Delridge drama: Woof, the West Seattle gentle rail growth’s draft proposal is inflicting consternation. A bunch of companies will doubtless be victims of eminent area. A faucet home, espresso store, childcare middle, and well being membership within the Delridge space are simply a number of the companies that might want to uproot for the better good of excessive velocity rail. The salt within the wound is that, beneath state regulation, companies will solely obtain $50,000 in relocation funds—a quantity that hasn’t been up to date since 2003. In a lose-lose scenario, all of the hoopla round this may doubtless decelerate the eternally-delayed undertaking much more.
California shaken up: A 7.0 earthquake rattled Ferndale, a small city in California’s Humboldt County, Thursday morning. The quake triggered a tsunami warning for California and Oregon which remained in impact for an hour. Probably the most bone-chilling a part of the tremors is how shut the epicenter was to the Cascadia Subduction Zone. Ensure you have some emergency provides. The Huge One might come at any second!
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Seeing how shut this was to hitting the Cascadia fault is kind of one thing.
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Bomb cyclone not so bomb in any case: Snohomish County isn’t feeling too keen on final month’s bomb cyclone after it left an estimated $18 million value of damages to public property in its wake. Fortunately, the county could qualify for FEMA help to assist with repairs.
The Eras Tour remains to be occurring? How lengthy is that this fucking Taylor Swift tour? The reply is it is too lengthy, however why cease beating a lifeless horse if it hasn’t stopped spitting out cash? Wait, sorry. That is not what this information is about. The information is that the tour is ending this weekend after almost two years. Swift will play her remaining exhibits in Vancouver, Canada this weekend. Seattle Swifties are making the trek up and throughout the border. Besides, some Swifties didn’t understand that they may very well be denied entry into Canada because of previous felony convictions or DUIs on their information. They don’t seem to be thrilled about getting into their “turned away from the border” period.
No rain December: Up to now, we have had eight days with out rain. It will not final. Rain ought to return by Saturday.
At present marks the eighth straight day with out rain in Seattle.
Sorry, solar lovers, however the different shoe is about to drop 🤣🌧️🌧️🌧️
— Seattle Climate Weblog (@KSeattleWeather) December 6, 2024
Is gun violence fixing our predatory well being care system? Medical insurance firm Anthem Blue Cross Blue Defend reversed a proposed coverage that will have charged folks based mostly on how lengthy they have been beneath anesthesia. The coverage reversal from Anthem got here someday after a gunman killed the UnitedHealth Care CEO. The evil, for-profit business that exploits folks in the course of the worst moments of their lives is way from mounted, however the violence it impressed—and the gleeful public response to that violence—ought to sign to the business and lawmakers that the way in which the system works is untenable.
Or, perhaps it is good governance altering the well being care system? On account of negotiations from the Biden administration, Danish drug maker Novo Nordisk will minimize the costs of two of its insulin merchandise by greater than 70%. I am unable to look ahead to the progress beneath the subsequent administration!
Extra on the UHC killer: Police say the suspect traveled from Atlanta to New York Metropolis on a Greyhound bus ten days earlier than the killing. Utilizing a faux New Jersey ID, he checked right into a hostel, the place safety footage exhibits him briefly decreasing his masks to flirt with a clerk. Police are additionally testing bottles the suspect could have left on the scene of the crime for DNA proof. For now, he’s nonetheless within the wind.
The one good factor that is occurred ever: King County Metro launched a “HOT TO GO!” parody.
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If he wished to he would: A Canadian couple in a First Nations group within the northernmost a part of Ontario occurred upon a polar bear of their driveway this week. The bear lunged on the girl. She slipped. Her husband jumped on the polar bear to cease it from attacking her. He suffered extreme accidents to his legs and arms earlier than a neighbor got here exterior and shot it. The person is recovering in a hospital. Polar bear interactions reminiscent of this one will doubtless occur extra typically as close by sea ice continues its retreat.
Jobs: In November, employers added 227,000 jobs to the labor market. That is an enormous distinction from storm-ravaged and strike-heavy October’s paltry 36,000 new jobs.
New Jersey drones: The FBI is investigating clusters of flying objects—doubtless drones—hovering over crucial infrastructure and residential houses within the Backyard State. The drones are large. One witness described them as just like the dimensions of a small automobile. Officers say the drones’ presence appears “nefarious in nature.” I am hoping the drones are extraterrestrial and that aliens are gathering all of their info on our species from finding out New Jersey.
Music to your Friday: Florida rapper and singer, Doechii, delivered one thing contemporary on The Late Present with Stephen Colbert.
