Mayday: Two crewmen flying a Navy plane crashed right into a mountainside east of Mount Rainier on Tuesday. Thus far, nobody’s been capable of get to the wreck or do any rescuing. The Navy is deploying search and rescue groups out to the positioning as is the Yakima County Sheriff. Climate has obstructed visibility for the restoration missions so far.
Carry-on from hell: Final month, throughout an encampment removing, social service employees discovered baggage with hellish contents. Shannon Reeder had been murdered with an ax or hatchet between June and September after which shoved into the suitcase. They discovered the case underneath the makeshift mattress of Steven Nguyen, 57. Nguyen, who has a historical past of violent felonies, was booked and charged for Reeder’s homicide. He’ll be arraigned on October 30.
Time for me to get one other kitten…? Within the three weeks since Hurricane Helene, the NOAH Middle, an animal shelter in Stanwood, Washington took in 28 kittens and two adults cats who misplaced their properties within the storm. These kitties needed to journey greater than 2,000 miles. From Seattle, you may should journey solely 58.7 miles to go scoop up a brand new lil man to like without end. Fuck, I am promoting myself on this. My cat, Cricket, does want a good friend…
The climate: We should always truly get some climate this weekend! Wind advisories throughout the Puget Sound area will go into impact Friday afternoon by way of Saturday morning. Then, it is atmospheric river time, child. Heavy rains are anticipated. Gales! Gushers! Get your galoshes prepared.
🌧️ The primary atmospheric river of the season will convey important rainfall and gusty winds to western Washington this weekend. Keep up to date on the newest forecast at https://t.co/K3pghVqzhw #WAwx pic.twitter.com/ngYiFxZyZi
— NWS Seattle (@NWSSeattle) October 18, 2024
Amazon says fuck your work at home goals: Final month, Amazon stated all staff should return to in-the-office work 5 days every week. Staff have till January 2 to stick to the mandate. Round 37,000 staff who’re a part of an inside Slack group advocating for distant work aren’t so eager on the brand new coverage. Amazon Internet Companies CEO Matt Garman shut down these hopes. Garman instructed staff in a gathering that in the event that they did not like the brand new coverage then they may depart.
Drone supply gone incorrect: Delivering medication through drone is illegitimate. A California man is studying that the exhausting manner. Christopher Patrick Laney, 34, allegedly dropped off some fentanyl and different medication through drone. To make issues worse, certainly one of his clients overdosed on the fentanyl he provided. Now, he is feeling the warmth for allegedly utilizing an unregistered plane to ship unlawful narcotics and for being complicit in somebody’s loss of life.
Cease it! Washington’s Site visitors Security Fee is aware of you are peeking at your telephone whereas driving. In keeping with their report, “25% of all journeys made statewide concerned some type of cellphone distraction.” Beforehand, that quantity was simply 9%. Cease scrolling for offers on TikTok store! No checking your fantasy soccer scores—you are shedding anyway! Stop taking part in Sweet Crush, it is not 2014 anymore! No, however actually, this conduct is what kills individuals. If you wish to be in your telephone, take a bus.
Bruce’s blah zoning plan: The mayor launched an up to date zoning map within the modified Seattle Complete Plan that does not do an entire lot. Certain, it permits extra density than Seattle allowed earlier than, however a lot of that’s due to a brand new state legislation mandating new types of density in zones beforehand reserved for single-family properties. The entire thing quantities to including “six new neighborhood facilities” to pay attention six-story-high complexes round transit facilities. That sounds nicely and good—and sure, in a housing disaster any added density is nice!—however earlier suggestions referred to as for 16 new neighborhood facilities. The opposite factor that sucks about that is Harrell’s plan is anti-bodega. Within the plan, in line with Publicola, Harrell & Co. restrict new neighborhood “nook shops” to literal nook heaps and limit their hours from 7 am to 10 pm. Boo! No imaginative and prescient! No lust for a midnight bacon egg and cheese!
I like to recommend turning off the layer that provides a border to each neighborhood and concrete heart – it lays issues a bit extra naked. https://t.co/AiDfrDY4u1 pic.twitter.com/nrC97pzFGf
— Ryan Packer (@typewriteralley) October 16, 2024
Okaaaay, ceasefire now? Effectively, appears to be like just like the Israeli army killed Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar. Joe Biden referred to as Sinwar’s loss of life “a second of justice” that might elevate “the prospect of a ceasefire.” We’ll consider it after we see it, Joe.
This was the answer? Wildfire threat is excessive in Wyoming’s Shoshone nationwide forest. Park rangers now have an answer to decrease that threat. They are going to cease utilizing explosives to explode the carcasses of useless horses. Duh.
Texas Supreme Courtroom halts execution: Robert Roberson, 56, was slated to be executed in Texas yesterday for the loss of life of his two-year-old daughter in 2002. The powers that be accused Roberson of killing his daughter, figuring out she suffered “shaken child syndrome,” a analysis the scientific group is doubtful about. Her similar illnesses may have been brought on by pneumonia. Moreover, through the trial, in line with the New York Instances, the jury could have seen Roberson’s lack of emotion or grief—a byproduct of his autism—as guilt. Within the eleventh hour, his attorneys and advocates rallied to cease Roberson’s execution. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott didn’t challenge a reprieve. The Supreme Courtroom didn’t both, however Justice Sonia Sotomayor urged Abbott to take action. Working out of choices, a bipartisan group of Texas Home of Consultant members intervened by issuing a subpoena for Roberson to testify for the Legislature. That bizarre procedural loophole brought about the Texas Supreme Courtroom halted the execution. Quickly. Roberson and his staff have 30 extra days. The clock restarts now.
Drowsy, depleted Donald: Donald Trump retains canceling interviews. He flaked on NBC in Philadelphia, CNBC’s Squawk Field, 60 Minutes, and now The Shade Room. What provides? A Trump adviser instructed Shade Room producers Trump was “exhausted and refusing [some] interviews however that might change,” Politico experiences. In his stead, the adviser instructed The Shade Room they may interview Waka Flocka Flame. Different Trump advisers reject the notion that he is a wee drained babe and stated he is truly “working laps round Kamala Harris on the marketing campaign path.”
A track in your Friday: Pssssst. Do you know this track is nineteen years previous?
