#kingcounty — Public Fediverse posts

Pinehurst Station (served by the :soundtransit_one_line: and :soundtransit_two_line: lines between Northgate and Shoreline South stations) opens September 30th.

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/when-seattles-next-light-rail-station-will-open/

#seattle #LightRail #1Line #2Line #SoundTransit #KingCounty

Hi, these are the weekly #washingtonstate #kingcounty (that is, #seattle and environs) #COVID #COVID19 #wastewater toots.

A quick reminder that this King County respiratory disease data comes from Washington State, not the federal government.

The West Point (WSPT) sewage treatment plant's 7 day running average is, well, sucky. The last 7DRA calculation was on 8/25. The only thing I can say about this is that this running average was just bouncing around, but then completely busted out in the two days from 8/23 to 8/25. It will be good to get some more data points next week to tell us if this is some super crazy outlier or not.

Also, you might notice the banner above the graph that says: "The CDC updated how it measures wastewater viral activity level (WVAL) in August 2026. Our dashboard currently uses the previous method while we work to incorporate these new updates." WVALs are the CDC categories used to describe very high/high/moderate/low/very low virus detection levels, and they get a fair amount of criticism because the category recalculations result in changing baselines that obscure year-over-year trends. I believe these WVAL categories get used in the state's "Statewide view" tab, so the CDC changes will affect that. By contrast, the facility-level graphs that I post each week are linearly-scaled graphs of seven day running averages of detected concentration levels. Whatever happens with the WVAL category definitions, it won't affect this facility-level reporting.

WSPT is one of three King County(-ish) sewersheds in this dataset. You can find overviews, individual sewershed results, and a breakdown of variants for the state wastewater surveillance program, along with other metrics like case counts and hospitalizations for Covid-19 and other respiratory illnesses, at https://doh.wa.gov/data-and-statistical-reports/diseases-and-chronic-conditions/communicable-disease-surveillance-data/respiratory-illness-data-dashboard#WasteWater. If you go to the page and click "learn more" in the statewide view tab, you can find out lots of details about how these data are calculated and how to interpret them. The dashboard gets updated every Wednesday (generally). The Department of Health is here on the fediweb, at @WADeptHealth

Island Soul Carries a Family Tradition of Food, Entrepreneurship and Community https://www.diningandcooking.com/restaurants/19666/ #AfricanAmericanCommunity #BlackBusinesses #BlackCommunity #CityOfSeattle #education #IslandSoulRestaurant #KingCounty #PackTheHouseCampaign #Seattle #SeattleMedium #SoulFoodKitchen #SoulFoodKitchens #SoulFoodRestaurant #SoulFoodRestaurants #TheSeattleMedium #TheoMartin

A friend of mine was scared today by a scammer pretending to be with the local Sheriff's dept claiming he had a warrant for her arrest over failing to show for jury duty and she'd go to jail if she didn't immediately pay him $3k.*

It's apparently a very common scam in Seattle right now.

The King County Sheriff's office is very clear they do NOT demand payments over the phone.

Also, Failure to Appear for Jury Duty is a misdemeanor in WA and will never carry a threat of incarceration. It involves a fine payable only at the courthouse.**

*She realized it was a scam in time to not hand over financial data, thankfully. But was still worried about "But what is there IS a warrant..." There is not.

** Which isn't to say you shouldn't observe your jury summons as the only penalty is financial. You should. It's fundamental to society and one of the few parts of the US government that seems to still be functioning.

#KingCounty #Seattle #Scams

We did! We got a LOT more than forecast, too. I think the last Wunderground forecast I saw was 4.3mm and we got 4.3 times that lol

#wawx #northshore #KingCounty

Greetings, these are the weekly #washingtonstate #kingcounty (that is, #seattle and environs) #COVID #COVID19 #wastewater toots.

A quick reminder that this King County respiratory disease data comes from Washington State, not the federal government.

The West Point (WSPT) sewage treatment plant's 7 day running average climbed up some more from last week's numbers. The last 7DRA calculation was on 8/18. PS, it looks like the data for the ~ six week outage early this summer got backfilled for all three sites.

