Earth Hour tonight

Planet Earth, as seen from space during Earth Hour

Tonight at 8:30pm local time, the Space Needle will go dark along with many businesses and homes across Seattle.  And the entire globe.  Because it’s Earth Hour!

There’s no need to fret when the city goes dark tonight as  people shut off non-essential lights.  The dark won’t be cause by tsunami or earthquake or oil spill or wind storm or flood or even nuclear fallout.  No, the Earth Hour movement is a call to action on climate change, supported by the World Wildlife Fund.

In case it’s been a while, here are some things you can do without the lights on.

  • Watch the Seattle skyline disappear from Gas Works Park
  • Act out War of the Worlds by flashlight
  • Plan to write a future Wallyhood post
  • Have a weenie roast
  • Make fire pit pizza
  • Have a backyard cookout
  • Make smores
  • Host a drum circle
  • Pretend it is so dark you don’t realize you are pouring amaretto into a Dick’s chocolate milkshake
  • Resume normal activities via smartphone
  • Get nekkid
  • Get busy

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Chris Witwer

Chris S. Witwer likes to call herself Wallyhood’s “Lower Wallingford Correspondent.” Chris is a former Texan (is there any such thing?) who came to Seattle in 2005 for three reasons: weather, scenery, and coffee culture. It has taken her four years to begin to understand Seattle humor, but she’s getting there. Chris is a bureaucrat by day, and caffeine-fueled blogger when she’s not reading novels or pretending to write one. She lives with her partner, Laura, and two cats — Dolce and Molly, and uses the internet to make fun of stuff on her personal blog, http://felsputzer.wordpress.com.