No - Jet Skis are Kawasaki’s PWC. “jet ski”, however, is the more appropriate generic term to use here.

Incorrect.
It’s not a boat just because it travels on water, just as the Can-Am isn’t a truck because it travels on land.
You could’ve used “PWC”. You could’ve said “jet ski”. (Yes, you can. Go check.)

NOT A JET BOAT.

If the “OMG WHAT WILL YOU DO??” question scares you, go print one of the MANY tsunami evacuation maps available and know your surroundings. IF, one day, you are staying on the coast and IF a large quake hits nearby, and IF it generates a dangerous tsunami, and IF you are in the path of that tsunami, and IF you do not…

Thank you. This alarmist bullshit written by people from NOT HERE who are NOT SEISMOLOGISTS is crap.

“That’s a grim enough figure that it changed my own beach-going behavior in the Northwest. Go to the coast by day, for sure. But if you’re staying overnight, book a vacation rental, hotel room, or campsite outside the…

Yes. Thank you.
Alaska is frequently ignored in most Gawker articles. The title is a perfect example. <shakes head>

Ohhkaaaay... but why pretend like there’s manmade noise everywhere and that it’s sacred, when you could go to Alaska and find that there are entire blocks of dozens of square miles without man-made sound?
Is it just because it’s hard to get to, because isn’t that kind of the point?
It seems like a lot of arm-waving and…

*offside rule
(not offsides, as in American football)

Counterpoint:
Wife owns a 2006 GS300. Purchased in 2006 brand new in Minneapolis, MN.

We now live in Medford, OR - pop 200,000 in the metro area. Every automotive brand is represented within 15 miles of my home here (Chevy two times. Ford THREE times). Except Lexus.
No biggie. The Toyota dealership performs all of our…

Oh, Jesus... what’s with all the Miata stuff?

Good god. Get over yourself.

My friend Phil Von LotsaLetters’ Lemons car

True story:

"So find me a similar study conducted in Alaska and I'll include it."

Or you could adjust/edit your statement to reflect the comparatively small amount of data you *do* have, on a limited number of states that make up less than 25% of the total federally-owned area.

Yes, those states in the study represent 23.4% of all…

<sigh>
The people that live in these places might have different opinions on this, Wes, and you make some pretty callous statements about the use of the land.

"The public land system already operates for the public good."
Does it ALL the time, though? What about the people that live in these places, where you and…

See *my* comment where I point out that the table doesn't include Alaska, which represents 222 million federally-owned acres. Don't those folks have a say?

Is there any possible chance that regular people in those states would like to see the states control those lands, or is it all a giant corporate conspiracy?

OK - A full 1/3 (or so) of the federal land owned is in a state NOT represented in ThinkProgress source article, and that state, and it's associated voters are ALSO missing from the table of how western state voters feel about the subject.

The voters in Alaska live in a state where the federal government owns 222…

A little of both, RishaBree.

Hey RishaBree - It is nearly impossible to describe the scenario, but I'll try.

Clearly, you have not spent much time in Alaska.