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Wednesday, August 13, 2025

Seattle's sizzling temps-will cool down soon

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/weather/seattle-weather-sizzling-temps-will-cool-down-as-meteor-shower-arrives/

https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-forecasts/heat-records-in-jeopardy-as-seasons-first-90-degree-readings-expected-in-northwest/1781447 Back in June there was some hype or tepedation about there posibly being too many hot summer days in Seattle. 
https://www.accuweather.com/en/us/seattle/98104/august-weather/351409 So far it looks like Seattle might have 1 August day that could reach at least 90 F or 32 C.  

https://www.accuweather.com/en/us/portland/97209/august-weather/350473 Portland might end up having just 4 days that were at least 90 F.

https://www.accuweather.com/en/ca/vancouver/v6c/august-weather/53286 No 90 F August days in Vancouver, BC, but there could be a few days in the 80s. 

https://www.accuweather.com/en/us/seattle/98104/july-weather/351409?year=2025 July in Seattle had 12 days in the 80s and only 2 days in the 90s.

https://www.accuweather.com/en/ca/vancouver/v6c/july-weather/53286?year=2025 Vancouver only had 10 July days that were at least 80 F or 26.7 C.

https://www.accuweather.com/en/ca/vancouver/v6c/june-weather/53286?year=2025 Vancouver only had 1 June day that was at least 81 F or 27 C.

https://www.accuweather.com/en/us/seattle/98104/june-weather/351409?year=2025 In contrast, Seattle had 6 July days that were at least 80 F and 1 day in the 90s.

Spring & summer in Vancouver seems to go by so quickly. Yet, the cold, damp & gloomy fall & winter seems to drag on far too long.

Thursday, August 14, 2025

Parts of coastal Washington, Oregon and British Columbia may pick up five to 10 times their August monthly rainfall

 https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-forecasts/rare-august-rainstorm-to-drench-northwest-british-columbia-during-summer-dry-season/1805386

June, July & August are usually the best times for Vancouver to have the best weather of the year & it always goes by too fast. September is a shortchanged month, because things cool down too soon in Vancouver. While most of September is still supposed to be summer, by the 2nd week its more like spring & then fall by the 3rd week. So at best, summer in Vancouver can go from the first week of June to the first week of September. 

https://www.accuweather.com/en/ca/vancouver/v6c/august-weather/53286 Vancouver still might have three days that are at least 25 C or 77 F and possibly 2 days that are at least 30 C. 

https://www.accuweather.com/en/us/seattle/98104/august-weather/351409 Seattle still might have a few days that are at least 30 C, or 86 F. 

32 C https://www.extremeweatherwatch.com/cities/seattle/yearly-days-of-90-degrees 

https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/seattle-90-degree-day-record-most-in-a-year/281-f472a02d-003c-46a0-8b05-093f4dc09398 In September 2022, Seattle was still having some days that were at least 90 F. In contrast by mid September, its difficult for Vancouver to even have a 70 F day. Summer is supposed to be at least 3 months.

However, that hardly means that all 3 months will be like typical summer weather. Soon, the last 20 C day will arrive in shortchanged September and then the next 20 C day in Vancouver will likely be in mid April. In between are 7 months of Vancouver not having even one 21 C or 70 F day. WTH?

At least Seattle gets a little less rain than Vancouver & has hotter summers, but it still has cold, damp crappy winters. Fortunately, Grunge didn't start up & grow in Vancouver, because more people might have given up from the cold & damp crappy fall & winters.

https://www.revolutioncomeandgone.com/articles/1/the-origin-of-grunge.php  

https://recordweekly.com/2020/05/01/seattle-grunge-story/

https://medium.com/@natalia.baffatto/the-grunge-circuit-a-complete-guide-to-visiting-the-places-that-defined-1990s-seattle-4c22606dfc2c 

https://www.britannica.com/art/grunge-music  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grunge#Clothing_and_fashion

Sunday, January 12, 2025

The Aurora Bridge in Seattle SR99

 https://www.got99problems.org/blog/aurora-bridge 

Most of SR99 through Seattle isn't a freeway, but by Vancouver, BC standards, it might as well be.

