Seattle Times OpEd, August 2, 2024:
A study of noise from the F/A-18 — the Blue Angel plane — at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island found “over 74,000 people were at risk of adverse health effects. Of those exposed, substantial numbers were estimated to be highly annoyed and highly sleep-disturbed, and several schools were exposed to levels that place them at risk of delay in childhood learning.” South Seattle Seafair neighbors suffer similar noise risk.
Seattle Times:
An LTE (Letter to the Editor) was published August 4 by a South Seattle resident Dan Klein, who stopped by our protest on August 5. Note: anyone can submit an LTE to the ST in support of Dan Klein’s (word limit 200): letters@seattletimes.com
The Urbanist:
Rachel Heaton (Muckleshoot) and Barbara Clabots’ opinion piece in The Urbanist
The opinion piece links to a petition started last year using the change.org platform, now surging toward 2500 signatures. [We have not yet decided whether to start a new petition, with different demands or content.]
https://www.change.org/p/we-all-want-to-feel-safe-no-more-blue-angels-over-seattle
South Seattle Emerald:
We Asked, You Answered – South Seattle Emerald survey (approximately 90 responses)
Member Glen Milner on Blue Angels’ noise pollution and navy’s knowledge of it
And from 2022:
https://southseattleemerald.com/2022/08/04/opinion-in-a-climate-emergency-is-seafair-obsolete/
Broadcast Local News:
August 5 covered by KING 5. Mary commenting on the health impacts of the BAs’ noise and fumes
August 6 covered by KIRO 7
The Stranger (“Seattle’s only newspaper”):
Charles Mudede’s opinion piece in the Stranger
https://www.thestranger.com/war/2023/08/03/79105696/the-blue-angels-are-here-and-i-dont-hate-it
Also this in the August 4 “Slog” in The Stranger:
“Let’s fucking fight the Blue Angels: A group of environmentalists and pacifists are organizing against the Blue Angels. On Saturday and on Sunday, protesters against the annual show of military power, which burns 68,000 gallons of jet fuel and burns 650 metric tons of carbon dioxide, will gather at Genesee Park from 10 am to noon.”
And this cartoon “Seattle during Seafair Week” also on August 4:
https://www.thestranger.com/comic/2023/08/04/79107213/therapy-during-seafair-week
Real Change News:
Opinion Piece by Jill Friedberg, who updated the piece she wrote last year for the South Seattle Emerald. The photo is from our protest, which does not get mentioned in the piece but is, perhaps, implied!
https://www.realchangenews.org/news/2023/08/09/climate-emergency-seafair-obsolete
Photos
From the airshow and a few from From Hiroshima to Hope, Green Lake
An LTE (Letter to the Editor) was published August 4 by a South Seattle resident Dan Klein, who stopped by our protest on August 5. Note: anyone can submit an LTE to the ST in support of Dan Klein’s (word limit 200): letters@seattletimes.com
The Urbanist:
Rachel Heaton (Muckleshoot) and Barbara Clabots’ opinion piece in The Urbanist
The opinion piece links to a petition started last year using the change.org platform, now surging toward 2500 signatures. [We have not yet decided whether to start a new petition, with different demands or content.]
https://www.change.org/p/we-all-want-to-feel-safe-no-more-blue-angels-over-seattle
South Seattle Emerald:
We Asked, You Answered – South Seattle Emerald survey (approximately 90 responses)
Member Glen Milner on Blue Angels’ noise pollution and navy’s knowledge of it
And from 2022:
https://southseattleemerald.com/2022/08/04/opinion-in-a-climate-emergency-is-seafair-obsolete/
Broadcast Local News:
August 5 covered by KING 5. Mary commenting on the health impacts of the BAs’ noise and fumes
August 6 covered by KIRO 7
The Stranger (“Seattle’s only newspaper”):
Charles Mudede’s opinion piece in the Stranger
https://www.thestranger.com/war/2023/08/03/79105696/the-blue-angels-are-here-and-i-dont-hate-it
Also this in the August 4 “Slog” in The Stranger:
“Let’s fucking fight the Blue Angels: A group of environmentalists and pacifists are organizing against the Blue Angels. On Saturday and on Sunday, protesters against the annual show of military power, which burns 68,000 gallons of jet fuel and burns 650 metric tons of carbon dioxide, will gather at Genesee Park from 10 am to noon.”
And this cartoon “Seattle during Seafair Week” also on August 4:
https://www.thestranger.com/comic/2023/08/04/79107213/therapy-during-seafair-week
Real Change News:
Opinion Piece by Jill Friedberg, who updated the piece she wrote last year for the South Seattle Emerald. The photo is from our protest, which does not get mentioned in the piece but is, perhaps, implied!
https://www.realchangenews.org/news/2023/08/09/climate-emergency-seafair-obsolete
Photos
From the airshow and a few from From Hiroshima to Hope, Green Lake