tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post8064334407652614106..comments2023-09-23T08:26:38.233-07:00Comments on Port Angeles Unearthed: One Thing Leads to Another - OR - Grave DisorderCrypt Kickerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04560627730845451894noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-32474978150243028302014-03-31T01:04:32.528-07:002014-03-31T01:04:32.528-07:00I think the problem is...this town is too quick wi...I think the problem is...this town is too quick with the shredders when any investigation starts up.....so that there are all smoking guns, no guns.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-74968126800809007562014-03-29T13:36:41.341-07:002014-03-29T13:36:41.341-07:00you know, if you read the history of Port Angeles,...you know, if you read the history of Port Angeles, you can see the roots of lying cheating and stealing go deep, along with grandiose plans. http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=8210<br /> "A handful of additional settlers arrived over the next few years. In 1859 several of the newer arrivals joined with Sampson, Holmes, and Winsor to form the Cherbourg Land Company to plat a town site and sell lots, despite the fact that by law their donation land claims were only for settlement, not re-sale. " " Even before his (Victor Smith) death, when federal townsite lots were offered for sale in 1864 they found few takers. In 1866, Port Townsend interests reclaimed the Port of Entry. As the Custom House departed, so did many of the new settlers. "Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-31159317449197518792014-03-29T13:29:50.053-07:002014-03-29T13:29:50.053-07:00More Sequim history: 1950 In April, it was decid...More Sequim history: 1950 In April, it was decided the Town would stay on Standard Time.<br /> I can't find any other documentation on this, so I must believe it lasted only until Sun, Apr 29, 1951?<br /><br />wow, what "history". Meanwhile, in the real world the Korean War began, and Senator Joseph McCarthy was busy with is Communist Witch Hunt. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-22418390171093885662014-03-29T13:22:33.501-07:002014-03-29T13:22:33.501-07:00How much history can Sequim have? Seriously. A m...How much history can Sequim have? Seriously. A museum? For what? The website is really reaching...do we really need a blow-by-blow of nothing happening? http://allaboutsequim.com/sequim-history/ I think the museum can sell of everything on craigslist, and just be done with this nonsense. Why bother?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-36736620782882078482014-03-29T13:20:00.748-07:002014-03-29T13:20:00.748-07:00best article on it, to date: http://cliffmass.blo...best article on it, to date: http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-landslide-state.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-83781761608961655022014-03-28T08:50:14.307-07:002014-03-28T08:50:14.307-07:00Here's a little portrait of the neighbors my w...Here's a little portrait of the neighbors my wife and I get to endure.<br /><br />He works as a janitor. She works as a clerk at Safeway. In the five years we've been living next tot hem, we've seen them both put on a huge amount of weight. Though they're both in their 50s, they both walk like they're in their 90s. He had a hip replacement and was supposed to lose weight after the operation. Instead, he packed on more pounds. <br /><br />They have a daughter, who, from the first time we saw here set our gaydar off in a big way. She just screams little baby dyke. She's now pushing 30, still lives at home, and has recently squeezed out her first kid with her white trash "boyfriend." She too has just about doubled her weight since we moved in five years ago.<br /><br />The family is pretty much poor white trash all the way, but they have three matching SUVs, and fill their yard with endless piles of tacky inflatable shit for every holiday. <br /><br />Soon after we moved in, we learned of a death in their family. We took over a sympathy card and a loaf of homemade bread. In return, they just stared at us like we were aliens. Like others here, they are endlessly complaining about us wanting to have a GREEN front yard, while they pile up horrible inflatable ferris wheels and snowglobes and other bullshit in their front yard 365 days a year. <br /><br />My wife and I aren't snobs, and we're certainly not rich. But having to live next to these hillbillies - right in the heart of "urban" Port Angeles - has been really eye-opening. This really IS a redneck community. The ignorance and fear of outsiders runs deep, even when those outsiders are trying their best to be friendly. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-18318370844802667992014-03-27T23:54:03.756-07:002014-03-27T23:54:03.756-07:00Well....from what I have seen in the last 20 years...Well....from what I have seen in the last 20 years: outsiders help outsiders, and we do a better job of it. <br /> Your neighbor sounds like a dweeb. I have one that mows their lawn weekly, and complains that I don't. Whatever. Blah blah blah. Make me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-3363871557047897952014-03-27T22:04:11.463-07:002014-03-27T22:04:11.463-07:00Is there a state agency that regulates hospitals t...Is there a state agency that regulates hospitals that might be "interested" that ours sits on the cusp of a cliff? Couldn't that affect their official standing in some sort of way? