4/20 BLAZE IT: Today is one of those magical fake holidays like Pi Day (March 14), except for weed! Weed! Our friends at EverOut already compiled a big ole list of where the potheads will party this fine 20th of April. Hit up Carnival 420 in Georgetown or "Inhalen," a cleverly named tribute to Van Halen at Growler Guys. Catch Cucci Binaca's 4/20 dragstravaganza later tonight and end the night with an edible of choice.
A sign bridge in Lakewood collapsed after a white car hit one of its "support beams." The crash and collapse, which amazingly sent no one to heaven or hell or the hospital, evidently impressed WSDOT a great deal, because a sign bridge is "an [incredibly] heavy structure." As if this weren't complicated enough? This structure is what's called a sign bridge. It spans all lanes of I-5 and the exit. It's an incredibility heavy structure..
Sound Transit finally provided something of an explanation for the long and obvious deadness of its "real-time arrival info on Link platforms." Though they work, they're turned off because, for a number of complicated reasons, they are not up to snuff. A new real-time system, called the Passenger Information Management System, will replace dead screens somewhere "between April and June 2022." If you do not feel like waiting that long, however, then I recommend you.
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Jason Rantz still on that crying-a-blue-river tip: "Seattle Police exodus worsens, 270 out since ’20, with 100 more ‘unavailable.’" But, Rantz, all of this moaning and groaning could go on forever. Wouldn't it help if we all got our heads together and came up with solutions to the brawn drain? Here is one to consider. It's very simple and can be done in no time at all. We could just replace the cops who have.