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

https://www.seattle.gov/transportation/projects-and-programs/programs/bridges-stairs-and-other-structures/bridges/n-102nd-staurora-ave-n-ped-bsr#

https://cdn.geekwire.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/seattletraffic-768x572.jpg

https://www.coatingspromag.com/articles/steel-coatings/2020/05/restoring-seattles-historic-aurora-bridge

https://www.seattlepi.com/local/transportation/article/Aurora-Bridge-earthquake-work-has-to-be-redone-1412237.php

https://www.seattle.gov/transportation/projects-and-programs/programs/neighborhood-street-fund/aurora-ave-n

https://www.weberthompson.com/project/aurora-bridge-swales-project/

https://www.built.fnf.com/built-podcast/seattle-aurora-bridge

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Seattle,+WA,+USA/@47.6469522,-122.3493596,378m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x5490102c93e83355:0x102565466944d59a!8m2!3d47.6061389!4d-122.3328481!16zL20vMGQ5anI?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDEwOC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_State_Route_99

https://www.geekwire.com/2025/seattle-area-traffic-got-9-worse-last-year-holds-on-to-top-10-spot-for-most-congested-u-s-cities


https://www.google.com/maps/place/Aurora+Ave+N+%26+N+180th+St/@47.7599842,-122.3456667,463m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m15!1m8!3m7!1s0x5490102c93e83355:0x102565466944d59a!2sSeattle,+WA,+USA!3b1!8m2!3d47.6061389!4d-122.3328481!16zL20vMGQ5anI!3m5!1s0x549010f27890f903:0xe9cca7c6fed8f2bf!8m2!3d47.75996!4d-122.3458901!16s%2Fg%2F1ttdy468!5m1!1e3?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDEwOC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Aurora+Ave+N+%26+N+155th+St/@47.7422954,-122.3470229,327m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m15!1m8!3m7!1s0x5490102c93e83355:0x102565466944d59a!2sSeattle,+WA,+USA!3b1!8m2!3d47.6061389!4d-122.3328481!16zL20vMGQ5anI!3m5!1s0x549010df8eb84e21:0xb40b97a9a3e391b0!8m2!3d47.7420281!4d-122.3451588!16s%2Fg%2F1tfcbwcq!5m1!1e3?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDEwOC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D



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Monday, June 19, 2023

Perth, WA and Seattle, WA

Perth and Seattle are fine examples of what hasn't been allowed in Vancouver, BC. Perth has good year round weather & better infrastructure than Vancouver. While Seattle can almost have as much cold & crappy damp Vancouver weather, it's not a thwarted city. Perth & especially Seattle permit taller buildings, wider bridges & have longer trains.

https://www.westernaustralia.com/en/places-to-visit/perth-and-surrounds/travel-to-and-around-perth

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perth#Infrastructure

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windan_Bridge , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goongoongup_Bridge


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railways_in_Perth#Routes_and_services

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airport_line,_Perth#Stations

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airport_line,_Perth#Rolling_stock


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

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/High_Wycombe_train_gn1.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perth_railway_station#/media/File:Perth_station_platform2.jpg


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle#Transportation

https://www.soundtransit.org/blog/platform/making-i-90-floating-bridge-stronger-longer-lasting-trains This crossing provides 4 Lanes each way with 2 tracks for LRT. 

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/Link_Light_Rail_Line_1_Siemens_S700_Mount_Baker_Station_%2852232826261%29.jpg

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/Link_LRV_128_approaching_Sea-Tac_Airport_Station.jpg

Essentially, Perth+and+Seattle both have been able to develop on a grander urban scale than restrictive Vancouver. There is just something about the small-scale thinking of backwater BC that hasn't caught on with, or been adopted by WA. 

https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/perths-mining-boom-to-blame-for-lack-of-heritage-20130315-2g4xl.html


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Saturday, September 16, 2023

Seattle

Seattle might seem small when compared to NYC & Chicago, but it's quite big when compared to little Vancouver, BC.

https://visitseattle.org/things-to-do/sightseeing/top-25-attractions/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle#Transportation

 https://seattlemag.com 

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

https://skyviewobservatory.com , https://skyviewobservatory.com/about 

https://skyviewobservatory.com/location , https://skyviewobservatory.com/news 

https://skyviewobservatory.com/downloadable-virtual-backgrounds


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Net_(building)

https://www.djc.com/news/re/12105569.html This building was Vancouverized so that it can just be another stump building in Seattle.


