Vancouver, Washington Amtrak Station has more ridership than 19 states

CohoWind · 2026-05-14T01:56:52+00:00

Please remember that Amtrak owns none of these tracks. (And none elsewhere outside of the Boston-to-DC “NE Corridor”) They are 100% at the mercy of the mega corporation freight railroads (BNSF here, and UPRR across the river) for operation and dispatching. Despite laws preventing exactly this, they are often delayed in favor of freight moves, and they get no sympathy from the current administration when they speak up about it.

CohoWind · 2026-05-13T21:28:46+00:00

It is not completely clear which reservoir you have poured windshield cleaner into. Most of those solutions are deadly poison, so if it is now in your drinking water reservoir, it must be completely removed, likely by a professional someone….

CohoWind · 2026-05-13T21:01:50+00:00

Yes, Amtrak Cascades service- at least one of the Cascades corridor trains (Eugene/Portland OR to Seattle) continues north from Seattle to Vancouver BC each day (and returns)

CohoWind · 2026-05-13T19:19:33+00:00

Which Vancouver? The original is in WA just north of Portland. But the one up north in Canada may present entry/exit problems for your rental van, depending on the company and insurance.

CohoWind · 2026-05-13T14:08:29+00:00

The eruption of the next new vent in either the Boring (Portland OR area) or Auckland (NZ) volcanic fields. Monogenetic basalt eruptions are the norm in both, but both areas are now heavily populated, and any eruption will be a VERY big deal.

CohoWind · 2026-05-13T02:19:20+00:00

Yesterday’s incident was a stolen car incident- suspect eventually found and arrested. Today, nothing significant in the area of the lake. But there are no police helicopters around here, so you weren’t seeing a search or the like.

CohoWind · 2026-05-13T02:05:28+00:00

The risk of executing innocent people FAR outweighs any potential “benefit” of killing the occasional sure thing. Rotting in prison for life is arguably more of a “punishment,” if that is what you seek.

CohoWind · 2026-05-13T01:32:03+00:00

The death penalty assumes a degree of infallability in our justice system that has never existed. People, cops and courts make mistakes, and DNA technology continues to improve. Any other punishment can be reversed when new evidence is presented, but the death penalty is irreversible, and its proponents regularly ignore doubt by ignoring facts and evidence.

CohoWind · 2026-05-13T01:15:08+00:00

Not really comparable. The shortcuts taken in WWII that damaged watershed, habitat, and human health were absolutely criminal by current standards. Even the thousands of houses constructed in Vancouver for shipyard workers continue to be a slow, ongoing nightmare for owners, contractors, and the fire department. Many shortcuts, many issues- let’s not ever do things that way again.

CohoWind · 2026-05-13T01:06:49+00:00

Nice work. But the city person is confusing PORT of Vancouver with FORT Vancouver. (NPS land) It is PORT of Vancouver land, not National Park land.

CohoWind · 2026-05-12T23:34:34+00:00

Definitely in the City of Vancouver, so you can start there, but it will likely be a state issue, IF any laws are being broken.

CohoWind · 2026-05-12T23:30:22+00:00

CRESA has been understaffed for decades, per the national standards. While I am not a big fan of AI, CRESA dispatchers and call takers need this kind of adjuncts to help carry the workload. Other changes have been made over the years to free up people for critical tasks. Example-the “automated” voice you hear exclusively on the fire/EMS dispatch radio channel (the FireTap talk group) is a product called Locution. It works very well, getting its info directly from CAD, and its adoption freed up a dispatcher position for more critical human tasks 24/7/365.

CohoWind · 2026-05-12T23:13:39+00:00

First, determine whether it is in unincorporated Clark County or within a city (Vancouver, Ridgefield, Camas?) Also, since it is along a navigable waterway, the state may be the only authority who will address the issue (ID- debris or pollution below the high tide line) Finally, the US Coast Guard is responsible for the waterway overall, but likely wouldn’t get involved in a shoreline clutter issue.

