Look for a big daily doomsday report in the news.
Learn about:
Wildfire Smoke moving across North America
A drug-resistant “superbug” fungus now spreading
Several reports on heat wave damage to shellfish
Zero reports on why several Whidbey beaches remain closed all year long for recreational shellfish harvest because of sewage treatment outfall?
Sewage treatment outfall. Not stormwater.
Reporting on this topic appears to be completely off limits to the press.
View the Washington State Department of Health beach list here.
Coupeville
“Clams, mussels and oysters CLOSED year-round.”
“This beach is within the closure area for a sewage treatment plant outfall and is unsafe for recreational shellfish harvesting.”
Source: WDFW
North side of Penn Cove at Monroe Landing
“Clams, mussels and oysters CLOSED year-round.”
“This beach is within the closure area for a sewage treatment plant outfall and is unsafe for recreational shellfish harvesting.”
Source: WDFW
Oak Harbor
Oak Harbor City Park
“Clams, mussels and oysters CLOSED year-round.”
“Washington Department of Health (DOH) cautions that clams, oysters, and mussels from this beach are not fit for human consumption at any time.”
“This beach is within the closure area for a sewage treatment plant outfall and is unsafe for recreational shellfish harvesting.”
Source: WDFW
Daily status reports here:
Washington State Department of Health Shellfish Safety Map
Following the situation on our blog for several years now.
News tip/story idea:
WA voters approved enhanced background checks back in 2014.
The new requirements have had time to take hold.
Did the new requirements reduce gun crimes?
Has there been time for newspeople to ask questions?
Enhanced Background Checks Update
Public Safety Reaction Mode
Clearing out Seattle homeless camps after rock throwing on highways may be seen as controversial.
Public Safety Deal Breaker
Washington State Patrol yields the right of way to protests on I-5.
Seattle protests on I-5 go on for 19 nights resulting in a fatality.
After enabling criminal conduct, WSP will no longer enable criminal conduct:
“Blocking a freeway is a crime and no longer are we going to enable that criminal conduct to continue,” said State Patrol Capt. Ron Mead, who made the decision to no longer close the interstate. “We are not going to be allowing protesters to access the freeway unimpeded, and there are consequences for criminal conduct.”
“State Patrol had shut down the interstate 19 nights in a row in response to protests, said Capt. Mead, who oversees the agency’s district that includes King County. For weeks, troopers operated in response to protesters’ movements, shutting down a stretch of the interstate when it looked as if protesters would enter the roadway.”
Public Safety/Routine Stuff
WSP knows that more people are out drinking and driving during the holidays. WSP gets involved to promote public safety before lives are lost.
Why did protests on I-5 go on for 19 nights?
Where are the Washington State Patrol resignations?
Possibly of interest:
JFK – Voices of dissent and misinformation
Wouldn’t Real Newspeople Ask Questions?
Leaving Afghanistan – Lies About American Rights And Freedoms
4 Stories The Puget Sound Press Will Not Question Or Report On
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