Recent comments in /f/Washington

ReluctantCartog89 t1_j3r23qy wrote

Reply to I love it here but… by No-Cod7466

Santa Cruz County, CA. Has redwoods, lush forests, killer mountain biking and every type of beach / oceanside environment you could want within an hour. 17-mile drive, Point Lobos, Half Moon Bay. Pinnacles NP within an hour, vast Santa Lucia range and Big Sur for hiking. and Tahoe is only 3 hours away. Shasta, Bend, and NE Oregon are only 8-10 hours away. Laguna Seca raceway for world class racing. The people are friendly and generally level-headed. I left WA and didn’t think I’d find anything better. I was wrong. Cons: real estate and jobs

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Seraphynas t1_j3q9pb5 wrote

Reply to Writing dialogue in Washington by AltRedditForGames

Sadly I’m no help as I don’t currently live in Washington, we are looking to move this summer. But reading this post made me realize that folks in Washington are probably going to find my accent and dialect very strange.

I was born/raised in Kentucky and I have lived in North Carolina for the past 12 years.

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Zero98205 t1_j3q43gc wrote

Reply to comment by aagusgus in Washington's forests recover by Murvayne1

I used to vacation on the peninsula and remember being in high school when that decision came down. Forks was fit to openly rebel. I guess they have Twilight now though, so... fair's fair? 😉

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OkayestHuman t1_j3q0165 wrote

Reply to comment by bakarac in I've driven up and down I-5 100 times since 2014. here's some fun facts about to know by KanyeWaste69

It’s a choke point, there’s no real access between Lacey and Lakewood without getting on I-5 or going around JBLM through Yelm/Roy (or cutting through a water tower lot in an HOA). Any backups or slowdowns get magnified. If everything is working right, there’s no issues, if there’s an issue, there’s no relief (even cutting through the base may not be much help, if you have access)

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iamlucky13 t1_j3pyv9j wrote

Reply to comment by aagusgus in Washington's forests recover by Murvayne1

The mills that are still operating, you mean. I don't doubt they've seen business pick up, but the mill capacity doesn't even exist to match what was being harvested before the turn of the 21st century.

For most of the post-war era, Washington timber harvests ranged form 5-7 billion board feet per year. The record year was 1973, with 7.8 million board feet.

The federal actions in the late 80's pushed it to mostly below 5 billion board feet. By 2000, the 5-year average was 4.2 billion board feet per year. The overall average going back to 1900 was 4.9 billion board feet per year.

The latest year state data are compiled for is 2017, at which point, the total was 2.8 billion board feet - just over 1/3 of the historic maximum, and a modest bit over 1/2 the previous century's average.

https://www.dnr.wa.gov/TimberHarvestReports

The timber industry has estimates out up through 2021, which also came in at 2.8 billion board feet:

https://data.workingforests.org/doc/WFPA_Industry_Econ_Impacts_2021_b.pdf

Washington is genuinely harvesting far less timber than it has historically, and the trend in Oregon has been similar.

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Zhenja92 t1_j3puili wrote

Reply to Scablands in early February? by malefailwhale

You can have snow - but as you head east you get a lot less. By February, snow is unlikely to be a problem and you have a reasonable chance of being snow free (although this has been a pretty snowy year in Eastern WA). One of the best places to view the channeling is Dry Falls State Park/Visitor Center https://maps.northwestportal.com/outdoors/#12.52/47.605094/-119.395425?search=true&f=namelc&q=dry%20falls%20visitor I also really enjoy Frenchman Coulee - where you can walk along the cliffs carved out above the Columbia River https://maps.northwestportal.com/outdoors/#13.45/47.020855/-119.977526

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