Ooh, that smell
Original scent or Mediterranean lavender? Following complaints that work to remove creosote-covered pilings in Mukilteo at the old Air Force fuel tank pier was creating a bad smell along the waterfront, the state has approved a plan to spray a fine mist to control the odor (above).
The trick now is to find a large enough bottle of Febreze.
Channel-surfing the vast cultural wasteland: AMC on Sunday premieres its new series, “Fear the Walking Dead,” a prequel to its “Walking Dead” series that will show the fall of Los Angeles to the zombie hordes (Page D6).
There are adjustments to make. The undead baristas at Starbucks call out “Blarrgh” for everybody’s name. But the lines are a lot shorter at Disneyland.
Got a light? The mayor of a town near Detroit wants to ban the sales of personal flamethrowers being sold by two companies for recreation and brush clearing, calling the proposed uses “silly” (Page D6).
We’ll see if the mayor changes his mind about flamethrowers when the zombie hordes are at his door and all he has is a steak knife and a roll of duct tape.
—Jon Bauer, Herald staff
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