Okay! New map! The attachment is the first representation of dataset 1.1, using a lot of dotted green lines (as per the Seattle map legend) to show non-bike-signed routes commonly used by people biking.
(It's not full resolution because Mastodon shrinks it.)
It also includes a couple of actual bike-supporting routes I missed in dataset 1.0, and a lot more dirt/loose gravel trails, particularly in unincorporated King County and on the northern Eastside. But there's bits of adds everywhere.
The dotted green is experimental. Feedback is definitely requested.
Full resolution is at Github, select the map labelled "EXPERIMENTAL":
Thinking of adapting Seattle map's "faint green dashes" for "unmarked but regularly used by bicycle riders." It'll mostly be useful in unincorporated King County areas of the map.
I've used it here on Bear Creek, NE 132nd, NE 133rd, as a test.
Basically I want them to be much less visible, but still findable, much like the Seattle map does. And continuing their legend on this strikes me as better than making up something else completely different.
Here, have the quickly-made MEGAMAP 1, a combination of the new Greater Northshore Connector Bike Map, most of the City of Seattle 2023 Bike Map, and the April 2024 2 Line Connector Eastside Bike Map.
It is NOT SMALL. Printed at native 300dpi, it's right about 26" square, or 660mm square.
Things are ... well, it's a mixed bag. The West Point (WSPT) sewage treatment plant Sars-CoV-2 7-day rolling average has climbed up a bit after last week's steep decline. It's not the highest we've seen since fall, but it's pretty high. The last 7DRA number was calculated on 1/16.
WSPT is one of three King County(-ish) sewersheds in this dataset. You can find overviews, individual sewershed results, and a breakdown of variants for the state wastewater surveillance program, along with other metrics like case counts and hospitalizations for Covid-19 and other respiratory illnesses, at https://doh.wa.gov/data-and-statistical-reports/diseases-and-chronic-conditions/communicable-disease-surveillance-data/respiratory-illness-data-dashboard#WasteWater. If you go to the page and click "learn more" in the statewide view tab, you can find out lots of details about how these data are calculated and how to interpret them. The dashboard gets updated every Wednesday (generally).
Note: when the state switched over to new data providers in September, they also removed the previous historical data from the graphical interface. That's because the two providers used different methodologies that made direct comparisons difficult. Unfortunately, it also removed valuable context for interpreting the results. So, keep in mind we're just seeing what happened in September 2023 until now.
Most of the news continues to be not good. The West Point sewage treatment plant (WSPT) Sars-CoV-2 7-day rolling average spiked up this week. It's the highest it's been since the data provider switchover in September 2023. The last 7DRA number was calculated on 1/2.
WSPT is one of three King County(-ish) sewersheds in this dataset. You can find overviews, individual sewershed results, and a breakdown of variants for the state wastewater surveillance program, along with other metrics like case counts and hospitalizations for Covid-19 and other respiratory illnesses, at https://doh.wa.gov/data-and-statistical-reports/diseases-and-chronic-conditions/communicable-disease-surveillance-data/respiratory-illness-data-dashboard#WasteWater. If you go to the page and click "learn more" in the statewide view tab, you can find out lots of details about how these data are calculated and how to interpret them. The dashboard gets updated every Wednesday (generally).
Note: when the state switched over to new data providers in September, they also removed the previous historical data from the graphical interface. That's because the two providers used different methodologies that made direct comparisons difficult. Unfortunately, it also removed valuable context for interpreting the results. So, keep in mind we're just seeing what happened in September 2023 until now.
Let's start with the West Point sewage treatment plant. The latest reading, done on 12/12, shows much improved numbers for the Sars-CoV-2 concentrations 7 day rolling average from the crazy rise of two weeks ago. But it also shows backfilled data for 12/5 and 12/10 of ... 0?? I ... I have questions.
Theory: they didn't have data for 12/5 and the zero reading is a placeholder value. Then they did get valid sample data on 12/10 (you can find it in the download file) but since they didn't have 12/5 they couldn't do the seven-day rolling average, so they left that as a placeholder value too. My inclination is to mentally draw a line from 12/3 to 12/12 and be happy that the trendline is good.
Note: when the state switched over to new data providers in September, they also removed the previous historical data from the graphical interface. That's because the two providers used different methodologies that made direct comparisons difficult. Unfortunately, it also removed valuable context for interpreting the results. So, keep in mind we're just seeing what happened in September 2023 until now.