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-6570258054219851582014-03-27T19:23:36.191-07:002014-03-27T19:23:36.191-07:00If the way our elected officials behave is any ind...If the way our elected officials behave is any indication, then it'll be everyone for themselves when a disaster strikes. Though, to be fair, Cherie might make some cinnamon rolls for everyone! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-84782170515190071212014-03-27T18:06:08.927-07:002014-03-27T18:06:08.927-07:00How does one get the state or the feds interested ...How does one get the state or the feds interested in investigating a municipality and its bidding practices? Anyone have any insights into that?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-37146675870719443812014-03-27T17:58:34.677-07:002014-03-27T17:58:34.677-07:00No reply? Don't like it? Then you can go to th...No reply? Don't like it? Then you can go to the other hospital in town...Oh! I think I get it now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-51808161072872972942014-03-27T17:56:55.521-07:002014-03-27T17:56:55.521-07:00Looks like the bickering, backstabbing Clallam Cou...Looks like the bickering, backstabbing Clallam County-style action is in Sequim in the Museum. <br /><br />Maybe they could make up the deficit by charging admission to their sure-to-be-contentious upcoming meetings? Kind of like cage fighting for the cultured set.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-41249607610174257552014-03-27T13:47:31.234-07:002014-03-27T13:47:31.234-07:00Per neighborly relations in an emergency (in Clall...Per neighborly relations in an emergency (in Clallam County):<br /><br />I think I'm more liberal and community-minded than most - at least I was until I moved to Port Angeles. Here, generally speaking, my neighbors put the "Nay!" in neighborhood.<br /><br />Example: The retired mill guy who lives next door, you know, the one who tore out all living things in his front yard and covered it with red gravel? He bitches because I'm landscaping my front yard. He actually said "Trees and bushes belong in the forest!" He didn't seem to want to hear it when I pointed out to him that this whole area was forest a short time ago. <br /><br />He also bitches about the English Ivy that's growing right along our property line, and which tries to creep onto his property. I'm trying to get it (and other obnoxious weeds) out entirely, but it's not done yet. But you know who planted the fucking ivy? Apparently he did, before we bought the house. But now it's MY job to get rid of it. <br /><br />Other neighbors have been just as warm and welcoming since we moved in last year. We walk to the store - which apparently makes us suspicious to them. We had the oil tank in the backyard taken out. Why'd ya wanna do that? If we could ever afford to put solar panels on the roof, they'd probably lynch us. <br /><br />Even though we've tried to be good neighbors, and done things like invite them to open house parties we've had (none of them have taken us up on it), we still get the cold shoulder and suspicious stares. Why? I guess it's because we didn't go to high school here, don't come from here for generations. <br /><br />The clannishness and open hostility to newcomers here is pretty amazing. We sure wouldn't have bought in this neighborhood if we knew about that ahead of time, and, knowing what we now know about Port Angeles in general, we probably wouldn't have moved here at all. I sure don't want to raise my (future) kids here. I'd like for them to get a good education, and not be shunned for being from somewhere other than Clallam County. <br /><br />So to get back to my point - sorry for the digression - no, we won't be helping any of our neighbors if there's a disaster. I suspect they'd either insult us for offering to help, or just bleed us dry. If the earth starts shaking, and they come knocking, we're not home. Sounds lousy, I know, but...When in Port Angeles...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-58939659697384109512014-03-27T12:11:42.497-07:002014-03-27T12:11:42.497-07:00I like how complaints are never answered. Just try...I like how complaints are never answered. Just try writing the CEO or the board, or even any particular department. Might as well write a letter, shove it in a bottle and throw it in the weekly next garbage pickup. Not only do they NEVER ANSWER, I don't think they can read.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-17081842505113425852014-03-27T12:08:55.232-07:002014-03-27T12:08:55.232-07:00I've lived through a major earthquake, and a m...I've lived through a major earthquake, and a major fire -- both of which are mind numbingly frightening. I have no doubt that this area is terribly unprepared for a major disaster. I doubt that people would "pull together" because of the nature of this beast, which can be summed up as: Anything happens, stay the f**k away from my house, because I'm not sharing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-61726230648741297872014-03-27T12:07:04.112-07:002014-03-27T12:07:04.112-07:00Back in 1994-ish when we had that big snowfall, an...Back in 1994-ish when we had that big snowfall, and the Hood Canal bridge was stuck open (or some nonsense..it was closed) and the airport tried to clear the runway, but ended up taking out 3/4 of the runway lights (it was closed) that was my "welcome to Port Angeles moment". None of the roads were plowed for days (seems the snow plows were on one side of town, and the drivers another). I finally dug out, and had an all day adventure getting to the grocery store. To my amazement there was lots of milk, and vegetables, and good food, but what was missing from the shelves: potato chips and beer, soda and candy. