This is what Seattle's waterfront might look like after a major earthquake. Credit: WSDOT
This is what Seattles waterfront might look like after a major earthquake.
This is what Seattle’s waterfront might look like after a major earthquake. WSDOT

Scorching Weekend Temperatures: We broke another weather record! In other news, idiot politicians still don’t believe climate change is real. (Thankfully, these kids know what’s up.)

20,000 People Will Participate in Statewide “Cascadia Rising” Earthquake Drill: The exercise, which will be directed out of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, will simulate a 9.0 magnitude Cascadia subduction zone earthquake and a tsunami. Should a CSZ earthquake occur, effects will be seen from Vancouver, BC to Portland, Oreg. According to KIRO, the drill will begin this afternoon when a carrier will land on Vashon Island to simulate delivering supplies. Drills will run through Friday. A terrifying taste of the destruction from the Seattle Times:

Coastal towns are especially at risk. Studies have forecast that while 1,100 people could die from a 9.0 magnitude quake, 13,500 could perish from the tsunami that would slam into the coast within 15 to 30 minutes after the shaking begins.

A scenario document written in preparation for Cascadia Rising exercise states “the scale of fatalities across the coast may overwhelm the resources of local governments.” Whole towns along the coast may disappear. Hospitals could either collapse or be too severely damaged to handle casualties.

All across the region between the Pacific and the Cascade Range, bridges and roads could be destroyed, fuel supplies and communications disrupted, and buildings and crucial infrastructure may sink into soil that’s been liquefied by the intense shaking.

😶 😐 😭

This Transitional Housing Org Has Been Saving Lives with Narcan for the Past Six Months with Little Recognition: Turns out that the Seattle Police officers aren’t the only ones stopping heroin overdoses. According to Erica C. Barnett, officials with the Downtown Emergency Service Center, which provides low-income housing and advocates for a “housing-first” approach to address homelessness, have been training workers at 12 locations how to prevent heroin overdoses with Naloxone since October—months before SPD launched their pilot program.

“We’d had a few overdose deaths in our housing projects and so we saw that there was a need for us to have something available for reversing overdoses,” [DESC administrative services director Greg] Jensen says. But, he adds, “I think it’s safe to say that we were surprised at the number of times we had to use [the Narcan kits].”

DESC has saved a dozen people—about two per month—since they began training their workers.

But the Price of Overdose Prevention Drugs Is Skyrocketing: By about 17-fold. From Barnett:

DESC director Daniel Malone says that as prescription opiates become less available and heroin use becomes more prevalent, “that of course brings less predictability”—and more overdoses.

Gunfire in the Central District: One man was shot on 27th Avenue on Saturday. “Officers arrived and found multiple shell casings and bullet damaged houses and cars in the area,” SPD Blotter reports. After being stabilized at Swedish Cherry Hill, he was eventually taken to Harborview Medical Center. Detectives are investigating the case. Know anything about the shooting? Call 206-233-5000.

“The Jungle” Gets a Visit from South Sudanese Anglican Bishop David Kuol: According to Seattle Globalist reporter Sarah Stuteville, there are nine South Sudanese refugees living in the homeless encampment along I-5, many of who fled the country after the Sudanese Civil Wars. Residents shared “stories of Seattle’s inadequate shelters, brutal muggings they’ve suffered and the endless search for affordable housing,” she reports. Stuteville notes that the encampment residents didn’t want to share their stories out of fear of their employers or families back in South Sudan finding out they’re homeless.

Donnie Chin International Children’s Park: The Seattle City Council is expected to vote today to rename a playground on 700 South Lane Street in honor of the slain community activist. According to KUOW, Chin pushed for the creation of the park, which is currently called International Children’s Park. Chin’s killer still has not been found.

Massive Fire Breaks Out in Everett Recycling Facility: The fire, which began on Saturday, was fueled by “wood pallets, mulch, plastic and other recyclable materials,” KOMO reports.

The cause of the fire is under investigation, but fire officials say it could be linked to several calls they received just days before the massive fire.

“We did have a couple of calls here earlier in the week, so there’s speculation that it could have been some of the composting materials,” said [Everett Fire Marshal Eric] Hicks. “We have yet to rule that out.”

Last Monday and Wednesday firefighters responded to reports of smoke coming from the same building and removed the smoldering compost.

Uh, What? Lynden, Wash. is attempting to make a world record for “world’s longest shortcake” in honor of the town’s 125th birthday. Organizers and bakers are planning on making a strawberry shortcake that’s 1,200 feet long. I guess that’s better than being known as the town that hosted a massive rally for a yelling-prone Oompa Loompa.

Another Great Is Gone: RIP Muhammad Ali.

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Ana Sofia Knauf reports on Neighborhoods for The Stranger. When she’s not commuting to work by bus, she’s worrying about Seattle’s rising rents, giving herself headaches thinking about race, or trying...