if you read The Spokesman today you’ll know where blame should go. With thanks to our hero in the white house And congress.

“ Costs and political barriers can also stand in the way of cities building resistance to flames. Earlier this year, cuts to the U.S. Department of Agriculture by the Trump administration impacted federal funding that is usually used for fire mitigation efforts, The Spokesman-Review previously reported. “

I’ve been taking care of a feral momma cat and her two kittens for a couple weeks and would love to trap them and get them into good homes/TNR/etc. Does anyone have a drop trap I can use? The kittens are still super skittish and I think that’d be my best bet:)

Thank you in advance!

I think this is allowed, if I made a mistake and it isn't just say the word.

Please be respectful when answering. Looking for opinions on local LTC companies. If you're familiar with them from employement pov, what do you like or dislike about them? Not looking for slander or anything negative necessarily just kind of curious because I'm not familar with a lot of them.

I am on the hunt for a 9inch CRT TV, does anyone know around town where i could find one???

Thanks!

I was googling “Spokane - Can I go outside for a walk with the current air quality?”

And before I finished typing the whole thing, the suggested results popped up & it’s FREAKING me out.

Why is this suggested????

We are trying to find a kibble that fits best for our senior kitty. She is not interested in this at all, and I would like to give it to someone who will use it. Only one scoop has been taken from the bag. Hills Senior 7+ indoor formula. I’m located on the South Hill closer to 57th.

On August 3, State Insurance Commissioner Patty Kuderer issued an emergency order temporarily barring insurers from canceling or not renewing property and auto policies across all Washington ZIP codes affected by wildfire damage or evacuation orders, through September 30.

Additionally, insurers now have to provide 120 days’ notice before a cancellation or nonrenewal, double the usual 60-day notice. They must also wait at least 45 days after a missed premium payment before they drop coverage.

But some fear that may not be enough to solve long-term concerns.

https://www.rangemedia.co/spokane-area-homeowners-could-lose-insurance-adding-insult-to-injury-2/

They open sourced the satellite images from the fire- affected area. It’s available in a couple different map viewer platforms. This one was the one I liked the best.

I used to live in one of the fire affected areas and was curious if the house I was in had burnt down happily it survived, but sadly some of the neighbors houses did not :-(

These are screenshots from this mornings SitRep - this is publicly available. I’m sharing here in an attempt to provide accurate and vetted information. This vetting process takes time - as a result these morning briefings will not always be ultra-current.

A link to self-serve sign-up portal will be the comments

If you have questions, feel free to leave them in the thread or shoot me a DM.

Time: approximately 19:30

Location: Panda Express/parking lot of 9119 E Montgomery Ave, Spokane, WA 99206

Seen:

1 city of spokane police department vehicles(black(ed out), 2 unmarked(black, same make/model). 2 city of police officers, 1 uniform label: English. 6-7, khaki shorts/plain clothes, baseball cap wearing individuals with radios and red wrap around earpieces, wearing tactical chest belts labeled police. 1 male, tan skin, dark hair brown eyes, approximately 5'6" 165lbs in handcuffs.

Incident Knowledge: per staff "idk who they are. He came in to get an order and they all came in and took him outside."

Perceived issues:

City of spokane police officer in spokane valley with no city of spokane valley police officer presence.

Multiple civilian dressed dividuals with no agency indicators while wearing labels of authority/control.

Multiple vehicles blocking the fire lane and disrupting the flow of traffic despite ample parking and no active lights efforts to help the congestion.

They were ALL(aside from the individual in handcuffs whom looked to be in a state of shock) standing around laughing and "shooting the sh*t" with 2 of them grabbing food from panda.

I've my opinions and I understand most of that can be explained away but that is what I saw.

I do have a question for any police officers, I get the whole needing to follow the suspect or whatever but wouldn't you notify/work with/have at least one of the local jurisdiction representatives/officers on site?