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

Antenna spire484 ft (148 m)
Roof462 ft (141 m)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_Tower#History

It would take almost 6 decades before the BC part of Canada would allow what Seattle had in 1914.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Centre_(Vancouver)


It's always amazing to see how Seattle & Calgary are allowed to be big cities, simply because they aren't limited by Vancouver & BC type restrictions & imposed limitations.

Wednesday, June 5, 2024

Seattle vs. Vancouver, BC Weather

You get cold, damp crappy fall & winter weather in both cities, simple as that. 

http://www.seattle.climatemps.com/vs/vancouver.php


"Vancouver’s annual average rainfall is 57.3 inches (1455 mm), while it’s 39.3 inches (998 mm) in Seattle.

It means 168 days of rain in Vancouver in an average year, and 150 days of rain in Seattle."

https://www.globe-gazers.com/vancouver-vs-seattle



Thursday, February 5, 2026

SF and Seattle, etc.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seyMIhry1M8 

The SF and Boston land area can almost both fit into Seattle. However, the SF Bay Area and Greater Boston still have a lot more people than the Seattle-Tacoma Area.

Unfortunatly, growing poverty and substance abuse, combined with more job losses makes for a tougher situation, overall.

Seattle's Economic slide https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxB8-RotFIU 

 Massive layoffs hit Seattle tech companies as city struggles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLvbQGr0Xmg

Seattle’s Downtown Isn’t Coming Back the Same https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLRMYCSm1Cs

Friday, April 19, 2024

The 4 Lane Bridge

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_Bridge_(Seattle) WA 

https://www.seattle.gov/transportation/projects-and-programs/programs/bridges-stairs-and-other-structures/bridges/university-bridge-planning-study

https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2023/08/04/north-u-bridge-project-is-a-huge-opportunity-for-a-safer-and-better-connected-u-district-survey/

https://www.seattlepi.com/seattlenews/article/100-years-University-Bridge-UW-Seattle-ship-canal-14067372.php

https://www.historylink.org/File/20389

The 2 level, 12 lane Ship_Canal_Bridge is right next to it.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/Ship_canal_bridge_and_downtown_skyline%2C_2000.jpg




The north end of the Montlake_Bridge is close to the University_of_Washington_station. The 380-foot-long (120 m) station_layout is almost as long as any underground LRT station in Edmonton. In contrast, the first 2 lines of the Vancouver Skytrain only have only 80 m stations. The 3rd line is a joke that is the Canada Line. It was only designed to have 50 m stations. The Montreal Metro & TTC Subway were designed to have 152 m. Unlike Seattle & Edmonton & especially Montreal & Toronto, building for longer trains isn't a problem. That's because they don't have anything like a backward BC mentality or a water it down, because its Vancouver, approach to things. Being from Vancouver, it's always amazing to see what other cities are able to do, simply because they don't take a backwater BC approach to things.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fremont_Bridge_(Seattle)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballard_Bridge (Seattle)


MONTREAL

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Bizard_Bridge Even a backwater part of Montreal will get an upgrade from a 3 lane joke to a 4 lane bridge with wider sidewalks. https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/bridge-construction-causing-travel-nightmare-for-ile-bizard-residents-1.6564161

https://www.westislandtoday.com/post/the-construction-of-l-%C3%AEle-bizard-s-bridge-is-well-underway

  • Expanding to 4 traffic lanes, 1 more than the existing bridge   
  • Building a wider two-way bike path and sidewalk   
  • Complete redevelopment of the road, water and sewer mains and street lighting system   
  • Refurbishing electrical networks and wiring 

https://montreal.ca/en/articles/building-new-bridge-pont-jacques-bizard-26379 Fortunatly, no one from Metro Vancouver was able to stop this Greater Montreal improvement. The backward BC mentality is terrible. It would be devastating if Quebec had ever started to emulate the BC approach to things.

https://globalnews.ca/news/10180724/new-jacques-bizard-bridge-west-island-traffic Unfortunatly, the new bridge won't have a couple of bus-lanes. https://www.ebcinc.com/en/2022/04/05/new-jacques-bizard-bridge A 6 lane bridge would have allowed for that. Perhaps a parallel bus-bridge might eventually be built there, someday. That's what Calgary eventually did with the the+Cushing+Bridge upgrade.

