Is stay out of the water because of sewage overflow lifted yet ? Does look pretty though.

Well, that’s not even remotely true. And especially in the case of insulin. If the government only allows one producer of insulin via patent protection then that is pretty obviously not free markets at work finding a true price

The market has proven time and again that it cannot be trusted to equitably manage human necessities.

This is true. This state has an unbelievable amount of prime public land compared to most states. We are actually really lucky in that regard.

I live in the North Cascades. Its grey most of the winter. Seattle actually has more sun. East of the mountains may be sunny, but its cold, really cold and its snows. If you want consistent sun in winter on the west coast, it can be found in California or Arizona. That is why people leave here in the winter for places like Florida or the above mentioned. The PNW is grey, not all grey all the time, but to a person from Florida it will seem all grey through the winter.

Dude, you don’t know how good you have it here. Coming from a state that has 90%+ private land, Washington has a bounty of public world-class land

Why not just remove the patent protection? Seems better to let the market choose a price rather than creating the danger of shortages

If this happened sooner, my friend would still be alive. RIP Myckelle. You deserved affordable insulin.

>Cap on insulin cost now permanent in Washington

If so, how do they get the medicine out? Seems counter-productive.

Jokes aside, this is great. Now if only they could work on the cost of cancer treatments.

“The Senate vote was 47 to 0 and the House vote was 95 to 2.”

Nice to see (most) of the WA GOP pulled their heads out of their asses and did the right thing

I wish downtown Seattle looked this clean

I love Western Washington. We have all of this wonderful waterfront and we’ve decided it should be 99% private homes of people so wealthy they’re only there a couple months a year and then they allow us poors to enjoy little pockets of beach that fill up the minute it’s 70 degrees or more. People act like we’re the Socialist Republic of Washington but we’re where billionaires come to stretch their legs with applause from the local politicians.

Sequim, Washington (pronounced 'squim',) is located in the “rain shadow” and averages over 300 days a year with at least some sunshine. With the Olympic Mountains as protection, the area only gets 16 inches of annual rainfall. Another method some use, daylights: Carex-Day-Light-Classic-Plus-Bright-Light-Therapy-Lamp-10-000-LUX-Sun-Lamp-Mood-Light. Or equivalent. One can also buy full spectrum LED bulbs to replace all the lights in the house, taking vitamin D helps as well.

Bring binoculars and you can stare at the rich people through their giant bay windows.

Cement Park

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You mostly need to cross the Cascades. The other half of WA is in a rain shadow. It can still get cloudy over there, though, so look for things that you like to do, reasons for you to go over there, then periodically check the weather forecasts for sunny days to go. If you're looking for warmth, though, sunny doesn't always mean warmer weather. The sun helps, but the air can still be pretty cold.

Looks very different from the Meydenbauer Bay Park we smoked weed at in high school 😛

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Yeah Bellingham gets hit with that cold Frazier Valley weather. When that hits brrr

Around here, we call Mt. Vernon the banana belt because of the weird little convergence zone of Vancouver Island. Always about 10º warmer up there it seems!

I read something that said “If your shadow is longer than you are tall, you’re not getting enough sunlight to make Vitamin D in your skin.”

I haven’t been able to confirm that or not… anyone know if that’s true?

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