I ate down by the water the other day at a Mexican restaurant called Agua Verde Cafe. The food was delicious, not too pricey, and it was happy hour so my beer only cost $2.50. Okay, can I just say that $2.50 does not a happy hour make, that’s more like a pleasant hour. It wasn’t like I got some expensive beer, it was a Pacifico. Anyway, I had this taco composed of yams, onions, and cheese with some sort of tasty sauce. It was called a Taco Boniato and it was worth every penny. We ate on the deck which was nice, but would have been nicer if the weather was just a tiny bit better, because then they would have had the removable sides taken down, giving a full view of the beautiful lake we were eating beside. After that my friend and I went down to the docks just below so that I could see what water looked like in Seattle. It looks just fine. Below Agua Verde is a paddle club where you can rent kayaks, at $15 an hour it seems worth it to be able to explore what looks like a pretty amazing seascape.
I mean, look at how pretty the water looks on the surface, [cue "hard hitting" tv "journalist" overdub] and yet beneath this seemingly pristine facade lies a terrible reality. After these messages!!
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I found this sign posted in quite a few places. But hey, at how often could it possible rain in Seattle? Even if sewage isn’t overflowing into the water while I’m there I’d like to avoid anywhere that sewage ever overflows into. Look at that swimming person on the sign, why can’t he see what a terrible mistake he’s made! I realize that birds, fish, and little kids do all sorts of business in the water, but sewage seems like taking it up to the next level.
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[...] I’ve been amazed at how beautiful it is here in Seattle, the colors in the sky, the greenery, the mountains, the water. Well, it turns out the water isn’t so great. You might have guessed that when I posted the sign that warns of sewage in the water during rain that maybe the water isn’t so great. Well, that would be a pretty good guess. It turns out they are having a lot of trouble with water pollution in this supposedly eco-friendly area. Yes, trees are nice, but trees are one part of the environment and I think it is easy to forget the water so long as the surface looks ok-ish. Recently I’ve been reading reports that talk about things like sewage ruining clam beds, weird white mat covered dead zones, fish killing oxygenless water, and oil spills. In short, I think that this area is nearing a crisis point where folks won’t be able to ignore what they can’t see. [...]