Category: Nature

Fukushima Rains on Seattle

Seattle’s EPA Radnet radiation spikes with downpour Sept 5-6, 2013.. I was told it was coming but here’s the proof. Click on the above link for the scientific data. I simply do not understand why the state of the damaged nuclear reactor in Japan isn’t getting more attention. In terms of the harm it can […]

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Thumbs Up!

This week we Washingtonians got happy news from our Department of Fish and Wildlife and NOAA. First, our Southern resident orcas– orca pods J, K, and L that live in the Salish Sea and Puget Sound– will continue to have Endangered Species Act protection. Many people don’t realize that we have two types of orcas […]

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Tilapiphobia

February 2010. I’m hungry. It’s lunchtime. Fish sounds good. I make fish. Here is the email I sent to a couple of friends soon after this fish incident. The name of the grocery store has been omitted. I just ate the worst tasting fish I have ever had in my life. Every burp brings back […]

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Optimus, Is That You?

It’s 11:30 Pacific Time on a beautiful Friday morning and asteroid 2012 DU14 just passed by the earth without incident. DU14 actually passed closer than some of our weather satellites, just over 17,000 miles above the earth’s surface. NASA was livestreaming video from Australia: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html. The far bigger news, though, is the meteorite that hurt hundreds […]

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Today’s Other Holiday

Yes, for real! While many people think of squirrels as pests, they can be some of the best free entertainment nature has to offer. Having squirrels around is like having a Discovery Channel for pets. Cats and dogs alike go racing to the window at the mention of the word “squirrel” because squirrels are furry […]

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Got Dead Deer?

Sarvey Wildlife Center in Arlington, Washington is a wonderful place. They rehabilitate all kinds of wild animals from birds to bears. Years ago I took an injured robin to them and they nursed it back to health so that it could return to the skies. http://www.sarveywildlife.org/ Last week I learned that Sarvey could really use […]

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The Tokitae?

Animal lovers and other people of compassion, we have a very narrow window of time to contact the Washington State Transportation Commission in support of the proposal to name a new ferry Tokitae. Tokitae is a beloved orca captured as a baby near Whidbey Island in 1970 who’s been stuck in a substandard-size tank in […]

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Apricot Haze

Overnight the westerly winds blew in a smoky haze from Eastern Washington wildfires. It made for an unearthly sunrise this morning, the sun looking like a molten ball of lava rising over an alien landscape. We had perfect weather here in the Seattle area today, beautiful sunny skies and about 82 degrees. But everything was […]

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