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We've got some updates from Gov. Inslee's press release yesterday, will talk parking enforcement and some things you can do to help the heavily taxed medical community during these times.
Thanks for joining us for West Seattle Daily, Episode #053, brought to you by Sea-Town Real Estate. I'm your host, Christian Harris.
In partnership with the Alaska Junction Association.
Here is some of the latest updates from around West Seattle:
Thanks to Kerri Ann & Christie of The West Seattle Life IG page for the tip: Join your West Seattle friends and neighbors in a singalong this Saturday, April 4th at 7pm! We don’t need to be socially isolated in times like these! We can connect by doing something collectively, as a community, while still staying safe! We’ll be singing "Times Like These" by Foo Fighters.
COVID-19 info update: ⁃ During yesterday's Press Conference from Governor Jay Inslee, “What we have done so far is not enough.” Orders out to the feds aren’t being fulfilled quickly enough, so “We need to seize our own destiny,” as the state did in World War II. So he’s asking “all businesspeople, all skilled workers, all leaders” to ask themselves if they could “change what they’re making now” and instead make what’s needed. “This is a moment that counts.” If you can, go to coronavirus.wa.gov and sign up to help. ⁃ He’s also given “guidance” to mortgage companies to find ways to help mortgage holders. He also notes that 130 WA National Guard members are mobilizing to help food banks across the state, in many cases replacing volunteers who need to stay home because they’re in at-risk groups. Then he acknowledges encouraging reports about how social distancing is working in our state, even better than in some others. But he says we can’t let up now – so it will be likely the stay-home order will be extended, though he says he’s not ready to make that announcement now – more likely in the next few days. ⁃ If you overloaded on hand sanitizer and have an unopened bottle to share, that donation bin is set up just inside the door at Easy Street Café (California/Alaska) in The Junction. As explained via Instagram, it’s for neonatal intensive care nurses. 8-ounce bottles of gel (not spray) preferred, not expired; the bin is accessible 7 am-noon daily through Sunday. (Easy Street remains open for takeout – as shown on our ongoing West Seattle list – and proprietor Matt Vaughan and son Archie have been delivering online-ordered music, too.) ⁃ SOME PARKING ENFORCEMENT SUSPENDED, BUT NOT ALL: We had sent the mayor’s office a question last week, to date unanswered, on behalf of a reader who thought ticketing people in a 2-hour zone east of a mostly shuttered business district was a bit harsh, considering everyone is under orders to stay home. This provides something of an answer: The city reiterated today that while it’s changed some parking policies (mainly the 72 hour parking limit in residential neighborhoods) because of the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s still enforcing most parking rules. ⁃ Food and COVID-19 - While we want to use caution... we don't want to stray into paranoia. The FDA is reiterating that there is no evidence to suggest that COVID-19 is spreading through food. Not through take-out orders, groceries, or produce. When you return home from the grocery store, please thoroughly wash your hands, but there is no reason to try to disinfect your groceries. And please, don’t put disinfecting chemicals like household cleaners on the food you’re going to eat. ⁃ Speaking of groceries — agriculture and food production are also considered essential activities. This is to make sure food continues fill our grocery stores and food banks. Deliveries to grocery stores are continuing steadily, and farmers, ranchers, and food processors are producing plenty to meet our needs. There is no need to worry about shortages, and no need to stock up, other than to make sure you don’t have to leave the house more than once each week. ⁃ Practice compassion. While you are doing your once-a-week grocery shopping, is there something you can pick up for someone who cannot leave the house? Leave a bag on their porch, ring the bell, then run back to the side of the road to wave! ⁃ Got a little more time on your hands while at home, knock out some of those home projects with the help of the WEST SEATTLE TOOL LIBRARY: Open Saturday & Sunday 11 am-4 pm & weeknights from 5-8pm – www.wstools.org
Have you pulled out the board games & puzzles to keep busy this weekend?
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