of post-Viaduct waterfront redesign slightly than the a number of disappointments.
Went out of city this weekend, however needed to beeline straight again to Overlook Stroll as quickly as I obtained again. Really a direct Seattle icon pic.twitter.com/5ZTcDfoGAC
— Jackson Teal (@jbteal) October 7, 2024
A neighborhood lengthy learn for you: Do not forget that Yakima coroner who allegedly snorted medicine he discovered on useless our bodies? Nicely, his story goes far past that. The Seattle Occasions detailed two incidents of psychological well being crises in Yakima with two totally different outcomes. The primary is the story of the coroner, Jim Curtice, who police took to the hospital throughout his disaster. The second is Hien Trung Hua, who police booked into the county jail as a result of town jail would not admit him resulting from psychological well being considerations. Throughout his jail keep, Hua died. Curice recovered from his personal disaster, then investigated Hua’s loss of life and decided he died from pre-existing well being situations. Months later, Hua’s loss of life was re-evaluated as “negligent murder.” Learn the entire story right here.
Harris’s media blitz: Kamala Harris is doing the interview circuit this week. She went on the Name Her Daddy podcast, successful present that garners 10 million listeners per episode, most of whom are ladies between the ages of 18 and 29. Her 60 Minutes phase will air Monday. Harris has plans to go on Howard Stern, The View, and The Late Present with Stephen Colbert this week as nicely.
Al Pacino is aware of what occurs after we die: “Al Pacino confirms ‘there’s nothing there’ after we die—’You are Gone'”
A track to your Monday: All of us want slightly pep to start out the week.
