SPR s Doug Nadvornick reports.
The Washington House on Tuesday unanimously approved a wildfire prevention and forest health bill and sent it to the Senate.
Among other things, the bill would create a fund that would receive $125 million each biennium. That would pay for programs that help to make communities and forested areas less susceptible to wildfires, says Lands Commissioner Hilary Franz. She says the state sometimes spends more than $150 million each year to suppress wildfires.
“Across the state, legislators east and west, Republicans and Democrats, believe this is exactly what we should be investing in and that we have got to do something to change the trajectory. We can’t continue to have the years we’ve had in 2020, 2018, 2017, 2016. The list goes on, she said.
When Mike Yost passes driveways in and around North Bend, he notices that many homes have two vehicles parked outside: a commuter car and something a bit more ruggedâa âsnow car,â the sales manager at Pro Ski and Mountain Service calls it.
The North Bend outdoors shop caters to the cityâs many adventurous locals and visitors. Auspiciously situated in the foothills of the Cascades and along I-90, North Bend is home to Rattlesnake Ridge and just a short drive from countless other recreational destinations for hiking, kayaking, paddleboarding, mountain biking, and, maybe most of all, skiing. After work ends for the day, Yost can hop on the freeway and reach the Summit at Snoqualmie in just 25 minutes, grabbing some laps before heading home.
20 years after the Nisqually earthquake, are we better prepared for the Big One? By Sandi Doughton, The Seattle Times
Published: March 1, 2021, 9:47am
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A man walks by a damaged Starbucks in Seattle after the 2001 Nisqually earthquake. The magnitude 6.8 earthquake could be small compared with a potential quake in the Cascadia fault zone. The zone created a magnitude 9.0 earthquake when it last ruptured in 1700.
SEATTLE –The last time the ground shook in a big way in Washington was 20 years ago, and here are a few things that happened:
• The tower at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport twisted and buckled, shattering windows as an air traffic controller warned off approaching planes.
20 years ago today: 6.8 Nisqually earthquake rocked Western Washington
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People walk past the Starbucks building on 1st Ave South and survey the earthquake damage.Don Marquis/seattlepi.com fileShow MoreShow Less
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Amy Castner of Seattle works security during a windy down pour of rain at the earthquake-damaged Sodo building in Seattle on March 1, 2001, a day after the Nisqually quake.RENEE C. BYER/Renee C. Byer/seattlepi.com fileShow MoreShow Less
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The Fenix Underground building in Pioneer Square is pictured after the quake. Show MoreShow Less
5of18This previously unpublished picture from the air shows damage near Safeco Field after the Feb. 28, 2001 Nisqually earthquake.Meryl Schenker/MOHAISeattle Post-Intelligencer Collection/seattlepi.com fileShow MoreShow Less
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