A Green Lake Community Council Emergency Preparedness Committee has formed. The committee is working with the City of Seattle Emergency Operations Center and members of other community planning groups, including the Wallingford Community Council Emergency Preparedness Committee. The Green Lake Emergency Preparedness Committee aims to have a plan in place so that Green Lake residents can get information and help in the event of an emergency or disaster. The group is creating four emergency hubs in the area: A Lower Woodland Park hub, jointly operated with the Wallingford group. A McDonald School hub (114 NE 54th St), jointly operated with…
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The ground under your Green Lake house: Stable or slumping after The Big One hits?
I recently received some interesting information from Carol Dunn, professional “Disaster Guru,” about the risks we face in the Green Lake neighborhood should an earthquake strike. On Solid Ground? Carol sent the following geological map from the Pacific Northwest Center for Geologic Mapping Studies: The purple areas of the map represent land that is fairly solid, leading to rocky soil for gardeners, but more stable ground in the event of an earthquake. The blue areas are solid, but not as solid as the purple areas. If there is going to be a landslide, it will probably be in a blue…
Green Lake salon and pediatrician partner to raise funds for children injured in Haiti earthquake
Peggy Sarjeant, a local pediatrician who traveled to the Dominican Republic five days after Haiti’s earthquake, wrote to tell us about a Green Lake fundraiser to aid children injured in the earthquake. Sugarcomb Salon, which is located at Linden Corners (780 N 73rd St), will be opening its doors (on a first come first served basis) to clients from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday, April 12 and Monday, April 19. All proceeds will go to Children of the Nations’ Hands on Haiti project, helping to finance the ongoing medical care of children injured in Haiti’s earthquake. Haircuts for…
Yesterday Morning's Shake Up
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake hit Whidbey Island at 5:09 yesterday morning. Over here in Green Lake, 63 miles from the center of the action, the quake was felt by at least a couple of us: two folks living in the 98103 zip code area noticed enough of a rumble to report it to the U.S. Geological Survey. Did you feel it?