Saturday, October 25, 2014

Seattle: AWV Replacement Tunnel Project

"The Alaskan Way Viaduct was built in three phases in 1949 through 1953 and opened on April 4, 1953."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaskan_Way_Viaduct

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaskan_Way_Viaduct_replacement_tunnel

Cost Overruns For Seattle-Area Tunnel Projects

www.sightline.org/wp-content/uploads/downloads/.../tunnel_report.pdf
along Seattle's waterfront with a deep-bore tunnel underneath downtown Seattle. .... 21 foot diameter boring machine passed beneath Beacon Hill.8 .... and International Tunnel Projects,” Alaska Way Viaduct and Seawall ... Tunnel is 14,050 feet in length; the Central Tunnel consists of two tunnels, the first is 11,600 feet long.

Alaskan Way Viaduct and Seawall Replacement Project ...

www.wsdot.wa.gov/projects/viaduct/.../DEISAppendixCTransportation.pdf
Mar 1, 2004 - 3.1.8 Alaskan Way Viaduct Project: Task 1 Report (December 1996) . ...... The AWV has narrow 10-foot lanes, very limited shoulders or shy distance to ......11,600. 11,800. 11,900...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Seattle_bridges


Wednesday, September 4, 2024

Columbia Centre in Vancouver and Columbia Center in Seattle

 https://modtraveler.net/city/vancouver_694/listing/columbia-centre Not even 30 floors in Vancouver, but its impressive when compared to what's in Victoria-Prince+George-Kamloops.

However, the Columbia_Center in Seattle almost has 80 floors.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_Center#Design It would still be an impressive building in NYC, Chicago, Houston, LA & SF. It's still the tallest office tower in Seattle.

It's not just that Vancouver gets more rain than Seattle & especially Calgary, but that almost everything has to be symbolically watered down in Vancouver, when compared to those cities.

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/canada-wettest-city



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Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Vancouver, BC & Other Cities

So far, Vancouver hasn't had the same scale of urban development that's common in several other cities. The buildings, roads, trains & bridges are half the size of many of the big cities. Vancouver#Incorporation 1886
Vancouverism : Urban_planning
Vancouver hasn't entered the big leagues of tall buildings. By Canadian standards, BC buildings aren't allowed to be as tall as what many other places permit.
{http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2011/05/vancouver-fantasy-skyline/}
The tallest_buildings_in_Vancouver are among the smaller big buildings of the world. Seattle, Toronto & LA all have an office tower over 70 stories. No office building in Vancouver has been permitted to reach 40 stories, around 500 feet (152.5 m) as of yet. No residential building or any other Vancouver structure is expected to reach 7oo feet (213.5 m) in the near future. The big money of the world hasn't been that interested in Vancouver, but perhaps some year, Vancouver might have an office tower as tall as the 748' MLC_Centre in Sydney. However, this would only happen if the big money really wants to change the height limitations, as was the case for LA and Sydney.
The roof of Vancouver's Living_Shangri-La is 197 m (646 ft)
The Living Shangri-La is about the same size as the Millennium_Tower in San_Francisco.
The World_Tower at 230 m (750 ft) is the tallest residential building in Sydney & remains as one of Australia's tallest.
No Vancouver building makes it onto the first page.
The 1st & 2nd tallest make it onto the 2nd page.
The 3rd & 4th tallest buildings make it onto the 3rd & 4th page.
Australia, Asaia, Europe & the Americas have so many office towers over 40 stories. It remains part of Vancouver's urban character to not have an office level reaching to or above a 40th floor.
Although the Houston_City_Hall is of a similar shape to the Vancouver_City_Hall, Houston really started to think big & tall ever since the 1960s. BC only has 1 building taller than the 630 ft (190 m) BG_Group_Place. 1700_Pacific in Dallas would be the tallest office tower if it were in BC. Although Bankers_Hall was never quite the tallest in Alberta it still would be if it were in BC.
The RBC was the first office building in Vancouver to have more than 35 floors & reach at least 460 feet. The windows go up to 36 & there are 3 more levels above the 36th. Altogether it rises 39 floors above the street.
So its a little taller than the LA_City_Hall. 138 m (453 ft)
The RBC is about as tall as 650_California_Street: 34 story, 142 m, (466 feet) However, what would still be a tower in Vancouver is almost a stump in SF. 650 California Street opened in 1964 & 5 years later was the B of A tower, or 555 California_Street.
The 1914 LCS & the 1973 RBC
It took almost 60 years for Vancouver's planning department to allow something on the scale of the 37 story, 1914 Smith Tower is 141 m (463 ft).
The main section has 35 floors, but there is a hidden level below & also above the 35th floor. http://www.emporis.com/application/?nav=image&id=504517
The floors with windows total 37 which is really at the 39th level, but the overall building is still equivalent to 42 levels. That's because the original owner wanted to credit even the windowless floors. http://www.emporis.com/application/?nav=image&id=334689
So the top floor window is at level 39 & there is the equivalent of 3 more levels above that.
This is the 42nd floor but some of them simply have no windows. http://www.smithtower.com/Facts.html
While this little white building has become a stump in Seattle, it would still be the tallest office tower in Vancouver.
The RBC is around the same height as the LCS & when it opened in 1973 it was Vancouver's tallest building.
Calgary, like Seattle, is not subject to the building limitations of Vancouver. The Pacific_Northwest & Western_Canada continue to develop differently than BC.
The shorter building of Seattle's Union_Square would be among Vancouver's largest office buildings. This is the same case with Calgary's Suncor_Energy_Centre.


