Tawptuan
Tawptuan t1_jagvg08 wrote
That Nisqually seismic fault line is pretty severe!
Tawptuan t1_j52ykr6 wrote
Reply to comment by Faceplant71_ in Enjoying a day at Spirit Lake by araemo28
And then the ash went the other direction (first eruption— NE towards Yakima). 😉
Tawptuan t1_j4ze3qk wrote
Reply to Enjoying a day at Spirit Lake by araemo28
Just look at that eternally serene, peaceful, quiet sister of Mt. Fuji! 😂
P.S. I remember the fateful morning when the shockwave of the eruption hit my house, 150 miles away. I thought someone was dynamiting stumps at a nearby farm. Windows rattling and walls shaking. Then the chaos from the cursed ash fall. 😬
Tawptuan t1_j4p99dh wrote
Reply to comment by MoiJaimeLesCrepes in Am I crazy or have headlights suddenly become way brighter? by CruchyBunches
Your last statement: my dad’s 1956 Cadillac did that. 😉
Tawptuan t1_j2vi1x5 wrote
Reply to Never Not Beautiful by islandinthecold
A couple of related historical vignettes…
1956: On school field trips, we believed that if we held our breaths all the way across the bridge in our heavy, slow-moving school bus, that it wouldn’t collapse. Almost 70 years later, you can thank the first grade class of Langley Elementary.
Fast-forward 10 years: On a camping trip to Deception Pass State Park, we Langley High School guys crawled out on the lower bridge girders, over the fast-moving channel, with its deadly-looking whirlpools, to fish for bass. Never caught any, but we earned some bragging rights to this day.
Tawptuan t1_j1xsm85 wrote
To turn background sounds off/on when using devices like Apple Air Pods Pro 2.
Tawptuan t1_iyap5oc wrote
Reply to comment by Calamity_Jesus in June, 1955. My grandfather was happy to return home after a few years on the east coast by Nixx_Mazda
Exactly. Interestingly, I freely drank unfiltered wilderness water for 20 years before the 1970 research with no problems. Then added those gagging iodine pills for the next 20, followed by a proper mechanical filter for another 20 yrs. A victim of hyped research and clever marketing? 🤷🏼♂️
I guess the sad alternative might have been my epitaph: “Here lies wilderness enthusiast JQ, killed by Giardia at 97 years old.” 🙄
Tawptuan t1_iy7jgnh wrote
Reply to June, 1955. My grandfather was happy to return home after a few years on the east coast by Nixx_Mazda
Hurtling along at 50! The good old days!
Raised in Washington here. My first trip back east was when I was 8 in the 1950s. After experiencing mid-west and east-coast summer humidity for the first time in my life, for three sweltering weeks, I felt EXACTLY the same as your grandfather—especially after crossing the Cascades to the natural air conditioning of Western Wa.
The other thing that struck me were the clear, cold, drinkable streams running in little rivulets down the cliffs next to highway 2 in the Cascades. We stopped and drank from them at least 4-5 times. This was pre-giardia days. For 3 weeks, we had seen only brown, muddy water everywhere east of there. Despite the awful humidity in the east, none of us wanted to go swimming where “you couldn’t see your feet.” Coming back to WA, to swim in clear water was luxury again!
Tawptuan t1_isef2xm wrote
Reply to comment by 13goody13 in The Smokey Sunrise from Whidbey by 13goody13
Other posts of yours.
Tawptuan t1_is86h6f wrote
Reply to The Smokey Sunrise from Whidbey by 13goody13
Why doesn’t the poster respond to comments?
Tawptuan t1_irursh4 wrote
Reply to Roche Harbor, WA by walkingtheghost
Wow, last time I was there was in 1966. Nothing has changed.
That’s good. 👍
Tawptuan t1_iqz6lbc wrote
Be sure to lick your fingers before and after.
Tawptuan t1_jdzsulh wrote
Reply to Has anyone watched Night Agent TV series? by Ecstatic-Mongoose454
In episode three, how did they get magically transported to Pacific Northwest forests??
Yeah, suspension of belief necessary to enjoy the series.