Ah yes, the Kingdome. We remember it, not always fondly. It's greatest moment: it was the location of the only US pro basketball game ever to be rained out.
I'm amazed by how many boats were out there in Elliott Bay spectating the kingdom implosion. I don't remember seeing that as a teenager looking on from the Jose Rizal bridge.
I am with you on the two newer "Kingdomes"... I also prefer to refer to the arena in the Seattle Center as the Coliseum-- though this often draws confused looks. I've been accused of doing this to subtly self-identity as a lifelong resident of Seattle... so be it. :)
My favorite Coliseum historical tid-bit-- a ski jump was constructed on the sloping east-side roof of the Coliseum leading down toward the international fountain in 1965. This was among several other indoor and outdoor ski jumps constructed in the previous decades with events attended by tens of thousands of Seattlites.
Another Kingdome tidbit -- Several years ago it was noted that the bonds to pay for the Kingdome were finally paid off, decades after it had been taken down!
I watched from the top floor of a buddy's condo just west of King Street Station.
Today I thought of all the carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere to make the cement for the monstrosity. Cement plants are major emitters: roasting limestone to make lime —> carbon dioxide.
As a coordinator for Vaux's Happening, I arrange volunteers to count Vaux's Swifts at chimneys in Pierce County. Naturally I assumed from the headline that this was about actual Swifts! I was a little disappointed. You need to come to a swift chimney in late August/early September and experience the real swift event of thousands of little birds dancing in the sky before plummeting into a chimney!
That's correct, David. You can view them in Monroe on Swift Night Out on Aug 19th (https://www.pilchuckaudubon.org/swifts-night-out) or attend an evening at the Selleck chimney on Aug 26th with my group (sign up with me at avosetta@hotmail.com). It's something everyone should experience!
Great piece.
There's no getting away from seismology in this landscape.
Which keeps things interesting.
Ah yes, the Kingdome. We remember it, not always fondly. It's greatest moment: it was the location of the only US pro basketball game ever to be rained out.
Yet another reason to like it!
Faultless seismic analysis, David, historically no less than geologically.
PERFECT! ROCK ON!
Bravo! Encore!
I'm amazed by how many boats were out there in Elliott Bay spectating the kingdom implosion. I don't remember seeing that as a teenager looking on from the Jose Rizal bridge.
I am with you on the two newer "Kingdomes"... I also prefer to refer to the arena in the Seattle Center as the Coliseum-- though this often draws confused looks. I've been accused of doing this to subtly self-identity as a lifelong resident of Seattle... so be it. :)
My favorite Coliseum historical tid-bit-- a ski jump was constructed on the sloping east-side roof of the Coliseum leading down toward the international fountain in 1965. This was among several other indoor and outdoor ski jumps constructed in the previous decades with events attended by tens of thousands of Seattlites.
https://www.historylink.org/File/20833
-A fellow geogeek
Another Kingdome tidbit -- Several years ago it was noted that the bonds to pay for the Kingdome were finally paid off, decades after it had been taken down!
I watched from the top floor of a buddy's condo just west of King Street Station.
Today I thought of all the carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere to make the cement for the monstrosity. Cement plants are major emitters: roasting limestone to make lime —> carbon dioxide.
As a coordinator for Vaux's Happening, I arrange volunteers to count Vaux's Swifts at chimneys in Pierce County. Naturally I assumed from the headline that this was about actual Swifts! I was a little disappointed. You need to come to a swift chimney in late August/early September and experience the real swift event of thousands of little birds dancing in the sky before plummeting into a chimney!
Sorry to mislead. I have long wanted to do that. Sounds like it's just coming to be the best time to do that. Is that correct?
That's correct, David. You can view them in Monroe on Swift Night Out on Aug 19th (https://www.pilchuckaudubon.org/swifts-night-out) or attend an evening at the Selleck chimney on Aug 26th with my group (sign up with me at avosetta@hotmail.com). It's something everyone should experience!