WHEN OUR ORCA STARVE DAVID NEIWERT: Victoria photographer Mark Malleson took this photograph of the Southern Resident killer whale known as J-34, or Doublestuf, breaching while he was in the interior waters of the Salish Sea this spring. It’s a remarkable and frightening photo for orca lovers, bec[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Aquila’
June 9th, 2017 - 12:58 am § in The Ave Scene
Will Canada’s Oil Destroy the Puget Sound?
ORCA vs. Sand Tar Joel Connely, Seattle PI: No two places in North America look less alike than the tar sands of Alberta, a vast, Mordor-like oil field, and the blue waters and islands of the Salish Sea and Strait of Juan de Fuca, shared by British Columbia and Washington. The “oil patch”[...]
May 16th, 2017 - 12:24 am § in The Ave Scene
We Need Moth Races Off Of Seattle New Waterfront!
The Incredible Moth .. way cooler than the hydroes! These things are amazing. They can make 35 knot in a minimal wind. Imagine Seafair with moth races replacing the hydros![...]
May 13th, 2017 - 7:48 am § in The Ave Scene
Is Donald Trump About to Sell Off the San Juan Islands?
Lovers of Our San Juan Islands Beware. We are so lucky to have the San Juans as a place where the poorest citizen can come and camp and I can bring my 34ft Aquila to anchor in skull cove. Now the Donald Trump administration is threatening to make the 27 national monuments , including the San [&he[...]
April 4th, 2017 - 1:59 am § in The Ave Scene
Fixing the Port
Jordan Royer · My take on what the Port of Seattle needs right now. Vital Port of Seattle deserves strong leadership now With the sudden resignation of its CEO, the Port of Seattle needs strong leadership sooner rather than later. SEATTLETIMES.COM[...]
April 1st, 2017 - 1:36 am § in Misc.
THE Ave Challenge
Arabic for King of Saudi Arabia Bow scroll from Trumpy yachts Persian for Allah Trump family Monogram Japanese dragon embroidery [...]
Congress Opposes Trump’s Proposal to Defund Coast Guard
Bipartisan Group Opposes Trump Coast Guard Budget Cut The 58 House lawmakers sent the letter to the Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee calling the budget cut “nonsensical.” Trump’s wall would draw funds from our much more real threats from North Korea and Russia across the Pac[...]