Stehekin underneath siege: The Pioneer Fireplace, the largest fireplace burning in Washington proper now, is coming dangerously near Stehekin, the small city northwest of Chelan solely accessible by boat or float aircraft. The fireplace, which has burned 36,000 acres and was solely 13% contained as of Saturday, is getting dangerously near buildings, “We’re speaking as shut as possibly 20 toes, to 100 toes or so,” firefighters informed KING5. But, only some individuals of the city’s over 100 residents have heeded the “go now” evacuation order.
Two large hits for Seattle: Beloved music critic and creator Charles R. Cross is useless at 67. You possibly can learn Megan’s story about his invaluable contributions to the Seattle music scene right here. Moreover, James Beard-winning chef and restaurateur Tamara Murphy, 63, died of a stroke. We’ll have a full tribute to Murphy’s life later this week. That is numerous demise! And, extra nonetheless to come back.
Elephant-less in Washington: The state’s final elephant in captivity, 59-year-old Suki at Tacoma’s Level Defiance Zoo and Aquarium, died over the weekend. She was euthanized after weeks of declining well being. So lengthy, Suki.
Dangerous beetle present in Kennewick: A highly-destructive invasive species often called the Japanese beetle is spreading all through Washington. A singular sighting of a beetle occurred in Pasco in 2022. A sighting this July in Pasco, nevertheless, became a full-blown infestation. The beetle has now cropped up in Kennewick. If the beetles preserve spreading, it may very well be dangerous information for farmers.
Knock on wooden: We now have one other nice and gentle week developing right here in what’s purported to be the canine days of summer season. Highs will keep within the 70s. Lows will dip again into the 50s. Breezy!
Don’t look now, however Seattle hasn’t hit 90 levels in a month.
— Seattle Climate Weblog (@KSeattleWeather) August 10, 2024
WA Olympian stripped of her bronze medal: The Worldwide Olympic Committee stripped gymnast Jordan Chiles, 23, of her bronze medal within the ground routine over a dispute in scoring. Within the fast aftermath of Chiles’s routine final week, U.S. coach Cecile Landi appealed a scoring resolution, thus bumping Chiles’s rating up 0.1 factors—sufficient to safe her the third-place spot. Nonetheless, now there’s drama. The Court docket of Arbitration for Sport now says that Landi’s enchantment occurred outdoors of the 1-minute time restrict for scoring inquiries, thus negating the additional 0.1 to Chiles’s rating. In response, USA Gymnastics mentioned Landi really submitted her enchantment 47 seconds after the rating was posted and that there is video proof to help it. It is authorized battle time.
Talking of the Olympics: The Video games are over. Earlier than we allow them to relaxation, I need to be sure to’re accustomed to B-Lady Raygun, the Aussie who wrote her PhD thesis on breakdancing? In case you have not, here is… no matter this efficiency was:
Fascinated by Raygun as a result of she seems to be enjoying it straight however her nonfluid actions precisely replicate the cocky however mechanical awkwardness of a comic doing a dance bit. It makes you snigger *by design*. pic.twitter.com/Gx1F3T4Lkp
— James Urbaniak (@JamesUrbaniak) August 11, 2024
SPD’s aerial spies: The Seattle Police Division (SPD) used aerial surveillance on protesters throughout 2020’s Black Lives Issues demonstrations. Guardian One, the King County Sheriff’s Workplace helicopter, hovered hundreds of toes up within the sky and livestreamed footage to “SPD’s prime commanders, town’s Emergency Operations Heart (EOC), SPD’s Operation Heart and the ‘video wall’ at SPD’s Actual Time Crime Heart,” in line with RealChange Information. Movies of protesters’ faces and recordings of their actions had been additionally circulated to the U.S. Marshals and Washington State Division of Corrections by way of electronic mail from SPD. Not solely that, however SPD did not disclose it shared entry to those video feeds with the non-public citizen volunteers of the EOC. That disclosure is required in line with Seattle Metropolis Council’s guidelines round surveillance expertise.
ICYMI: My latest column got here out final week. This time I swam with the Orcas.
Passenger aircraft plummets from sky: All 62 individuals on board a Brazilian passenger aircraft had been killed when the aircraft crashed within the mostly-residential city of Vinhedo. The aircraft destroyed a number of homes, however didn’t kill anybody on the bottom. Eight of the useless aircraft passengers had been most cancers medical doctors headed to a convention in Sao Paulo. The reason for the crash continues to be unknown. Aviation specialists who witnessed the footage of the crash say that the aircraft stalled. Why it stalled is the true query.
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The Related Press has confirmed {that a} passenger aircraft has crashed in Sao Paolo, Brazil.
Footage of the crash is circulating extensively. pic.twitter.com/0aVHaOx8XD
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) August 9, 2024
Cool, regular, functioning-country stuff: Over 100 pregnant girls throughout the nation reported being turned away from hospitals or handled negligently in occasions of emergency and misery, in line with the Related Press. Despite state abortion bans, federal regulation mandates hospitals should supply abortions when they may save a lady’s well being. But, it seems some hospitals aren’t doing that. And, it is smart why not. Docs who carry out abortions in Texas may withstand 99 years in jail. Plus, Texas is making an attempt to overturn the federal rule mandating abortions in life saving conditions. Girls with untreated ectopic pregnancies have misplaced ovaries and fallopian tubes, girls have needed to miscarry in restrooms, others have gone into septic shock when emergency rooms ship them house. These are the realities of a rustic with abortion bans.
Fireplace in Greece: A hearth on the outskirts of Athens is transferring “like lightning” firefighters say. Exacerbated by excessive drought, the fireplace, with flames reaching 80-feet excessive, is raging worse than any fireplace within the space since 1998. Greece has known as within the military to help with combating again the flames.
That is so British: The chair of a United Kingdom fox looking group is getting ready a authorized case to safe ethnic minority standing to hunters.
Did you see any meteors? The annual Perseid meteor bathe peaked within the early hours this morning.
Listed here are the most effective meteors that I captured in a single day final evening.
The Perseid meteor bathe is underway. In case you have clear skies and search for a whilst you would possibly see a very good one!#Astronomy #meteorshower #PerseidMeteorShower pic.twitter.com/ptN2ClkXnb— EricTheCat 🇺🇸 (@EricTheSpaceCat) August 11, 2024
A music to your Monday: Right here, have some groovy genre-bending nation.
