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Why Aren’t Americans More Prepared for Disasters?

By | 09.03.10 | 3:21 pm

Part of FEMA’s business is to make sure that Americans are prepared to respond to disasters, and in September — National Preparedness Month — the agency tries to hammer home the message, recommending a three step plan: get a kit, make a plan, be informed.

It’s a message the More…

Good News for Boeing

By | 02.10.10 | 9:07 am

It’s never bad news for local business when the home-town guy takes the reins of a powerful congressional committee. In the case of Seattle-based Boeing, that credo might come with an exclamation point, as Washington Rep. Norman Dicks (D) is poised to take over the throne of the powerful defense More…

Nielsen Paradox: DC-Area Folk Watched Inauguration on TV; Liberal West Coast Didn’t

By | 01.21.09 | 3:51 pm

Here’s something counterintuitive: the closer a person lives to Washington, D.C., the more likely it is that he or she watched the inauguration on television.

Nielsen released its numbers for the top 56 media markets in the country today. These metropolitan areas had the highest inauguration viewership yesterday:

Seattle Fish-Throwers Tout Obama on YouTube

By | 10.29.08 | 6:00 am

The Republicans may have the wolf-hunting vote locked down, but the Obama campaign is burnishing its own frontier credentials with a new video from the fish throwers at the famous Pike Place Market in Seattle.

Will this Pacific Northwestern YouTube outreach move anyone? Well, count this blogger in. As a More…