7/18 Flies, Seattle Aquarium, BC ferries, tribal climate, sea otter pups, BC wildfires, The Blob

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Flies
Shoo, fly. There are many different flies in Washington. Some of the most common are cluster flies, house flies, drains flies and fruit flies.Even though flies do not bite, flies are considered dangerous.  In the course of their travels (through excrement, sewers, decaying vegetation, etc.),  they pick up and spread disease, human pathogens, and parasites.  (Pro Pest Control)

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Seattle Aquarium’s Ocean Pavilion to open in August
Seattle Aquarium’s new, $160 million Ocean Pavilion will open Aug. 29. The 50,000-square-foot exhibit space is already transforming the city’s central waterfront, and will feature the region’s largest tropical reef ecosystem, with sharks, rays, other animals and plants. Vonnair Phair reports. (Seattle Times)

Work starts on new battery-electric B.C. Ferries vessels
Construction has begun on the first two of B.C. Ferries’ new battery-electric hybrid Island-class vessels. The work is being done at Damen Shipyards in Romania. When completed, the vessels will be the first in the fleet to operate exclusively in battery-electric mode. Andrew A. Duffy reports. (Times Colonist)

WA awards $52 million from carbon auctions for tribal climate adaptation
More than $50 million in revenue from the state’s carbon market auctions is going to 32 tribal nations across the Northwest for clean-energy projects and efforts to better safeguard communities from the effects of climate change. Isabella Breda reports. (Seattle Times)

Second abandoned sea otter pup rescued in B.C. in less than a month
A second abandoned sea otter has been rescued in the waters off Vancouver Island, marking the first time the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Mammal Rescue Society has had to take care of two fragile pups at the same time. (Canadian Press)

Dry forests 'very receptive to ignition': B.C. Wildfire Service
Over a dozen new fires have sparked across the province over the last 24 hours, and the B.C. Wildfire Service says dry forests in much of the province are "very receptive to ignition." The wildfire service's online dashboard, as of 5 p.m. PT Wednesday, reports 161 active wildfires in B.C. Within the the last 24 hours, 16 more fires have started and 41 were declared out. In the last seven days, 136 were declared out. (CBC)

Birthing the Blob
In 2013, a huge marine heatwave known as the Blob hit the northeast Pacific Ocean. Temperatures soared to dangerous new highs, killing millions of marine animals and disrupting the broader ocean ecosystem in ways that have yet to—and may never—return to normal. Michael Allen reports. (Hakai Magazine)

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Here's your tug weather—
West Entrance U.S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca-  236 AM PDT Thu Jul 18 2024    
TODAY  NW wind around 5 kt, backing to W 15 to 20 kt. Seas  around 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 10 seconds. 
TONIGHT  NW wind 10 to 15 kt, becoming N around 5 kt after  midnight. Seas around 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 9 seconds.

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