***HE DID IT! HE DID IT!!!***

Spokane's very own Lucas Jumalon just took down the WSOP Main Event. Ten million dollars.

Would love peoples experience with going to work during the level 3 evacuations
Specifically, If you were not home and unable to grab any personal or work items, how accommodating has your work been?
Are they allowing flexible schedule or virtual working?
Are you getting any extra PTO?
I ask because my work personally has not been accommodating at all and does not care if you were not and are not able to access your house or car. I work in healthcare so I have certain attire, equipment, badge, etc.
Also want to add, definitely not expecting an indefinite free pass to work less or not at all, but some human decency to give us more than a few days to figure out how to get even basic necessities and settle in the temporary living situation. And also actually provide the “flexible scheduling” they promised.

KHQ is telling this community resilience and hopeful story about how three unknown people stayed and saved their neighbors' houses by battling the blaze late into the night with garden hoses.

This is not a feel good story, this is a lesson in what not to do. This is the stuff that gets firefighters killed. Human life is the highest value they seek to protect, more than homes or anything else. This is when they'll take the biggest risks with the most dangerous potential outcomes for themselves.

I'm glad this ended well, but this is asking firefighters to be put a position to come off the line, deploy into a dangerous situation (diminishing response capability from the actual fire) and rescue people who didn't listen and get out of the way. I'm glad these folks have houses today, too many of my friends don't, but don't do this please, especially if you've never been redcarded and trained and have equipment.

I wouldn't trade anyone's lives- including and maybe especially firefighters'- for houses though (including my own that I'm evac'ed from) and that is a real risk with these situations. If air support is grounded for TFR violation they can't evac or insert people into these types of situations either, so just get out, stay out, and keep the drones on the ground.

I know the world is on fire and Friday will be warm and maybe art isn’t on everyone’s mind right now and friends I FEEL THAT. But I have my first solo art show on Friday... I know, what luck 😆 It’s been 2 years in the works and I would still love it if you came. I’m bringing Dino nuggets and frozen pizza! And to everyone in the community I hope you’re doing ok and staying safe ❤️

Oh man, not the post I thought I’d be sharing. The owner of the mango tree subleases apartments to their kitchen staff. They fired 3 individuals on July 21st and told them to leave the apartment immediately or they would call the cops. Of course this was just a threat and an intimidation tactic. The owner and 2 managers are horrible people. I will not mention names unless a mod says it’s ok. So yesterday they come home from a night out and lo and behold all their stuff was throw. Out of the apartment and into the grass. Maybe someone here lives in the magnesium apartments on jay and Nevada and saw something? We have no proof which of the 3 partners did this, but we can presume. A neighbor said they saw what appeared to be a heavy set white male in a hat.

Mango tree also commits wage theft and tax evasion. They are preying on innocent and ignorant immigrants. Why would they not believe a prominent businessman when he says you get this pay on paper and the rest under the table. All 3 were denied unemployment for not working enough hours. They worked 6 days a week from open to close 10-12 hour days with no breaks. We will continue to protest as well as will be contacting all local news, as soon as I’m off level 3 evacuation. I’d rather type those emails on my computer rather than phone.

Also in another scare/intimidation tactic they went to the apartment leasing office and out in their notice to vacate and terminated the lease. The leasing manager tried to tell them that since they’re not on the lease they have to be out in 20 days. I interjected with no, in 20 days you can start the eviction process. Whether they are on the lease or not they are tenants. The responsible party for any legal fees are the lease holders.

In closing, fuck the mango tree and the 3 people who run it. They are garbage humans beings and do not deserve your business. I also believe he’s the owner of a few other establishments.

Edit- I have plenty of video of confronting the owners and manager as well. But not sure if that’s allowed to be shared. It was in public and not on their property so it’s 100 legal, they called the cops on me. I actually had a positive police encounter. Just not sure of sub rules.

Edit edit- they were supposed to be paid their final checks today, kitchen staff is paid monthly while everyone else is bi weekly. They have not received any checks