WSPT is one of three King County(-ish) sewersheds in this dataset. You can find overviews, individual sewershed results, and a breakdown of variants for the state wastewater surveillance program, along with other metrics like case counts and hospitalizations for Covid-19 and other respiratory illnesses, at doh.wa.gov/data-and-statistica. If you go to the page and click "learn more" in the statewide view tab, you can find out lots of details about how these data are calculated and how to interpret them. The dashboard gets updated every Wednesday (generally). The Department of Health is here on the fediweb, at
@WADeptHealth

Seattle restaurant listed among best new spots of 2026 https://www.diningandcooking.com/restaurants/15268/ #BestRestaurant #BestRestaurants #Food&Drink #KingCounty #Lifestyle #news #Seattle #Us #Wa

Hi, these are the weekly #washingtonstate #kingcounty (that is, #seattle and environs) #COVID #COVID19 #wastewater toots.

A quick reminder that this King County respiratory disease data comes from Washington State, not the federal government.

The West Point (WSPT) sewage treatment plant's 7 day running average is higher. Looks like a (for now, modest) summer wave is upon us :( The last 7DRA calculation was on 8/11.

WSPT is one of three King County(-ish) sewersheds in this dataset. You can find overviews, individual sewershed results, and a breakdown of variants for the state wastewater surveillance program, along with other metrics like case counts and hospitalizations for Covid-19 and other respiratory illnesses, at https://doh.wa.gov/data-and-statistical-reports/diseases-and-chronic-conditions/communicable-disease-surveillance-data/respiratory-illness-data-dashboard#WasteWater. If you go to the page and click "learn more" in the statewide view tab, you can find out lots of details about how these data are calculated and how to interpret them. The dashboard gets updated every Wednesday (generally). The Department of Health is here on the fediweb, at @WADeptHealth

Tiffani Lennon at Legal Voice wrote about why Brian Heywood’s anti-trans sports ban initiative on the ballot this November will threaten all women and girls in Washington

#Women #Woman #Sports #Rights #discrimination #gender #Wa #Washington #KingCounty #KingCountyMetro #Seattle #Trans #Vote #LegalVoice #ACLU

https://www.thestranger.com/guest-editorial/the-ballot-initiative-to-ban-trans-girls-from-sports-in-washington-will-threaten-all-women-and-girls/

@divestspd
#Seattle #Bellevue #KingCounty

If you thought people in Laurelhurst were freaks for calling the cops about "suspicious persons" walking their dogs, check out what's happening in Bellevue.

#Seattle #Bellevue #KingCounty #WA #Police

I recently added an advert for my wife's reboot of her real estate career to Full Moon Storytelling.

She specializes in King and Pierce Counties in Washington.

#RealEstate #Washington #KingCounty #PierceCounty

Hello, it’s the weekly #washingtonstate #kingcounty (that is, #seattle and environs) #COVID #COVID19 #wastewater toots.

A quick reminder that this King County respiratory disease data comes from Washington State, not the federal government.

The West Point (WSPT) sewage treatment plant's 7-Day running average of the Sars-CoV-2 levels went down a bit and then went up a bit. The last data are from 7/21.

WSPT is one of three King County(-ish) sewersheds in this dataset. You can find overviews, individual sewershed results, and a breakdown of variants for the state wastewater surveillance program, along with other metrics like case counts and hospitalizations for Covid-19 and other respiratory illnesses, at https://doh.wa.gov/data-and-statistical-reports/diseases-and-chronic-conditions/communicable-disease-surveillance-data/respiratory-illness-data-dashboard#WasteWater. If you go to the page and click "learn more" in the statewide view tab, you can find out lots of details about how these data are calculated and how to interpret them. The dashboard gets updated every Wednesday (generally). The Department of Health is here on the fediweb, at @WADeptHealth

Time to remind all #Seattle and #KingCounty book lovers that the two library systems have a reciprocity agreement and you can check out books from *both* libraries if you live in either service area!

In addition, both SPL and KCLS have reciprocity agreements with other regional libraries, including Sno-Isle, Tacoma, and many more.

https://www.spl.org/using-the-library/get-started/get-started-in-english/en-get-started-with-a-library-card/en-library-card-application/reciprocal-agreements

https://kcls.org/interlocal-agreements/

If you are in WA but outside of the Seattle Library's area, they also offer a 1-year paid membership.

