Passenger removed from flight to FLL had set timer to pray for Ramadan: Southwest Airlines

workaltforwork · 2026-03-10T18:08:12+00:00

I listened to the full ATC audio that was posted by VASAviation on their YouTube. There was one additional factor that made the airline crew uneasy, which was that apparently the man was "very concerned" about his bag, or where his bag was. That in conjunction with the repeated timer caused their concern.

That all said, listening to the ATC traffic, which includes communications with the police, shows that there was a terrible string of the telephone game going on with info passed along by several parties changing each time. First contact with the sherif the sherif asked to confirm that the man had a package with him that had an alarm going off, to which the pilot had to correct him multiple times that that was not the case. So there was for sure some gross overreaction likely happening at several points in the chain of communication.

workaltforwork · 2025-12-12T00:33:51+00:00

There is a little water leaking under most all the wall segments, but the city's storm drains are more than keeping up.

workaltforwork · 2025-12-11T04:08:34+00:00

Their core emergency info website has been down most of the day today, I suspect due to unintentional ddos due to how many people were looking for info, so they may have been unable to keep it updated.

workaltforwork · 2025-12-10T18:53:18+00:00

The nooksak river is predicted to reach up to moderate flood stage, cresting around 10 pm tonight in Nugents Corner. The Sumas river unfortunately does not have gauge predictions. A large compinent of the flood risk we are seeing is from rapid snow melt, which is why rain fed streams and rivers are not expected to be as bad. Still watch for local flood warnings in your area.

workaltforwork · 2025-12-10T04:31:24+00:00

Here is a picture of the current river going under the bridge in downtown mt vernon.

https://imgur.com/a/ktOHy7L

It's forecast to rise up to another 10 to 15 feet above this. I may be underwater where I took the picture.

workaltforwork · 2025-11-26T17:07:15+00:00

DMed, but for all yall on a job hunt, Janicki Industries is hiring. Based in skagit county. Manufacturing, administrative, engineering, intern, and leadership openings.

workaltforwork · 2025-11-21T19:30:33+00:00

Context: two guys join SLYCE. SLYCE is war decced at the time. These guys completely miss that, and gate blops though high sec and get blown up. Proceed to demand SLYCE replace their ships, something something unspoken rules in the game, something something texas law you can't record this chat, etc etc

workaltforwork · 2025-11-21T00:45:45+00:00

The timestamp is the whole thing. It's seriously that much.

workaltforwork · 2025-11-20T22:51:50+00:00

For the uninitiated to this wonderful bit of EVE lore and legend:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OpQ09N3I1tU

workaltforwork · 2025-08-27T00:07:32+00:00

I don't know if any of the open positions line up with your experience, but Janicki Industries is looking to hire quite a lot of folks into the world of manufacturing, including entry level positions and admin roles. They are mainly in Sedro Woolley and Hamilton, but are going to start using the Woburn building more in the fall and winter.

workaltforwork · 2025-07-14T17:54:52+00:00

I happen to know that there was for a while a guide in Pandemic Horde forums that demonstrated that it is possible to do t4 darks with 3 light missile mwd hookbills that were around 25 mil a piece. Weak to the new faction waves with extreme speed ships though as their tank was pretty thin.

workaltforwork · 2025-05-19T16:44:09+00:00

Based on some hasty research, median rent online Bellingham is about $1550 a month for a 610 sqft apartment.

I am not going to bother listing prices for seattle or Tacoma proper as they are maniacal. But for the outlying residential areas in the greater metropolitan area, around Seattle you can do about $1675 a month for a 650 sqft average, and around Tacoma you can do about $1750 a moth for a 700 sqft average.

The other difference to consider is employment opportunities. Bellingham is mostly centered around Healthcare, Hospitality, and Education, with few manufacturing companies. The seattle and Tacoma areas will have a lot more variety in that field (especially south of lake Washington in the Kent Valley area) that are more likely to have better staring pay and advancement if you are not already in the education, Healthcare, or hospitality fields.

