分類: Snohomish County

[img=images/image_communitytransit.jpg popup=false] 服務於金恩郡北部的 Snohomish 郡的 Community Transit 上個月開始使用新型的加長型公車. 除了比較省油(由原本的一加侖五英哩, 新公車是一加侖七英哩), 座椅上還有新的開關. 1) 非新設備. 椅子的手把可以上下, 如果旁邊坐著一個”大骨頭”的旅客, 至少不會被擠壓在座位上. 2). 非新設備. 一般可以上下椅背的板手, 增加舒適用. 3). 新設備. 這個真的的貼心的設計. 和 (1) 不一樣的, (1) 只是避免被擠壓在座位上. 如果有兩位”大骨頭”的旅客坐在一起, 內側的旅客只能坐”半個”座位而已. 這個開關可以讓內側的座位往外移出個約一吋半. 這樣大家都可以舒適的坐著. 不過和 (2) 不一樣的. 這個開關是不會自動的內外移動. 旅客要在按下開關的同時. 用屁股左右移動座位.

我想這對西雅圖來說是個好消息. 至少 Boeing 的商用客機將繼續在西雅圖存在著. 來西雅圖千萬不要忘了參觀重要的 Boeing Everett Plant Tour Center. • The factory is located in Everett, Washington, 30 miles north of Seattle. • The main factory area is the largest building, by volume, in the world. It encloses 472 million cubic feet of space, while the building covers 98.3 acres. • The Everett Site Wire Shop is the world’s largest wire fabrication plant and covers 330,000 square feet. • Twin administrative office buildings house approximately 7,000 employees and have 1.2 million square feet of floor space, more than Seattle’s tallest building, the 76-story Columbia Center. • The hangar doors at the front of each major assembly bay each are 87 feet high and 300 feet wide, nearly the dimensions of a football field. • The main cafeterias, and their 19 satellite food plazas, serve 17,000 meals per day. • There are 31,361 computing devices and 16,800 computer work stations. They are connected by approximately 12,000 miles of cable pairs. • There are four telephone prefixes dedicated to use by Boeing in the Everett area. They serve 19,000 individual telephones. • Boeing has ranked in the top 5 of the nation’s largest exporters during the past four years. The Everett plant was among the largest single export sites in the U.S. • The Boeing Everett plant is among Washington State’s most popular tourist attractions and provides free guided tours to an average of nearly 100,000 visitors annually. • Some of the factory’s most notable visitors include U.S. President Bill Clinton, U.S. Vice President Al Gore, Russian President Boris Yeltsin, Chinese President Jiang Zemin; President Zoeharto of Indonesia, Prime Minister Paul Keating of Australia, Prince Phillipe of Spain, King Hussein of Jordan, His Royal Highness Prince Andrew, The Duke of York, and others. • Construction on the site began in June 1966, and the buildings were activated less than a year later in May 1967. The first airplane rolled out Sept. 30, 1968, flew Feb. 9, 1969, and entered service June 21, 1970. • During the grading and leveling the site, more than 8.5 million cubic yards of earth was moved – more than 4 times the amount moved in constructing Grand Coulee Dam. • The flight-line fueling system can fuel three aircraft simultaneously at a rate of approximately 1,800 gallons per minute. • The 18 overhead cranes make an average of 250 lifts per day from a height nearly nine stories (90 feet) above the floor. For 777 final assembly, eight 40-ton cranes were added. • Computer-controlled automated riveting machines put 50,000 to 52,000 rivets into each 747/767 wing panel set, attaching chord-like stiffeners to strengthen inside surfaces. There are approximately 18,000 fasteners per wing panel (four panels per wing) for a total of 72,000 fasteners per airplane. Each of the 10 machines can drill, ream, countersink, insert, squeeze, and shave smooth one rivet every 10 seconds. The machine selects and places the correct rivet from among 30 different types. • On the 777 assembly line, six CD-ROM-controlled automated riveting machines can insert 7 fasteners per minute. In addition to rivets, these machines also install bolts. The 777 four-panel wing set requires 68,000 fasteners. 資料: Boeing

網站 Snohomich County 建了個網站給 County 內的各個警局一個可以搜尋看那一個地方的監獄有較少的受刑人. 目的是減少 County 內監獄的支出, 不用一堆受刑人幾一個監獄, 其他監獄卻空空的. 連帶的也讓居民知道誰進了監獄. 一切都是 real-time (6:00am – 10:00pm). 下次如果找不到常常喜歡酒後駕車, 半夜喜歡開宴會, 或是常常到警局報到的朋友? 也許可以上網查查. Web site gives a peek at jail’s bookings list By Diana Hefley Herald Writer A new feature on the county Web site could end up saving taxpayers thousands of dollars. The Snohomish County Jail has made its inmate register available online. The electronic register allows anyone with Internet access to find out who has been booked into jail in the past 24 hours, on what charge and how much bail is for the inmate. The list is updated every hour between 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., jail director Steve Thompson said. “It is a real-time look at who’s in custody, who’s been booked and who’s been released,” he said. With the site available to anyone, nosey neighbors can check on each other and families can rule out jail if a loved one is late for dinner. But the site was designed primarily for police agencies, Thompson said. He predicts that the online feature will cut costs for departments that contract with the county for jail services. Police will be able to monitor who is being held in the county jail for crimes committed in their jurisdictions. Often times a person is arrested in a city other than where the crime was committed. “Until we get the jail bill we may not know and in some cases we could have moved them,” Mill Creek Police Chief Bob Crannell said. Mill Creek contracts for jail services with Okanogan County, where it costs $20 less a day to house an inmate. “Our community pays its own jail bill. If I can find a cheaper place to hold prisoners, I’m going to use it,” Crannell said. “This is going to help me do that.” Crannell estimated that housing inmates in Okanogan County could save the city about $35,000 this year. The online register also will help cities get moving on the court process sooner. City prosecutors and public defenders can know immediately what cases will be coming their way. “It will save scads of time,” Lynnwood Cmdr. Don Cirino said. “Instead of sending e-mails out to the prosecutor, the public defender, investigations — these huge lists– we just give them the Web address.” The feature also can aid with investigations, Lynnwood Cmdr. Paul Watkins said. “We can see if a suspect of ours is incarcerated and get a detective up there in a timely manner to contact a suspect,” he said. Thompson said the online register is not part of the strategy to ease overcrowding at the jail. “It can’t hurt though. I think it could contribute to fewer prisoner days here,” he said. Reporter Diana Hefley: 425-339-3463 or [email protected].