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-12415954175840914192014-03-27T09:43:59.790-07:002014-03-27T09:43:59.790-07:00When you look around at all the vulnerabilities we... When you look around at all the vulnerabilities we have on the peninsula, the prospects of a 9.0 plus event on the Cascadian faultline are truly frightening. How many houses will even remain standing? All of downtown, built on sand, will likely be rubble. Drive ANYWHERE? Dream on. <br /><br /> Ever been in a really big earhquake? Ever see what really happens? Not the few snapshots on the evening news, but the house-by-house effects. The roads with displacement cracks. The downed trees and landslides. No power or water. Fires raging with no ability to fight them.<br /><br /> And, as someone else pointed out, we're not going to be the focal point. When the Cascadian fault slips again, just imagine what Vancouver, Seattle, the Delta, and ALL the highly developed areas in the region will look like. tens of thousands either killed, or injured.<br /><br /> It isn't like you see on KOMO evening news in Oso right now. Sure, good people are converging on the area to help out. Donations are being collected. But remember how small and isolated an event it is, by comparison to the region wide impacts of the Cascadian faultline.<br /><br /> Most have NO idea what's ahead, and despite their good intentions, are not prepared for such a disaster.<br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-50649417404003878412014-03-27T09:41:50.785-07:002014-03-27T09:41:50.785-07:00True story: Before a follow up appointment with my...True story: Before a follow up appointment with my medical specialist in Seattle last year, he told me to get a new MRI at OMC and have them send it to his office before my appointment. <br /><br />So, three weeks before my appointment in Seattle, I went to OMC for the MRI. As I checked in, I told the clerk that I would need to have the results sent to my doctor in Seattle. She confirmed that the doctor's name and fax number was on my paperwork, and said it would be no problem. <br /><br />When I went in to the actual MRI room, I told the person assisting me as I got in that I would need to have the results sent to my doctor in Seattle. He too read the contact info back to me from my paperwork, and said it would be done as soon as the test was finished. A different person came in to assist me after the MRI, and I told him the same thing, and I heard the same thing in reply.<br /><br />I spoke with three people in the information chain at OMC, and they all had the contact info for my doctor in Seattle, and they all assured me the test results would be sent ASAP.<br /><br />So, three weeks later...I get in to see my specialist is Seattle. He goes to the computer to examine my test results...And discovers they were never sent. So, on his busiest day of the week, he had to take extra time to hunt down someone on his staff, who then had to call OMC to try and get them to send the MRI results NOW. After about 15 minutes on the phone, OMC finally sent the results - an action which took all of about 30 seconds to complete.<br /><br />Only it took them over three weeks to get to that 30 seconds. <br /><br />If this is the kind of service you get just coming in for a test, I shudder to think at what sort of service actual admitted patients get. <br /><br />Is it any wonder so many people here go outside the area for medical care/treatment if at all possible? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-51512505973013003692014-03-27T08:04:01.825-07:002014-03-27T08:04:01.825-07:00"Cheap" or "affordable" doesn&..."Cheap" or "affordable" doesn't speak to the quality of the care you will, or will not, receive there. <br /><br />I mean, would you want to stay in the most "affordable" motel available? Or would it be worth a lot to pay a little more for one without bedbugs and cigarette butts?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-3896559663075559052014-03-27T07:43:48.860-07:002014-03-27T07:43:48.860-07:00I so glad KNOP is hear to report the news to us.I so glad KNOP is hear to report the news to us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-24839469208902806922014-03-27T07:27:38.202-07:002014-03-27T07:27:38.202-07:00In other spelling news...Thanks to the feedback I ...In other spelling news...Thanks to the feedback I get from Google, I know that the people searching for this blog most often type in "port angeles unearthed." <br /><br />The second most common search phrase is "port angrles unearthed." Which seems like a typo, but might also represent all the anger and angst people who live here feel. Yes?Crypt Kickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04560627730845451894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-42873496945023048772014-03-27T07:24:27.192-07:002014-03-27T07:24:27.192-07:00UPDATE: From KONP's website this morning...
