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@badwxbaddiesco.bsky.social Oct 3, 2026, 7:30 PM

Washington’s official state fossil is the Columbian mammoth, and fossils have been found on the Olympic Peninsula. 🦣🌲 PNW prehistory is wild. #WashingtonState #OlympicPeninsula #PNWScience #Fossils #BadWeatherBaddies

Bad Weather Baddies Co. pink-and-green Pacific Northwest science board reading 'Mammoths Roamed Here,' with an illustrated Columbian mammoth and Olympic Peninsula scenery.

@phatznewsroom.bsky.social Oct 3, 2026, 2:20 PM

Powerful wildfires require a new approach, California report finds -
#Wildfires #Drought #Storms #Rain #Snow #Mudslides #FEMA #California #CalFire #LosAngeles #SanFrancisco #NorthwestUS #WashingtonState #Canada #Evacuations #HeatAlerts
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...

@soulnightevents.bsky.social Oct 3, 2026, 3:31 AM

From Washington State, Oregon, and Utah to NYC. Experience how we mix sophisticated British tea culture with authentic Jamaican vibe checkouts on Oct 17. Grab tickets today! soulnightevents.com #WashingtonState #Oregon #Utah #ReggaeDancehall #RoyalRiddims

@mickpic.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 9:43 PM

#ForestFriday #AlphabetChallenge #WeekMforMachinery
"Man makes the machines that cut the trees, pave the roads, and build the cars; but in the end, the forest wins. The Forest always wins." -mick
#Photography #MickPic #PNW #WCK #ECK #MickTrip #RoadTrips #WashingtonState

The image shows an old, heavily moss-covered vintage car abandoned in a dense forest, widely photographed near Index, Washington

@jfprod.com Oct 2, 2026, 9:02 PM

Mist in the trees #photography #WashingtonState #flickr #canon
flic.kr/p/9hjHwy

@bleedingheartmex.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 8:18 PM

#Seattle #Washingtonstate

@zantie.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 5:08 PM

Weekly update of #RespiratoryIllness activity in #WashingtonState incl. #COVID-19 #Influenza and #RSV

Metric | COVID | FLU | RSV
% Pos. {King} | down | up | steady
% ED Visits | up | up | steady
Hosp. ADM | up | up | up
Hosp.+ICU | up | up | down

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Stacked line graph showing activity levels for COVID, Flu, and RSV in Washington state over the past year. The following list of COVID-19 disease activity lists the metric measured and the most recent trend of activity.

For COVID-19, percent of tests positive are decreasing marginally, percent of emergency department visits are increasing a marginal amount, new hospital admissions are increasing a marginal amount, hospital beds occupied, including ICU, are increasing a moderate amount, and deaths are steady.

For influenza, percent of tests positive are increasing a marginal amount, percent of emergency department visits are increasing a marginal amount, new hospital admissions are increasing a moderate amount, hospital beds occupied, including ICU, are increasing a moderate amount, and deaths are steady.

For RSV, percent of tests positive are steady, percent of emergency department visits are steady, new hospital admissions are increasing greatly, hospital beds occupied, including ICU, are decreasing greatly, and deaths are steady.

Stacked bar graph of the average weekly rate of clinically administered tests positive for SARS-CoV-2 over the past 12 months.

Overall the most recent week of clinical tests positive for COVID-19 reported by the National Respiratory and Enteric Virus Surveillance System is 0 percent which is trending 100 percent lower than the week before. The most recent week reported by University of Washington Virology is at 5.4 percent which is trending 6.3 percent higher than what it reported the week before.

The following lists the current weekly rate of clinically administered tests positive for SARS-CoV-2 beginning with the week of August 30 and ending September 20; 7.10 percent, 10.32 percent, and 9.18 percent.

Stacked bar graph of the average weekly rate of emergency department visits due to COVID-19 or pneumonia due to COVID-19 over the past 12 months.

Overall the most recent week of emergency department visits coded as COVID-19 or pneumonia due to COVID-19 is 1.11 percent which is trending 6.7 percent higher than the week before.

The following lists the current weekly rate of emergency department visits due to COVID-19 beginning with the week of August 30 and ending September 20; 0.61 percent, 0.94 percent, 1.04 percent, and 1.11 percent.

@phatznewsroom.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 10:59 AM

For the first time: How satellites and AI are changing the fight against wildfires
#Wildfires #Drought #Storms #Rain #Snow #Mudslides #FEMA #California #CalFire #LosAngeles #SanFrancisco #NorthwestUS #WashingtonState #Canada #Evacuations #HeatAlerts
www.msn.com/en-us/news/o...

@jenniferdowling.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 8:56 AM

A tragic scene unfolded at Paine Field Thursday afternoon after a small general aviation plane crashed into a wooded area just west of the main runway shortly after takeoff. #fox13seattle #seattle #Washington #washingtonstate #everett #painefield @fox13seattle.bsky.social

@athenafaustus.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 3:15 AM

HELP FIND KERRY PULLEN.

#Missingperson #washingtonstate #OlympicPeninsula

@globegate.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 10:17 PM

A study criticizes the H-2A visa program use in Washington State.
https://www.globegate.ca/blog/study-criticizes-h-2a-visa-program-use-in-washington-state-45d742ea
#H2A #WashingtonState

@kraftphotography.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 8:23 PM

When the light hits just right! Mt Hood, OR #photo #photograph #photography #mthood #pnw #oregon #landscape #landscapephotography #landscapephoto #nature #naturephotography #naturephoto #travelphotography #travel #travelphoto #gorge #portlandoregon #mountain #portland #ColumbiaRiver #Washingtonstate

Mt Hood located in the Columbia River gorge as seen looking up the Columbia River catches sunlight on it's snow banks in the evening.

@wastateweedboard.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 8:17 PM

For spotted lanternflies, a tree of heaven is the perfect hotel to check in to—and never check out. This invasive plant is a favorite host of the spotted lanternfly, partially because they both come from the same place in Asia.

#InvasiveSpecies #PNW #WashingtonState #weeds

@phatznewsroom.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 5:03 PM

'The Grid Unplugged' clip explores wildfires sparked by failing grids
#Wildfires #Drought #Storms #Rain #Snow #Mudslides #FEMA #California #CalFire #LosAngeles #SanFrancisco #NorthwestUS #WashingtonState #Canada #Evacuations #HeatAlerts
www.msn.com/en-us/news/o...

@wdva.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 1:04 PM

Welcome to Washington! 💙 Blue Star Welcome Week is a chance to make sure military and Veteran families know they have a place in communities across our state. Wherever you are in your military journey, welcome to home!

#BlueStarWelcomeWeek #MilitaryFamilies #VeteranFamilies #WashingtonState

@flockwatch.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 10:57 AM

📍 Cle Elum, Washington: ended its Flock camera contract.
Headline: “Cle Elum ends Flock camera contract after council vote”
Source: nbcrightnow.com, 09/30
That's the 19th place in our ledger to end or pause Flock cameras in the last 30 days.
#surveillance #WashingtonState

@cremevax.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy Oct 1, 2026, 3:56 AM

Greetings, here are the weekly #washingtonstate #kingcounty (that is, #seattle and environs) #COVID #COVID19 #wastewater toots.

A reminder that this King County respiratory disease data comes from Washington State, not the federal government.

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