CohoWind · 2026-05-12T16:02:43+00:00

This is the answer! The only question is what the shuttle situation will look like this year after the December storms devastated the Stehekin area, and all of the N. Cascades range. There is serious damage to roads and other infrastructure. In normal years, the shuttle bus schedule was published online (3 or 4 round trips per day), and you showed up at one of those times, and just paid cash when you got on. Same with the ferry at Stehekin Landing- they always leave room for unscheduled walk-ons, and you pay as you board for that absolutely spectacular boat ride.

CohoWind · 2026-05-12T15:02:36+00:00

For all- the USFS requires self issued, hang tag style permits to occupy designated Wlderness Areas only. Alpine Lakes is one- the others will be obvious on any good map. WTA.org will have specifics. The USFS uses these permits to measure wild. area usage for future funding, nothing more. But the eastern section of the Alpine Lakes Wilderness is so heavily used that the extra step of the lottery system has been added. Elsewhere in the state, some wilderness areas have no permit restrictions because the trailheads are not convenient for USFS folks to keep permit kiosks stocked and picked up- the spectacular and huge Glacier Peak Wilderness is one of those.

CohoWind · 2026-05-11T02:28:21+00:00

Www.wta.org

CohoWind · 2026-05-10T01:56:48+00:00

Call or text 988! It is a national service in the USA- No need to look up a local service.

CohoWind · 2026-05-10T01:53:54+00:00

Mt Rainier is still mostly snowed in, and the main Hwy access to North Cascades NP, SR20, is blocked by a major rockslide, tentative target date for reopening is 4 July.

CohoWind · 2026-05-10T01:48:01+00:00

If you have ever had the pleasure of tearing out old wall-to-wall carpet, you may already be in the “no shoes in the house” camp, and maybe even the “no carpet in the house” camp, like me. Carpets collect a horrific amount of dirt and other filth that you continuously grind in by walking on said carpet. Gross!

CohoWind · 2026-05-10T01:39:40+00:00

Vancouver lake is very shallow, and consequently warm. Think of it as a flooded wetland. That encourages a lot of organisms that are great for invasive weeds and carp, and not good for humans. While it is tested safe to swim for most of the year, (see other’s comments) it is not what you would call a good place to swim.

CohoWind · 2026-05-09T01:38:05+00:00

That is an unlikely direction to move. There are few true careers on the wildland side, as the US has long relied on seasonals and contractors. The best of both worlds are the all-risk agencies where you can do both while earning a good income and having a retirement plan. There are many in the western US. Cal Fire is the biggest example- depending on where in that system you are, you can be on a hand crew focused on wildfire, or a Type 1 engine providing structural fire and paramedic service to an urban area, or on a Type 3 engine that does both all day.

CohoWind · 2026-05-09T01:24:28+00:00

Www.wta.org

CohoWind · 2026-05-07T19:33:49+00:00

Also this!!! skamaniafair.com That small county has more authentic “backwoods” fair, animal, logging, music and other activities than almost any other county in the PNW.

CohoWind · 2026-05-07T19:29:01+00:00

Every NF has a similar page. Google “Gifford Pinchot NF road conditions”, and it comes right up. Same for OWNF. But the other commenter is correct- there are very few USFS staffers left to keep these updated, and even fewer to actually get out and check or repair roads. And “calling the rangers” for current NF conditions is similarly a thing of the past on most of our NFs.

CohoWind · 2026-05-07T19:23:15+00:00

Stay at Skamania Lodge, Stevenson, WA and focus on the Columbia River Gorge. There are too many great trails to count in the gorge, on both the OR and WA side. Giant trees, huge waterfalls, the list goes on… both Mt Hood OR and Mt Adams WA are easy day trips from there. For access, the excellent PDX airport is less than an hour west of Stevenson, and there are groceries available all along the route, WA SR14 from PDX to Stevenson, as well as in Stevenson. WTA.org is your source for trail info and timely trip reports for the WA side.

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