&...UPDATE: From KONP's website this morning...<br /><br />"OMC rated most affordable hopspital in Washington"<br /><br />I'm glad that I know what OMC is, because I don't know what exactly a "hopspital" is. Anyway, the "articull" goes on to say:<br /><br />"(PORT ANGELES)-- A recent survey by a web-based data analysis company rated Olympic Medical Center as the most affordable hospital in Washington State. <br /><br />“Nerd Wallet Health” this month published a report listing ten of the most affordable hospitals in Washington. Nerd Wallet's Napala Pratini says they used Medicare cost data and satisfaction records for the survey.<br /><br />Administrators at the Olympic Medical Center were not surprised by the data analysis posted on the Nerd Wallet” web site. OMC spokesperson Bobbie Beeman says they've tried to keep costs down and have a higher mix of Medicare/Medicaid patients than most hospitals in the state. <br /><br />In addition to Washington, Nerd Wallet has analyzed the costs for thirteen other states posted. A more detailed look at the data analysis and ratings for Olympic Medical Center are available on the “Nerd Wallet” web site, at: Nerd Wallet.com."<br /><br />Yeah, it's cheap. It's on the edge of a cliff, for Christ's sake. As an analogy, a restaurant with awful food in the worst part of town had BETTER have low prices, you know? And the key to this "rating" is all those "Medicare/Medicaid patients," you know, the people getting help from the government that all the people around here who rail against government handouts hate - even when it's themselves, apparently. Crypt Kickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04560627730845451894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-81079321225111335462014-03-27T04:08:31.392-07:002014-03-27T04:08:31.392-07:00Personally, I feel like my house is pretty prepare...Personally, I feel like my house is pretty prepared for an emergency. We have water, food, medical supplies, lights, battery and crank operated radios, etc. all ready at all times. <br /><br />But I see how my neighbors live their lives: Totally random actions, no planning, fast food and convenience-based. The type of people who think nothing of getting in their gas-guzzling SUV and driving back to the store for one item. (Kind of helps explain how we've seen entire families really pack on the pounds over the last few years of living where we do.)<br /><br />Most of our neighbors seem to represent the nothing-bad-ever-happens, everything will always be the way it is today school of thought. Living minute to minute. In an emergency, these people will freak out and go to shit really, really quickly. Extrapolate out to all of Port Angeles or Clallam County, where most people probably live much more like our neighbors than not, and we've got the disaster after a disaster to worry about. Any major disruption of the food or power supply for even a few days and this place is going to be pretty scary. I don't think it'll be a full-on apocalypse, but we're not going to answer our door until order is restored, either. <br /><br />Yes, we are prepared. We have provisions. We have guns. We're nice, liberal people, yes, but we're not fools. We know where we live, and are prepared for the worst.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-78697153717178164402014-03-26T21:59:44.534-07:002014-03-26T21:59:44.534-07:00If there were a widespread disaster, we would, of ...If there were a widespread disaster, we would, of course, be stuck. If there were a major quake 101 would be gone (so much is on unstable ground, fill, and how many bridges are there?). And, yes, one minor fender-bender and it would be useless. We have no alternative routes out. Would PenCom even work? Would it be so swamped that it couldn't function? And, we rely on a very few cell towers, and our phone lines go along 101. Think we'd be cut off. We'd be stuck. So, what would you do? Do you have Red Cross/First Aid training? Do you have a HAM radio operators license and equipment (do you know who does)? Do you have enough food supplies/water supplies/medical supplies to manage for yourself, your family, and how many other people? Clearly, what we would need to do is keep care of our neighbors, our neighborhoods, and not wait for help to arrive. We'd either come together as a community, or we'd be fighting, robbing each other, and in chaos and panic. The question is: how ready are YOU?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3071606563611538039.post-165165083401336002014-03-26T21:54:36.056-07:002014-03-26T21:54:36.056-07:00101 between PA and Sequim is not in the tsunami zo...101 between PA and Sequim is not in the tsunami zone. 101 doesn't get close to the water until Discovery Bay, then, of course that will be long, long gone. Before there was a facility in Sequim, people who had some life threatening condition were trucked to the Olympic Peninsula Hospital. What do people in Forks do? Where do they go? Where do people in Joyce go? If something happened people could be directed to Sequim. I'm not seeing the problem..in an emergency, wide-spread disaster, we wouldn't have enough ambulances, or beds in the ER (ANYWHERE IN THE AREA), nor enough doctors and nurses to actually treat most people injured. I think you are living in a fantasy if you think we'd have much help at all. We'd be the sick, wounded, and suffering until FEMA aid showed up, a week or so after the event. Get real.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com