Sorry when I wrote "you" I wasn't meaning you specifically. It's just a manner of writing to mean anybody.

I’m sorry. Bellevue is absolutely not the same place it was 30 years ago.

Back then it was a quiet though still affluent suburb with horse farms and no high rises. Today, it’s a full city unto itself with high density and a rapidly expanding commercial core.

Nice pic, Pilgrim

I've thought about doing it, but the hassle of applying for the State Parks permit in advance and paying the fee seems excessive for just some cool shots.

I drive over to Winthrop once a month via I-90 then Blewett Pass. I never use highway 2…it’s an accident waiting to happen. I have to say I mostly see overturned semis more than car spin outs. They should know better. Just this last few days Blewett was closed for 2 overturned semis. I’ve seen a huge crane have to show up and get a big semi off its side. The worst thing is returning to SEA, once you start down from the summit, the trucks, in the far left lane start making up time and drive fast and like complete maniacs. It can be so dangerous in winter conditions.

I don’t really care for the vibe in Bellevue these days. Everything is very upscale, and I like things a little grittier and relaxed. So yeah, I like Whidbey better than Bellevue, but that’s very much a personal thing.

We moved to Whidbey from Seattle almost 7 years ago. My wife and I miss the city sometimes, but not nearly enough to move back, and our kids LOVE it here.

It really comes down to what you’re looking for and the trade offs you’re willing to make.

Here's my opinion on this checkpoint. The other Saturday I headed to Leavenworth for the Xmas lights. We drove the whole way with minimal traffic.

We got to within 3 miles of town and boom, traffic jam. We waited 3.5 hours until we got to the source of the traffic jam, it was a 4 way stop sign.

Putting an individual at a checkpoint looking for traction devices would have a similar effect. I don't see any good solutions evident.

Bellevue sucks. Whidbey rules. (Source: I’ve lived in both places)

If someone gets killed, at least the driver at fault will get legal punishment??! That is so freaking reactive. Why not just be proactive. It’s hardly asking much.

Chains/cables cost like $40-$80 and take less than 20 minutes to install on the front two tires. And I even saw someone in another comment say that Les Schwab let’s you return them at the end of the season if they didn’t get used.

Someone can have summer/non snow tires. I’m not trying saying the state needs to dictate expensive purchases like that. They should just be putting chains on if they are driving in snowy/icy conditions.

There was a foot at snoqualmie summit I think

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I was wondering, “why could I swear I’ve seen this perspective recently?”

Nice work

I’m all for a multi thousand dollar fine for unprepared drivers that cause accidents on the pass… and add another $10k and a license suspension for anybody with a commercial license.

If something like that were actively enforced we’d have nearly zero accidents on the passes.

They also need to go after the truckers who seem to love speeding in this weather. I can’t count how many times I’ve either been almost run off the road or totally blinded by truckers throwing tidal waves of slush while they’re doing highway speeds in conditions that call for 20-30 mph.

From the USGS comments, it sounds like it is actually related, but still not a specific concern:

https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/nc73821036/executive

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorda_Plate

> ...in the vicinity of the Mendocino triple junction – the region where the Pacific, North America, and Juan de Fuca/Gorda plates meet. Focal mechanism solutions indicate that rupture occurred as a result of strike-slip faulting on a steeply dipping fault striking either southeast or southwest. The location, depth and faulting mechanism indicate that this event likely occurred within the subducting Gorda Plate.

Since the Gorda plate is described by the USGS as connected to the Juan de Fuca plate, and the eastern boundary of the Gorda Plate is considered part of the Cascadia subduction zone, this does seem pretty relevant.

However, they also note that this level of activity is pretty typical in this area. They mention a M6.2 earthquake only 20 km away last year, and 40 quakes over M6 in the general vicinity over the last century, including 6 over M7.

Nice shot. Ferry shots are always great, but the snowiness is even better

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I’m a transplant into Bellevue for a few years now and didn’t know how it look like before. I move from Seattle to Bellevue and actually liked it a lot.

No longer getting parking tickets since parking is usually free. Quiet and peaceful. Feels safer too for a female.

Rent is not cheap but it’s a nice place to live in.

Do you like the South End more than Bellevue? I like the restaurant/store/activity availability that a place like Langley has but I’m not opposed to a more urban environment. I’m currently living downtown in an NC city so I’ve had some time in an urban setting since leaving Wa

I currently live on Whidbey (south end) and worked for many years in Bellevue. They are about as opposite as you can get as far as Western Washington communities go. Specifically, Bellevue is far more dense and consistently affluent than Whidbey. It also has far more amenities. On the other hand, Whidbey is far more relaxed, spread out, and much more socio-economically diverse.

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Wow. Asshole of the day here. You can correct OC’s mistake without being an asshat. Must be all that humility weighing you down.

Not really. It is true that geologists have identified some patterns in large quakes causing smaller quakes at significant distances.

A major quake that takes hundreds of years to build up stress in a fault, however, would almost certainly have to be just about ready to slip regardless for a smaller quake to trigger them. I can't tell you exactly what that means, but I would guess it would be a matter of causing a quake that was going to occur "soon" to instead occur maybe a few months, or perhaps a year or two earlier.

Unless geologists identify a pattern of seismicity along the Cascadia subduction zone that suggests to them a rupture is imminent, I'm sticking to my plan of general readiness to shelter in place (whether sheltering in place or evacuating is the best option depends where you live, and what the disaster is): Keep at least 3 days worth of food and water, and a way to stay safely warm if the power is out, etc. Visit ready.gov if you want more disaster prep advice.

We keep a well-stocked pantry, my camping gear serves for cooking when the power is out, and if we completely drained our water heater, and it didn't rain, I also have a camping water filter good enough to remove bacterial contaminants, or I can boil water to help tie me over for a couple weeks while waiting for relief supplies to reach the whole region.

John Wayne Marina, where the sun sets in the East!

I was just there last week and confirm it looks quite different