在 Edmonds 的 99 Ranch (大華超市)的地址是: 22511 Highway 99, Edmonds , WA 98020 開車: (I-5 Exit 179) 如果你來自南邊西雅圖 (King County), I-5 北上. 如果你來自東邊城市, I-520 轉 I-5 北上, 或 I-405 轉 I-5 南下. 如果你來自北邊城市 Everett 或 Lynnwood 以北, 則是 I-5 南下. 出口是 Exit 179. 北上的人轉左(往西)進 220st SW. 轉彎後靠內側車道(左側), 第一個紅綠燈是南下 I-5 的進出口. 第二個紅綠燈 64th Ave. W 第三個紅綠燈 66th Ave. W (Shell 在街口西南側, Shell 在街口東北側) 開始大角度的下坡. 第四個紅綠燈 70th Ave. W (Blue Cross 在右邊; 北側) 開始大角度的上坡. 第五個紅綠燈 Highway 99 左轉 南下的人轉右(往西)進 220st SW. 轉彎後靠內側車道(左側), 第一個紅綠燈 64th Ave. W 第二個紅綠燈 66th Ave. W (Shell 在街口西南側, Shell 在街口東北側) 開始大角度的下坡. 第三個紅綠燈 70th Ave. W (Blue Cross 在右邊; 北側) 開始大角度的上坡. 第四個紅綠燈 Highway 99 左轉 左轉後進 Highway 99 靠最內側車道(左側), 並馬上在下一個紅綠燈 (224st St. SW) 左轉. 大華超市就在右邊. ——————————————————————————– 坐公車的人: 從華盛頓大學須轉三次公車. 重點是找到達 Aurora Transit Center 的公車. 從 UW HUB 乘坐 Metro #68, #75 到 Northgate Transit Center 從 Northgate Transit Center 乘坐 Metro #346 至 Aurora Transit Center 從 Aurora Transit Center 乘坐 Commuity Transit #101 至 大華超市 — 回程時則至街道的對面反向乘坐 從 Aurora Transit Center: 乘坐藍色的 Community Transit #100 或 #101 (不會坐錯, 這裡是公車的起點) 注意右邊的位置, 從上車到大華超市不會超過八分鐘. 1. 公車出發後, 轉個 180 度進 N 200st. 過了個紅綠燈後, 會看到 Costco 和 Costco 的油站. 2. 然後公車右轉進 Highway 99 3. 你會看到左邊的 Lovers, China Skipper (中華閣) 和右邊的 Costco 4. 紅綠燈是 Lake Ballinger Way. 左邊有 Arby’s 和 Denny’s 餐館, 右邊有 Volkswagen 的車商 5. 公車過 US-104 的橋. 很快的 Burlington Coat Factory 在右邊, Seoul Plaza(韓國店集中區) 在左邊 6. 紅綠燈是 240st SW. 7-Eleven 和 Citco 油站在右邊, Safeway 和 Blockbuster 在左邊 7. 緊接著是在左邊的 BooHan Plaza(韓國店集中區), Country Farm 和 Public Storage 8. 當看到右側的 76 油站時, 拉鈴. 9. 大華超市和 Rite Aid 是緊鄰的. 另一種從華盛頓大學較快的方式是直接乘坐 Community Transit. 只是這只有平常日. 週末和休假日是沒有的. 必須要早上從 UW HUB 乘坐 Community Transit #810 (10:45 AM, 11:45 AM). 經過 Mountlake Terrace Park & Ride -> 236th Street SW -> 56 Avenue W -> 220 Street SW, 然後在經過 Highway 99 拉鈴下車(上面有敘述, 220 Street SW 的部份). 在 Shell 油站前轉 Community Transit #100 或 #101 (南下) 或是直接往南走(Shell 油站和 Shuck’s 汽車用品店那一邊是南邊, Starbucks 那一側是北邊, 不要坐錯邊)約 5 個街口(約 0.5 英哩). 回程時可反向乘坐上面的敘述, 經 Aurora -> Northgae -> 回 UW 或回原來下車的對面乘坐 #810 (12:46 PM, 1:46 PM, 2:46 PM, 3:46 PM, 4:46 PM) 回華大. 不建議走 5 個街口(約 0.5 英哩), Community Transit #100, #101 約每十五分鐘一班. 我想等會比走還要快.