#libraries

Beyond The 100-Year Flood - Probabilistic Flood Hazard Assessment For King And Pierce Counties Under Future Climate Scenarios
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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-26-3231-2026 <-- shared #openacess paper
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[part of my old stomping ground as an engineering geologist]
H/T @Kees Nederhoff
“Flood maps are usually built from a single design storm. For King and Pierce Counties in the Pacific Northwest (USA), [the authors] tried the opposite - simulate 82 years of actual coastal and river conditions (plus 18 synthetic years) with SFINCS and let the statistics fall out cell by cell. That took about 5,400 yearly simulations and 194,000 CPU hours on USGS's Hovenweep HPC. Worth it!
The design-event shortcut turns out to hide a real hazard. A deterministic 10-year event underestimated flood depths by up to half a meter compared to the continuous runs.
The bigger surprise [to the authors] was how one-sided the climate signal is. One metre of sea level rise takes King County's expected annual flooded area from 161 --> 787 hectares, almost a factor of five. Changes in storminess over the same horizon barely register. And somewhere between 100 and 150 cm of SLR, land that never floods today starts flooding fast. If you plan adaptation in Puget Sound, that threshold matters more than any single return-period map.
[They] also propose Expected Annual Flooded Area (EAFA) as a probability-weighted alternative to the binary "inside or outside the 100-year zone" label…”
#USGS #supercomputing #Hovenweep #HPC #coast #coastal #PNW #Seattle #PacificNorthwest #risk #hazard #riskmanagement #model #modeling #CFRM #deterministic #probabilistic #climatechange #extremeweather #fedscience #WA #KingCounty #PierceCounty #WashingtonState #USA #flood #flooding #compoundflooding #floodmaps #SFINCS #storm #weather #climate #climatechange #rainfall #precipitation #sealevel #sealevelrise #SLR #100yearflood #floodhazardmapping #returnperiods #pluvial #fluvial #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #remotesensing #streamgage #history #historicflooding #projections #predictions
#USGS

Though the weekly #washingtonstate #kingcounty (that is, #seattle and environs) #COVID #COVID19 #wastewater sampling has apparently resumed this week, there's a note up on the dashboard saying that the reporting won't start until July 22nd. That's about six weeks of no wastewater data on respiratory pathogens for the entire state, welp. I'm very disappointed.

DoH's site: https://doh.wa.gov/data-and-statistical-reports/diseases-and-chronic-conditions/communicable-disease-surveillance-data/respiratory-illness-data-dashboard#WasteWater

The students had been preparing stories, digital art, and songs about what it was like coming to the United States, and they crafted a performance called “Multilingual Musical Migration Stories” to share their pride for their cultural traditions and each other.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/king-county-students-pay-tribute-deported-friend-celebrate-immigrant-experience
#KUOW #News #Immigration #KingCounty #Education #Music

Seattle and King County officials announced Wednesday they intend to downsize the scope and responsibilities of the King County Regional Homelessness Authority. The five-year-old agency has faced heavy scrutiny following a damning financial audit. Officials said the agency’s response has been “insufficient” to correct the recent findings of mismanagement.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/after-damning-audit-officials-yank-most-funding-from-king-county-regional-homelessness-authority
#KUOW #News #Government #Homeless #KingCounty #Seattle

Iran, Egypt teams arrive in Seattle ahead of match

SEATTLE – The Iranian men’s national soccer team will depart Mexico for Seattle on Wednesday after U.S. officials…
#NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #breakingnews #Iran #KingCounty #Seattle #Us #wa #WorldCup
https://www.newsbeep.com/607789/

Hi, these are the weekly #washingtonstate #kingcounty (that is, #seattle and environs) #COVID #COVID19 #wastewater toots. A quick reminder that this King County respiratory disease data comes from Washington State, not the federal government.

So, ugh, this is not good: all of the Washington State wastewater data are not being updated. The note isn't making any promises about when the reporting will resume. Since Seattle has about eighteen kajillion people coming here for the World Cup, it would be really great to have wastewater reporting up and running. 😬

You can find overviews, individual sewershed results, and a breakdown of variants for the state wastewater surveillance program, along with other metrics like case counts and hospitalizations for Covid-19 and other respiratory illnesses, at https://doh.wa.gov/data-and-statistical-reports/diseases-and-chronic-conditions/communicable-disease-surveillance-data/respiratory-illness-data-dashboard#WasteWater. If you go to the page and click "learn more" in the statewide view tab, you can find out lots of details about how these data are calculated and how to interpret them. The dashboard gets updated every Wednesday (generally). The Department of Health is here on the fediweb, at @WADeptHealth

Criminal charges accusing King County Assessor John Wilson of stalking his ex-fiancée Lee Keller have been dropped by the city of Seattle after Wilson's attorneys submitted a series of texts allegedly sent from Keller to Wilson in May.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/criminal-charges-dropped-against-king-county-assessor
#KUOW #News #KingCounty #Government #Crime #LawAndCourts #Crime

I just edited some of the absolutely oldest lines on this map. With the exception of one block south of 193rd, 61st Ave NE northern bike lanes are OPEN.

