Here’s a thought…
“Old age is no joke, but it can feel like one.”
TAD TOMPKINS
WINTER STORM WATCH: WIND CHILLS MAY BE 10 BELOW
||| FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ||| * WHAT...For the Wind Chill Advisory, very cold wind chills. Wind chills as low as 10 below zero. For the Winter Storm Watch, heavy mixed precipitation possible. Total snow accumulations of up to four inches and ice accumulations of up to one tenth of
OCRC helps islanders stay warm and clean with Coates Programs
||| FROM MEGAN EHRMANTROUT for ORCAS COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER ||| With the arrival of winter weather on Orcas Island, the Orcas Community Resource Center (OCRC) has been busy helping islanders stay warm. Through a generous grant from the Coates Family Foundation, OCRC is grateful to offer the Coates Closet and
WSF tips for navigating the weather and the holiday traffic
||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| SEATTLE – Hundreds of thousands of people will be dashing through the sea in white and green ferry boats through the end of the year. Travelers planning a ride aboard Washington State Ferries this holiday season should prepare for busy sailings and long waits
OISD decides to continue distance learning for rest of week
||| FROM BLAKE WILSON for ORCAS SCHOOL DISTRICT ||| After much thought and consideration the administrative staff have concluded that, for the safety of the students, all Orcas Island schools will continue distance learning for the remainder of the week. With temperatures dropping well below freezing and not much possibility
Letter to Editor | COVID is still with us
||| FROM STEVE SCHAEFER for ORCAS LIONS ||| One of our members, Dr. Chris White, let me know yesterday that he is seeing a huge rise in the number of people either self-testing positive with covid or having been in contact with folks who are. Most of this is not
Urgent from National Weather Service | How many ‘Rs’ are in Brrrrr?
||| FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ||| URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Seattle WA 350 PM PST Tue Dec 20 2022 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING (TUESDAY) TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY... * WHAT...Very cold wind chills expected. Wind chills as low as
Music to students’ ears : Wednesday is a SnOw DaY!!
||| FROM BLAKE WILSON for ORCAS ISLAND SCHOOLS ||| All schools on Orcas Island are called off tomorrow (Wednesday 12/21/22) due to hazardous conditions on our roads. The facilities team has been hard at work addressing struggling HVAC systems, broken pipes and removing snow. Distance learning will be in effect
OPALCO has some cold-weather tips to get us through
||| FROM ORCAS POWER & LIGHT COOPERATIVE ||| Extreme Winter Weather: Energy Use Alert Extreme winter weather means our heating systems are working harder to keep up. Even if you keep your thermostat the same your system is running more often and for longer periods of time. Your heating system
Happy holiday wishes from an Orcas Garden Club poet
||| FROM ORCAS GARDEN CLUB ||| ‘Twas December on Orcas, when all through the isle Not a green thing was growing, or would be for a while The gardening catalogs were marked up with care so past the last frost date new plants would be there. The stalks and the
GiveOrcas Campaign closes with fully-funded campaigns
You amaze us, Orcas! ||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ||| The 2022 Holiday GiveOrcas Campaign was fully funded this year because of you and so many of your neighbors. All in all, 603 people contributed a total of $234,040.72 providing 24 grants to programs serving the community. That is
San Juan County Auditor Milene Henley’s retirement party is postponed
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| Retirement party postponed due to inclement weather. San Juan County is grateful for Milene Henley's 16 years of service and hopes to be able to celebrate her when the weather permits.
Flu cases very high in Washington: DOH urges everyone take precautions
As hospitalizations and deaths from flu rise, DOH strongly encourages everyone eligible to get vaccinated ||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) is informing Washingtonians that the flu is spreading at a high rate in Washington state right now. The current flu
Remembering Ken Balcomb: A candlelight vigil
||| FROM THE CENTER FOR WHALE RESEARCH and ORCA NETWORK ||| The Center for Whale Research and Orca Network invites you to take part in a worldwide candlelight vigil to remember Ken Balcomb. We will honor his remarkable life during the Northern Hemisphere’s winter solstice – a time of rebirth,
Health Care District board will meet on Tuesday — online only
||| FROM KIM KIMPLE for ORCAS ISLAND HEALTH CARE DISTRICT ||| Due to inclement weather the OIHCD December 20 meeting will be held ONLINE ONLY. In replacement of the regular December board meeting, originally planned for December 27, the commissioners unanimously agreed to hold a special board meeting to conduct
Nearly every country signs on to a sweeping deal to protect nature
Roughly 190 nations, aiming to halt a dangerous decline in biodiversity, agreed to preserve 30 percent of the planet’s land and seas. The United States is not officially a participant. ||| FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES ||| MONTREAL, Quebec — Roughly 190 countries early on Monday approved a sweeping United
Let it snow? Sure, let it snow, let it snow, let it snow
||| FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ||| Description * What, Heavy Snow Expected. total Snow Accumulations of 2 to 8 Inches. * Where, Portions of Northwest and West Central washington. * When, from 7pm this Evening to 7pm PST Tuesday. * Impacts, Travel Could be very Difficult. * Additional Details, a
