Inside Alaska’s large blowout: You bear in mind Alaska Flight 1282, proper? The flight the place the door blew off? How may you overlook! The 4 flight attendants onboard the airplane will definitely always remember these moments of flying with a gaping gap within the facet of the airplane. The Seattle Instances interviewed them concerning the harrowing expertise. It was scorching and windy within the cabin. They’d an unaccompanied five-year-old who wanted assist along with his oxygen masks. The seats across the gap have been open—had they misplaced passengers? Panic ensued. However, the flight attendants, risking their very own lives, saved doing their jobs.
Dangerous elements in Boeing planes: Ah, how well timed. Meeting of 737 MAX airplanes slowed attributable to faulty electrical junction packing containers. Boeing discovered the defect in three planes that had already been delivered. They’re working to repair the problematic elements.
Rabies watch: A rabies-ridden bat bit a Whidbey Islander earlier this month. That marks the fourth case of bat rabies in Washington thus far this yr. Do not pet any bats.
Wrongful loss of life swimsuit in Ingraham Excessive College capturing: The household of the sufferer of the 2022 capturing at Ingraham Excessive College filed a wrongful loss of life lawsuit towards Seattle Public Faculties. A 14-year-old shot and killed 17-year-old Ebenezer Haile after the 2 obtained right into a combat over a gun in a college toilet. The shooter allegedly had beforehand gotten into hassle for bringing weapons to high school. The swimsuit says the varsity “didn’t adequately shield college students from the shooter, who had a identified ‘violent propensity and affinity for weapons and weapons,'” in accordance with the Seattle Instances. SPS rejects that it’s accountable for the actions of a person.
Scorching, scorching, scorching: Temperatures ought to climb to the excessive 80s at this time with elements of the area dabbling within the low 90s.
It is wildfire time: A number of fires are blazing throughout the Evergreen State. Issues—fires, air high quality—will probably worsen as August’s dry warmth continues to bake. The Seattle Instances has tailored with the climate-changing occasions and has put collectively an interactive graphic to trace wildfires and air high quality.
See?
Wildfire smoke will proceed to float over Western Washington into Saturday attributable to mid-level easterly winds persevering with at this time. The vast majority of smoke is predicted to stay aloft, above the floor. Nevertheless, areas nearer to wildfires might even see elevated floor smoke. #WAwx pic.twitter.com/5gXmltOfg8
— NWS Seattle (@NWSSeattle) August 9, 2024
Smoky skies over Seattle this morning
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— Jeremy Harris (@JeremyHarrisTV) August 9, 2024
Drowning on the CrossFit Video games: Serbian athlete Lazar Dukic, 28, drowned in the course of the opening day of the CrossFit video games in Texas. Dukic had been competing in a operating and swimming occasion. In the course of the swimming portion, he drowned. Footage of the race reveals him clearly drowning, however nobody stops to assist. Even worse, nobody realized he’d drowned till after the occasion, when his group seen he by no means obtained out of the water. By then, his physique had disappeared. Emergency crews recovered it an hour later.
Donald Trump held a Mar-a-Lago press convention, and it was a rambling, incoherent mess of false claims, just like the one the place he claimed to have been in a helicopter crash with Kamala Harris’s ex-boyfriend, Californian politician Willie Brown. Trump, clearly rattled by Harris’s current momentum and ever the scale queen, fixated on crowd sizes to his rallies. He additionally made false claims concerning the Jan 6 revolt, once more claiming nobody died. Trump additionally stated abortion will not be a giant deal on this election—perhaps not for you, buddy. Maybe the most important factor to come back from this hour of nonsense was Trump agreeing to debate Harris on Sept 10 on ABC.
Mark your calendars: The Lynnwood gentle rail extension opens on August thirtieth!
Dangerous apples: The Denver Police Division fired three officers who made jokes in a gaggle chat about going over to migrant and refugee shelters, often called “newcomer” shelters, for “goal follow.”
One other potential mind worm supply: In gentle of reports about presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. discovering a bear carcass and staging it in Central Park, reporters requested him whether or not he’d picked up any roadkill off the road not too long ago. RFK Jr. responded, in fact, that he had been “choosing up roadkill my entire life. I’ve a freezer stuffed with it.” He used to have a 21-cubic-foot fridge only for roadkill. Speak about road eats!
Three arrests in T-Swift bomb plot: Three youngsters have been arrested for his or her plans to hold out assaults meant to “kill as many individuals as potential” at three Taylor Swift concert events in Vienna. The principle suspect is a 19-year-old whose plan was to make use of knives or selfmade explosives to hurt folks gathered exterior the stadium. He and a 17-year-old, each Austrian residents, have been taken into custody, as was an 18-year-old Iraqi citizen.
Palate cleanse: Right here, watch rhythmic gymnastics for a minute whereas I discover some extra horrors to summarize for you.
This rhythmic gymnast did a Hoop efficiency to ‘Thriller’ and completely killed it. pic.twitter.com/FrvJpMIrZb
— Shooter McGavin (@ShooterMcGavin_) August 9, 2024
One other assault into Khan Younis: Israeli forces launched one other assault into Gaza’s southern metropolis of Khan Younis, prompting one other exodus of Palestinians. Hundreds packed up and left. Many had solely returned to their properties two weeks in the past. In the meantime, mediators proceed to push for a ceasefire. The USA, Egypt, and Qatar made a joint assertion calling for an additional spherical of ceasefire talks.
ICYMI: Yosemite Nationwide Park is a mismanaged mess.
A music to your Friday: That is all I’ve obtained simply because John Mellancamp’s going to be at The Gorge Amphitheater this weekend and it feels “America within the late summer time.”
