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Where Will You Watch the Blue Angels?

Patch asks readers to weigh-in on the timeless debate: Where's the best place to watch the Blue Angels' annual show on Aug. 6 & 7?

It's the first weekend in August on Mercer Island, it's Seafair, and you know they're coming. In fact, they're already here.

The Blue Angels landed in Seattle this morning, over the next few days. The runs on both Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 6 - 7 from 12:45 - 2:40 p.m. 

They're so loud, in fact, that it's hard to do anything but watch the raw power of those U.S. Navy F/A-18 Hornets as they zoom overhead.  

So that begs the question: Where's your favorite spot to watch?

I've heard that favorite viewing spots are secrets more precious than Fort Knox. If you can't tell us — can you at least give us a good hint?

? ? ? ? ? Or somewhere else — even off-Island?

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Jerry Gropp Architect AIA May 15, 2013 at 02:07 pm
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Linda Mammano April 12, 2013 at 10:43 am
That is the best commentary on the subject to date. This should be on the front page of every localRead More newspaper. Finally pressure to bear. Thank you!!!
Thomas Imrich April 10, 2013 at 10:10 pm
Excellent assessments today, both by Mr. Horn here, and by Mr. Cero in today's MI Reporter. The keyRead More is that we need new blood in both the legislature, and in our City Council, to actually better understand the problems at hand and potential real solutions we'll need. Many of our elected and appointed officials are poorly representing their constituency. For example, Ms. Clibborn could readily put the brakes on this I-90 tolling tax diversion to fund 520 fiasco, in a heartbeat, through her leadership position for state transportation. But despite that tolling is a terrible precedent, and could even undermine the entire national interstate highway system, Ms. Clibborn is CHOOSING NOT TO fight I-90 bridge tolling. Apparently she and some of our waffling weak kneed Council members have made their choices about this issue, and about other debacles, like our seriously flawed highly subsidized mass transit, and our pending loss of carpool lanes. Now it is approaching the time to make our decisions, in the next election.
Kevin Scheid April 9, 2013 at 01:59 pm
Great article Jim. So despite the bad decisions and bad policy by the legislature, we can gatherRead More that the way out of this mess is to raise gas tax appropriately to pay for the roads. Additionally I might add, we can scale down on the upgrades and delay constructing the approaches to the 520 bridge. Scaling back these upgrades should not affect the safety or construction schedule of the 520 bridge and may eliminate the funding shortage entirely.