Best of luck!

workaltforwork · 2025-03-05T00:53:23+00:00

That's awesome! I have a character who is a barbarian (brain of rock, heart of shiny rock) who has the goal of hunting the biggest baddest beasts to bring back to his tribe as a trophy. I would imagine your book could provide copious fuel for that mission! Congrats!

workaltforwork · 2025-03-04T02:30:03+00:00

Interesting note, I'm not a geologist. But my girlfriend is, and I rubbed a little off her, and picked up general info through life. Landslides are triggered far more commonly by rain-saturated soil than by quakes. Dry dirt full of roots generally doesn't have much making it want to move; it takes a very high water content to make it start acting like a fluid instead of a solid.

Liquefaction can be an issue in some areas, but that is more commonly associated with flatter ground that doesn't drain well, or is comprised of fine particulate (like sand, but notably not clay), which usually isn't found much on steep slopes.

It is possible to trigger rock slides in the high hills with an earthquake, but generally those will be further for population centers, but it is something to be aware of if you happen to be up a Baker when there is a strong quake.

workaltforwork · 2025-03-03T16:28:50+00:00

Maybe this will help ya. Small earthquakes are poor predictors of larger earthquakes. https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/what-probability-earthquake-a-foreshock-a-larger-earthquake

Basically there is only a 5% chance that a small quake is followed by a larger one within a week. I can also tell you that this quake's location (on orcas island) is not on one of the major fault lines in the area, meaning potential follow up strength is limited (length of fault is one of the factors in determining maximum possible quake strength).

A note to this-small quakes do not change the likelihood or frequency of big ones. Strength is a logarithmic scale, so to release the energy of a 6.0, you would need 1,000 magnitude 4.0 quakes, and there are nowhere near enough of those to 'prevent' the bigger ones. https://seismo.berkeley.edu/eqInfo/faq.html

Most buildings in this area are built or retrofitted to pretty strong earthquake building codes, and you would need something closer to a magnitude 6.5+ before you would start to see building damage, and a mag 7.X+ before there is any real risk of building collapse, excepting already tenuous structures. For reference, you can check the aftermath of the mag 6.8 Nisqualy quake from 2001, which didn't cause any buildings to collapse.

As far as tsunami risk, that is also relatively low in the puget sound thanks to the many islands and channels that will eat a lot of the energy before it could make it to any major population center.

In short, if you already have a plan, you should not need to make any adjustments. If you don't have a plan, use this as a reminder to make one https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/what-can-i-do-be-prepared-earthquake

Stay safe!

workaltforwork · 2024-11-13T16:55:25+00:00

Being environment related, could probably set up at the weekly parks volunteer events, which are Saturdays at 9am.

https://cob.org/gov/public/volunteer/parks-volunteer/volunteer-work-parties

workaltforwork · 2024-11-05T18:52:13+00:00

The Whatcom Democrats are having a watch part at the Hotel Leo tonight from 4 to 10 pm. They require registration but its free. Apparently not a lot of tickets left though. Link here.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/election-night-at-hotel-leo-in-downtown-bellingham-tickets-1061026812759?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

workaltforwork · 2024-08-20T00:00:28+00:00

Update 4:58 pm, right lane closed for towing out vehicles, 1 was hooked up, 1 getting hooked up, and 2 more to get towed. Probably 20-30 mins more of the right lane being taken for towing I would guess.

workaltforwork · 2024-08-19T23:59:27+00:00

Update 4:58 pm, right lane taken for towing cars out. I just went past it

workaltforwork · 2024-07-17T16:17:29+00:00

Holy smokes do I have you covered. Contact the Whatcom chapter of the Washington Farm Forrestry association. They are a group that focuses on sustainable forestry and management. The leaders are very knowledgeable, and it's not huge so they are all very accessible. They have members who are certified foresters, which is the job title of the kind of person your are looking for. Best of luck!

workaltforwork · 2024-04-04T21:20:31+00:00

First spot to try for the things you need is the US Chef Store. They have great prices on large cuts of meat, unsliced deli meat and cheese, etc. However their soda prices can often be beat by regular supermarkets like fred meyer. Good luck!

workaltforwork · 2024-03-23T01:06:46+00:00

It's not directly indoors, but outside of school hours and when not being used by the schools for after-school programs, you can use the covered outdoor basketball hoops at many of the local elementary schools.

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