Now Briar just has to get its act together and we really will be in business.

#BikeMap #biking #kenmore #northshore #GreaterNorthshore #KingCounty

Hi, these are the weekly #washingtonstate #kingcounty (that is, #seattle and environs) #COVID #COVID19 #wastewater toots.

A quick reminder that this King County respiratory disease data comes from Washington State, not the federal government.

The West Point (WSPT) sewage treatment plant's 7 day running average is low. The last 7DRA calculation was on 6/2.

WSPT is one of three King County(-ish) sewersheds in this dataset. You can find overviews, individual sewershed results, and a breakdown of variants for the state wastewater surveillance program, along with other metrics like case counts and hospitalizations for Covid-19 and other respiratory illnesses, at https://doh.wa.gov/data-and-statistical-reports/diseases-and-chronic-conditions/communicable-disease-surveillance-data/respiratory-illness-data-dashboard#WasteWater. If you go to the page and click "learn more" in the statewide view tab, you can find out lots of details about how these data are calculated and how to interpret them. The dashboard gets updated every Wednesday (generally). The Department of Health is here on the fediweb, at @WADeptHealth

Hello! These are the weekly #washingtonstate #kingcounty (that is, #seattle and environs) #COVID #COVID19 #wastewater toots. A quick reminder that this King County respiratory disease data comes from Washington State, not the federal government.

The West Point (WSPT) sewage treatment plant's 7 day running average is low. The last 7DRA calculation was on 5/26.

WSPT is one of three King County(-ish) sewersheds in this dataset. You can find overviews, individual sewershed results, and a breakdown of variants for the state wastewater surveillance program, along with other metrics like case counts and hospitalizations for Covid-19 and other respiratory illnesses, at https://doh.wa.gov/data-and-statistical-reports/diseases-and-chronic-conditions/communicable-disease-surveillance-data/respiratory-illness-data-dashboard#WasteWater. If you go to the page and click "learn more" in the statewide view tab, you can find out lots of details about how these data are calculated and how to interpret them. The dashboard gets updated every Wednesday (generally). The Department of Health is here on the fediweb, at @WADeptHealth

Also, requesting PubliCola cover this story WRT Mayor Wilson: "City Light ... plans to send the updated large load contracts to the mayor’s office for review soon."

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/climate-lab/five-large-data-centers-eyed-for-seattle/

This is our opportunity to lobby against it to Mayor Wilson.

Mayor Wilson is also not on the Fediverse
https://www.seattle.gov/mayor

#MayorWilson #MayorKatieWilson #SeattleMayor #SeattleMayorWilson
#SeattleMayorKatieWilson
#Seattle #KingCounty #Washington

@mackreed
"City Light ... plans to send the updated large load contracts to the mayor’s office for review soon."

This is our opportunity to lobby against it to Mayor Wilson.

Why isn't Mayor Wilson on the Fediverse? I did not see an account here, but she is on Meta, X, Insta, Bsky
https://www.seattle.gov/mayor

#MayorWilson #MayorKatieWilson #SeattleMayor #SeattleMayorWilson
#SeattleMayorKatieWilson
#Seattle #KingCounty #Washington

Maps Release: Greater Northshore Bike Connector, MEGAMAP 2.0.5

This release is very small, containing only two upgrades (even if they're important), with some additional notes on the Central Kirkland Connector’s south-end closure.

As always, deets at the blog:

https://solarbird.net/blog/2025/10/17/maps-release-greater-northshore-bike-connector-megamap-2-0-5/

#BikeMap #GreaterNorthshore #seattle #northshore #shoreline #edmonds #lynnwood #LakeForestPark #briar #kenmore #bothell #maltby #woodinville #KingCounty #juanita #redmond #kirkland #maps #biking #BikeTooter #SEAbikes

RELEASE: Greater Northshore and MEGAMAP Bike Maps version 2.0.1 - 4 August 2025

Updates this release are fairly minor EXCEPT for the decades-awaited connection from Elliot Bay Trail to Waterfront, and an important new set of bike lanes on Meridian in Shoreline.

