VIDEO: "...a war is being declared on our peace of mind..."

VIDEO: 125,000 people and counting...

This is a BIG petition. We're going to need a BIG gathering. Because this is a BIG deal.

VIDEO: No place for the world's loudest jets.

Thank you, Johanna Sophie Santos Bassetti, for filming the action and for being part of a group of courageous kayaktivists!

Vote! Change this trend and share widely: 76% Yes. The port already issued the lease. The deal is done. 19% No, these ships should not be allowed at Terminal 5. 4% Yes, but they should wait until the permits are updated. 2% I'm not sure.

A friend who lives in North Beach Port Townsend just called and said she saw a large drilling rig going by. I couldn't see it yet at Point Wilson but will be going back down. It might be the other one because the Polar Pioneer is still in PA according to marinetraffic.com

Fun and games with the huge drilling rig in Port Angeles Harbor? LETTER TO THE editor in Thursday's PDN: I recently learned that the huge oil drilling rig that is parked in full view of anyone driving near Port Angeles Harbor is here to stay for a while (“Giant Oil Rig Probably Will Stick Around,” PDN, May 5). This depressed economic climate clamors for some creative solutions, and that ugly rig just demands a colorful makeover. How about we see if Shell will moderate its rigid stance of using it just for oil drilling and allow us to have it as a water slide for the summer? And when the next rig arrives, perhaps we could set them up close enough to run zip-lines between the two of them so folks could have some more fun? Even having tours of the oil rig would offer a tourist attraction. When is the last time you were on one? Or even curious about what they are like? Water taxis would make money taking folks out to the slide and zip-line or tours, concession people could set up hotdog stands and liquid refreshments nearby, and tourists would flock here from British Columbia and points eastward for a never-to-be-experienced-again, once-in-a-lifetime, oil-rig summer fun trip. Hotels would have no-vacancy signs out because lots of other fun things would come from the energy of having a purpose in our harbor at long last. Anyone with other ideas is welcome to submit them [to [email protected]. Or in the Comments section, below]. I’m not wedded to these but wanted to get people thinking instead of complaining. Sandy Banks, Sequim

Kayactivists greet Shell Oil in Port Angeles!

Who wrote this? I've been using it. Although I have been using quotation marks I'd like to credit someone. "Rise, Cascadia, rise! Protect our water and skies! Salmon and orca! Cedar and fir! Rise, Cascadia, Rise!"

Heads up!

Calling all troops. Please go to article and leave your comment:

We've got a front row seat on this incursion right here on the Olympic Peninsula and environs.