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Category Archives: environment
Everything about the Pacific Northwest is on display at the new Burke Museum. Even the scientists.
The museum’s new home brings its researchers out of the basement, and delivers a love letter of fossils and artifacts to our region. Click here for the full article from Crosscut.
Posted in Art, Education, environment, History, Nature
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The Lost & Found Tale of a Valuable Pigeon
By Lorraine Wascher Woods During our February snowstorm, the Schullers had a handsome pigeon trapped on their balcony for three days. Not just any pigeon; it turns out he was a specially bred and valuable racing pigeon. Nichole Griepentrog (Skyline … Continue reading
Posted in environment, Essays, In the Neighborhood
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These are the 25 most intriguing commercial projects around Seattle – Redmond to Renton
By Marc Stiles – Staff Writer, Puget Sound Business JournalJul 11, 2019, 10:00am EDT Ed note: Click here to access the side show of 25 important construction projects in the aear Vulcan Real Estate is moving aggressively ahead with two huge mixed-use office … Continue reading
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Check out the beauty on the roof!
Someone took these lovely photos of the Hibiscus now in bloom. Will the photographer please come forward?!
Posted in environment, Gardening
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The rebirth of nuclear power could come from Bellevue, if Congress approves
From Crosscut: Nuclear power has stalled in the United States. The country’s 97 commercial reactors provide 20 percent of its power, but only one reactor has gone online since 1998 — in Tennessee in 2016. Two more reactors — behind schedule and way … Continue reading
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Giant batteries and cheap solar power are shoving fossil fuels off the grid
This month, officials in Los Angeles, California, are expected to approve a deal that would make solar power cheaper than ever while also addressing its chief flaw: It works only when the sun shines. The deal calls for a huge … Continue reading
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Remembering Tom Gibbs, a Titan of Seattle Infrastructure
By Doug Macdonald published in Post Alley Ed note: A good friend and colleague of Tom’s has written more of his story and sent this along to Skyline. What a marvelous legacy he has left. Do we all understand that … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Education, environment, Health, In the Neighborhood, Nature, Obituaries, Remembrances, Science and Technology, Transportation, Volunteering
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901 Madison – early design for yet another
Thanks to Sue Van L for alerting us.
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The Creepy Anglerfish Comes to Light. (Just Don’t Get Too Close.)
Few wonders of the sunless depths appear quite so ghoulish or improbable as anglerfish, creatures that dangle bioluminescent lures in front of needlelike teeth. They are fish that fish. Typically, the rod of flesh extending from the forehead glows at the … Continue reading
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Obituary of a Seattle icon
From the Seattle Times: Anybody who swims, paddles or water-skis in Lake Washington this summer might spare a thought for Charles V. “Tom” Gibbs, the King County Metro engineer whose projects in the 1960s ended the constant flow of raw … Continue reading
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National Talk in an Elevator Day!
Thanks to Lorraine Woods for this note. It seems to me that the elevator talk a Skyline is a real plus in socialization. Are we a national model? It’s National Talk in an Elevator Day. Why do you need to know … Continue reading
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Staying warm at Crystal Mountain
We had a fun trip to the top of Crystal Mountain but Mt. Rainier never showed its glory that day in the clouds. Nonetheless, we walked, ate, laughed and enjoyed the good company. Thanks Lisa!
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‘Very Smart People,’ but a Keyless Car’s Downside Killed Them
Ed Note: I had a similar tragic case where a car was inadvertently left running in a garage as a young mother had to rush into the house with a crying baby. Unfortunately the furnace was in the garage and … Continue reading
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Costa Rica has doubled its tropical rainforests in just a few decades. Here’s how
Thanks to Pam P who found this article in the Goodnews Newsletter. Years of unchecked logging laid waste to two-thirds of Costa Rica’s tree canopy, leaving its tropical rainforests facing an uncertain future. But the trees have returned and the … Continue reading
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An open letter to the Seattle Design Commission after the 8th Avenue sky bridge was voted down 5-0
Posted in Advocacy, environment, In the Neighborhood
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Looming over Lake Washington today
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That darn water leak in the apartment
This resident just saved a big leak!! As as update to the post below, a resident just told me that he had recently purchased a leak detector as pictured above. Sure enough, his heat pump developed a leak and the … Continue reading
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No elevators but still a wait to summit Mt Everest
Thanks to Frank C. for this impressive photo from The Guardian. What a queue!
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Biggest World Problems
Here’s a list made up by my favorite 8th grader. What’s your list? It’s a little shy on the “what can I do to help” but she’s still got time – especially when she becomes President!
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Was It an Invisible Attack on U.S. Diplomats, or Something Stranger?
Ed note: The article below from the New York Times raises the possibility, even probability, that those diplomats in Cuba were affected by a “functional” psychogenic type of disorder. It’s a real, treatable and widely misunderstood – a neurologic phenomenon … Continue reading
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A view and noise of the viaduct teardown
This view shows the progress of the viaduct teardown from a friend.s condo at the corner of Western and Madison. What a great improvement in the development of a world class waterfront.
Posted in environment, History, Parks, Transportation
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Why are so many gray whales dying in WA?
Seventeen gray whales have stranded themselves along Washington’s shorelines in 2019, and experts are looking for answers. by From Crosscut: “A stranded female Pacific gray whale washed up at Harborview Park near Everett last week. Officials towed it to decompose not far from a nearby … Continue reading
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Apparently these trees on 8th Ave aren’t protected!
Thanks for the photo from Mike C
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The funeral as we know it is becoming a relic — just in time for a death boom
By Karen Heller April 15 (in the Washington Post – thanks to Frank C for sending this in) Dayna West knows how to throw a fabulous memorial shindig. She hired Los Angeles celebration-of-life planner Alison Bossert — yes, those now exist — … Continue reading
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How to Fix a Dry Room: 11 Best Ways to Increase Humidity in Your Home
Ed note: There are a number of inexpensive hygrometers available on Amazon to check your apartment’s humidity level. Some residents find our winter indoor dryness just too dry – giving them dry itchy skin and dry eyes. Part of this, … Continue reading
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