As always, check the blog post for the deets:

https://solarbird.net/blog/2025/08/04/maps-release-greater-northshore-bike-connector-megamap-2-0-1/

Maps download:

https://github.com/solarbirdy/NorthshoreBikeMap/

Previous permalinks continue to work.

If you like these maps, maybe hit my Patreon:

https://www.patreon.com/solarbird

Enjoy!

#biking #BikeTooter #GreaterNorthshore #seattle #northshore #cascadia #SnohomishCounty #Shoreline #Edmonds #MountlakeTerrace #LakeForestPark #Briar #Kenmore #juanita #Kirkland #Bothell #Woodinville #Maltby #KingCounty #Redmond #BikeMap #maps #design

RELEASE: Greater Northshore and MEGAMAP Bike Maps version 2.0 - July 15, 2025

Additions and changes this release include a pretty big project of enlarging City of Seattle's street name labels, which were too damn small.

But there's more; check the blog post for changes and notes:

https://solarbird.net/blog/2025/07/14/maps-release-greater-northshore-bike-connector-megamap-2-0/

Maps download:

https://github.com/solarbirdy/NorthshoreBikeMap/

Previous permalinks continue to work.

If you like these maps, maybe hit my Patreon:

https://www.patreon.com/solarbird

Thanks!

#biking #BikeTooter #GreaterNorthshore #seattle #northshore #SnohomishCounty #Shoreline #Edmonds #MountlakeTerrace #LakeForestPark #Briar #Kenmore #Juanita #Kirkland #Bothell #Woodinville #Maltby #KingCounty #Redmond #BikeMap #maps #design

RELEASE: Greater Northshore and MEGAMAP Bike Maps version 1.8 - 8 June 2025

Additions and changes this release:

* LOTS. Too many to list here. Mostly Seattle, but not only Seattle, as they've dropped the 2025-26 bike map, with which we have issues.

Check the blog post for changes and notes:

https://solarbird.net/blog/2025/06/08/maps-release-greater-northshore-bike-connector-megamap-1-8-and-a-decision-about-seattle-2025/

Maps download:

https://github.com/solarbirdy/NorthshoreBikeMap/

Previous permalinks continue to work.

If you like these maps, maybe hit my Patreon:

https://www.patreon.com/solarbird

Thanks!

#biking #BikeTooter #GreaterNorthshore #seattle #northshore #SnohomishCounty #Shoreline #Edmonds #MountlakeTerrace #LakeForestPark #Briar #Kenmore #Juanita #Kirkland #Bothell #Woodinville #Maltby #KingCounty #Redmond #BikeMap #maps #design

2 Line Eastside Bike Connector updated their map to include the new train stations opening today! If you’re seeing this on May 10th, you can go to the opening events!

Naturally, we’ve picked up the new version, and both Greater Northshore Bike Connector and MEGAMAP 1.7 – 10 May 2025 – are now available to download.

But this time, I have something to think about.

They've gone and changed their map key on me, and I'm not entirely sure what to do about that.

https://solarbird.net/blog/2025/05/10/maps-release-greater-northshore-bike-connector-megamap-1-7-and-a-quandary/

#biking #maps #GreaterNorthshore #MEGAMAP #seattle #northshore #cascadia #shoreline #LakeForestPark #kenmore #juanita #bothell #woodinville #redmond #SnohomishCounty #KingCounty #Edmonds #MountlakeTerrace #Lynnwood #Briar #Maltby

Daza (p)

Jimmy is a gum taster. He's paid to decide which flavors and textures are used for production. He also works as a coffee taster. He does coffee in the morning and gum chewing the rest of the day. It's pretty obvious where he does his gum tasting.

Post Alley, Seattle, Washington 2016
Full-size image: https://flic.kr/p/F6xzdC

#Daza #Hogwash_Book_Twenty_Three #HogwashBookTwentyThree #gum #Post_Alley #PostAlley #Seattle #Washington #King_County #KingCounty #Hogwash #photography

@ai6yr
Also Flooding damage has SK Helpline looking to future

https://www.kitsapdailynews.com/news/flooding-damage-has-sk-helpline-looking-to-future/

#Kitsap #KitsapCounty #PNW #Seattle #Tacoma #kingcounty #WA #Washington