October 2022

Air Quality Index ranks us as 2nd worst in the world on Wednesday

With people's eyes burning, breathing made difficult the Air Quailty Index in Seattle on Wednesday reached hazardous levels. Only Lahore Pakistan was worse.

World AQI ranking

 

Seattle's average air quality was ranked at 209 meaning PM2.5 concentration.  Seattle is currently 31.7 times the WHO annual air quality guideline value. That is considered "very unhealthy" by the Airnow.gov website.

https://www.iqair.com/us/ has a more granular view and shows the area near West Seattle High School at 3pm as 257. Among the worst in the city.

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Waffle Wizards coming to Full Tilt; Scratch made waffles in White Center

Mobile waffle truck will follow soon

information from Full Tilt Ice Cream

Full Tilt Ice Cream today announced Waffle Wizards, a new breakfast and brunch concept. Waffle Wizards is scratch made waffles and toppings, brought to you by Melisa Nielsen, a long time Full Tilt employee

“This has been in the works for awhile.” says Mel, creator of Waffle Wizards.  “It just seems like a natural extension of ice cream.”

Waffle Wizards will be available starting Saturday October 22, inside of Full Tilt in White Center. Service will start at 11am until they sell out. Last weekend was the soft opening, and they sold out in under 2 hours.

Waffle Wizards will be converting to a mobile breakfast truck in the coming weeks after getting everything worked out at the Full Tilt store front.

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LETTER: We need to keep our Ladder trucks and Medical Units

Hey there West Seattle neighbors!

I have lived here for 20 years and am a Seattle Fire Fighter who works in the West Seattle district. Currently we have had an additional Ladder Truck (L13) and Medic unit (M26) assigned to this area (which we've needed for a long time) while the WS bridge was closed. At the end of the year these two rigs will be discontinued. I'm writing in hopes that your voice will be heard. Did you know that there is only 1 medic unit assigned to the entire West Seattle area? What happens to those medical emergencies while that unit is transporting a patient to Children's Hospital or Northwest Hospital.....it leaves ZERO medic units in West Seattle to respond. The next units would be coming from Rainier Valley, Downtown or north of the ship canal. Some emergencies can't wait that long.

Pat's View: Grateful for close calls

By Patrick Robinson

Over the course of your life you’ve probably had some close calls with disaster. If not you then you certainly know somebody who has.

In my case, I probably should have been gone more than ten times.

Six car wrecks in which the car was completely destroyed (I wasn’t driving in all of them), three heart attacks, a gall bladder that was 15 minutes from failing requiring emergency surgery, a moment when I was nearly swept under a log jam in a river and numerous traffic incidents where a swerve or a quick foot on the brake stopped what might have been.

Is there a conclusion to be drawn? A lesson to be learned? An understanding about chance, or fate or purpose that can be reached?

In Greek mythology it was thought that there were three goddesses who presided over the birth and life of humans. Each person's destiny was thought to be determined by the three Fates, the sisters Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos.

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La Farge charged with aiding ISIS; Must pay $778 million fine

CNN is reporting that the French cement company La Farge that has a plant on West Marginal Way in West Seattle is guilty of aiding terrorist organization ISIS. The company is pleading guilty and has agreed to pay a fine of $778 million.

CNN's story notes that the company released a statement “Lafarge SA and LCS have accepted responsibility for the actions of the individual executives involved, whose behavior was in flagrant violation of Lafarge’s Code of Conduct. We deeply regret that this conduct occurred and have worked with the U.S. Department of Justice to resolve this matter.”

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2nd half of King County Property taxes due Oct. 31

information from King County Assessor

King County property owners who pay their property taxes themselves, rather than through a mortgage lender, have until Monday, October 31 to pay the second half of their 2022 bill. After that date, late charges will be added to the tax bill.

To make the payment process easier, King County provides several ways for property owners to pay their taxes quickly and conveniently. Payments can be made:

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