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2 weeks ago |
seattletimes.com | Erik Lacitis
THE STORY I wrote for this issue is about a serious topic. We might not have the National Weather Service as we know it if the Trump administration follows the blueprint of Project 2025, which calls for the service to “fully commercialize its forecasting operations.”So, let’s look back at how many Seattleites got their weather in more innocent times. It came from the Weather Service, but in the 1950s and 1960s, there was an extra step.
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2 weeks ago |
seattletimes.com | Erik Lacitis
THESE DAYS, WHEN the latest headline about a purge at a federal agency appears, I think about the 30 or so meteorologists and staffers at the National Weather Service here in Seattle. They’re headquartered in a large room in Building 1 at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration offices by Lake Washington, and 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, their forecasts are available to you for free.
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Jan 3, 2025 |
seattletimes.com | Erik Lacitis
THANKS MUCH FOR your responses to my Nov. 23 story on the treasure trove of artifacts at the Washington State History Museum in Tacoma. D.B. Cooper and Rainier Beer got the most reaction. A number of you believed various lines of inquiry should be pursued concerning Cooper’s identity. Some of you mentioned the latest D.B. story, picked up nationwide from the Cowboy State Daily of Wyoming.
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Dec 20, 2024 |
seattletimes.com | Erik Lacitis
LET’S CATCH UP with Bentley, Momo the Giant Cat, Dash the Instagram Dog, Poppy the Husky puppy and the unnamed golden eagle found in a ditch by the side of a road. They all are animals I wrote about in a January story about Washington State University’s renowned Veterinary Teaching Hospital, which sees some 11,000 patients a year and is known as the place to take your pet when it’s in trouble.
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Dec 19, 2024 |
seattletimes.com | Erik Lacitis
THIS POSTSCRIPT CAME ABOUT because of Paul Talbert, a retired geneticist who lives in Hillman City, a neighborhood between Beacon Hill and Seward Park. In June, I described a half-day driving tour of Seattle. Even motorized, it meant leaving out lots of sights, while including obvious choices such as the Space Needle and the Ballard Locks.
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The latest Nielsen radio ratings. As always, note that these ratings are for ages 6+, 6-midnight, Mon-Sun. Stations market themselves by age groups, by male/female listeners, by time slots. Still, it does give you a generalized snapshot. Click to enlarge. https://t.co/kzKuCb9Guo
The latest Nielsen radio ratings. As always, note that these ratings are for ages 6+, 6-midnight, Mon-Sun. Stations market themselves by age groups, by male/female listeners, by time slots. Still, it does give you a generalized snapshot. Click to enlarge. https://t.co/vMpWrHFkTL