Unfortunately, while the wastewater section of the Washington State respiratory data dashboard is labelled as having been updated today, none of the three individual sites in King County have updated data. If it plays out the way it has been recently, we'll get site updates, including backfilled data, next week.
If you are absolutely dying for some local wastewater information, I just noticed that Verily has been testing at a Snohomish County site since last October, and has its latest sample drawn on December 8th. It shows a climb up since Thanksgiving, with a slightly improving trendline since December 6th. See https://publichealth.verily.com/?v=SC2_N&s=Washington.
The good news: we got some data this week, including some backfilled data that we didn't get last week. The bad news: there is some not-great stuff going on.
Let’s start with the West Point sewage treatment plant. For the Sars-CoV-2 concentrations 7 day rolling average, there was a crazy, crazy rise from the November 26th calculation to the 28th. The calculated concentration averages more than tripled over those two days. It's far and away as high as has been recording since the Public Health Lab took over sampling in mid-September. The last averaging calculation is from December 3rd, where it turned down a bit, but still remains quite high.
Note: when the state switched over to new data providers in September, they also removed the previous historical data from the graphical interface. That's because the two providers used different methodologies that made direct comparisons difficult. Unfortunately, it also removed valuable context for interpreting the results. So, keep in mind we're just seeing what happened in September 2023 until now.
Folks, we’ve got some good-looking data this week! 🥳
Let’s start with the West Point sewage treatment plant: the Sars-CoV-2 concentrations 7 day rolling average extends last week’s downturn with more good news this week. The last averaging calculation is from November 19th.
Note: when the state switched over to new data providers in September, they also removed the previous historical data from the graphical interface. That's because the two providers used different methodologies that made direct comparisons difficult. Unfortunately, it also removed valuable context for interpreting the results. We're just seeing what happened in September 2023 until now.
Hello, it’s the weekly #washingtonstate#kingcounty (that is, #seattle and environs) #COVID#COVID19#wastewater poop toots. We got data this week! It looks like last week's missing data got backfilled too. Glad to see it back in action, but I wish these charts told a better story.
Note: when the state switched over to new data providers in September, they also removed the previous historical data from the graphical interface. That's because the two providers used different methodologies that made direct comparisons difficult. Unfortunately, it also removed valuable context for interpreting the results. We're just seeing what happened in September 2023 until now.
OK, on to the data. The West Point sewage treatment Sars-CoV-2 concentrations 7 day rolling average is increasing, though still significantly below the big peak in mid October. The last averaging calculation is from October 31st.
If you live in the USA and haven’t already done so, please get to the polls and #vote! Your state and local #elections matter immensely.
Don’t let polls (which we know are flawed) or news outlets that benefit from collective anxiety dissuade you. Don’t let those that want to silence your voice make you feel powerless - that’s how they get you to stop participating and degrade your confidence in the system.
If you find yourself lost in the voter pamphlet, go to the King County #elections page below and input your information to get information for your specific candidates and measures:
Watch your school board races! I mean it! We have a couple of moms4liberty cult chapters and they're doing what they always do, running fascists in stealth mode, so pay attention! We can have bullshittery here too, and weird amounts of money are being dumped in. (Forex, the City of Kenmore council race. wtf is up with that?)
An addendum to my post about the upcoming elections. If you're a registered voter in #kingcounty#seattle#washingtonstate, you have the opportunity to cast a vote in the non-partisan King County elections director race. This race is between a long-time elections administrator, Julie Wise, and an election denier fabulist.
This is a stellar opportunity to not only defeat the election denier fabulist, but defeat the election denier fabulist by a such a grotesquely huge margin that it scares off future would-be election denier fabulists.
I say "sorta" because the Washington State Department of Health respiratory illness dashboard hasn't updated the wastewater section since last week. Even the statewide overview page seems to be blank. The non-wastewater sections of the dashboard seem operational. I'll check back later this week and see if the wastewater section is back in action.
Today in Labor History October 31, 1931: Unemployed lumberjack Jesse Jackson led the inauguration of the first Hooverville on vacant land owned by the Port of Seattle near Pioneer Square. Within two days over 50 shacks were erected and by 1934, 600-1000 people were living in them. By 1941, Seattle's “Hooverville” covered 25 blocks. Hoovervilles eventually spread throughout the country.