Sunday, March 4, 2018

Car-free living in Seattle

https://seattle.curbed.com/2018/2/19/17021672/car-free-living-seattle
If people are cloese enough to public transit, then having a car might not be necessary.



Friday, July 11, 2025

The Rise and Fall of an Awkward Dining Trend

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgejGeLwrj4

The Space_Needle became an instant Seattle landmark since the early 1960s. The same for the Calgary_Tower by the late 1960s.

https://www.spaceneedle.com , https://www.calgarytower.com

Both were possible, because Seattle & Calgary aren't under anything like Vancouver's imposed restrictions.

The H._R._MacMillan_Space_Centre opened in October 1968, some 4 months after the Calgary Tower & 6.5 years after the Space Needle. Of course Vancouver was behind, as usual. The first thing that you notice is that there is no tower. It's a classic stump of a building. 

https://thecdm.ca/partners/industry/the-hr-macmillan-space-centre

https://www.spacecentre.ca/celebrating-55-years

https://www.reddit.com/r/vancouver/comments/qhnz76/tbt_vancouver_planetarium_1968

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/77/SpaceNeedleTopClose.jpg The Tower
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Museum_of_Vancouver.jpg The Stump

The movie Final_Destination_Bloodlines provides a CGI depiction of what an actual tower, not a stump would look like. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Destination_Bloodlines#Plot

While Final_Destination_Bloodlines was filmed in Vancouver, it was set in New York State. 

Something peculiar happened in Seattle in 2025.

https://people.com/space-needle-crack-glass-floor-absolutely-safe-11770526

https://wrif.com/2025/07/08/crack-space-needle-glass-floor/

https://cryptogmail.com/is-the-space-needles-glass-floor-cracking-heres-the-real-story/

https://komonews.com/news/local/space-needle-assures-safety-amid-viral-video-of-glass-floor-crack-glass-rotating-floor-redesign-architects-washington-tourism-visit-iconic-landmark

 Final Destination: Bloodlines Movie Clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iQhOmebDqo


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https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Vancouver

Thursday, December 19, 2024

A Landslide halts Amtrak service between Seattle and Vancouver, once again

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/amtrak-suspended-landslide-vancouver-seattle

A double track tunnel or even a trench would be very expensive to build. Thus, an elevated double track line would be better. However, people would likely complain and prefer the current backwater BC situation.

https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/12/19/vancouver-seattle-amtrak-rail-service-suspended-landslide/

Backwater BC must upgrade its transportation corridors.

https://globalnews.ca/news/10925862/white-rock-bc-landslide-amtrak-service-seattle/


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