John Ryan
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74 appearances
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first heard Nov 2024
last heard 19 Jun
John Ryan’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Temperatures on Monday were expected to hit 20 degrees above normal.
In the Seattle and Portland areas, officials have opened cooling centers.
Outdoor employers are required to give their workers extra rest breaks.
In Olympia, a homeless shelter offered rehydration drinks and popsicles, as well as a cool place to escape the heat.
Five years ago, a record-shattering heat dome hit the Northwest and killed more than 1,000 people.
Unlike that heat wave, this one is only expected to last a couple of days.
For NPR News, I'm John Ryan in Seattle.
The governor's emergency proclamation lets truck drivers hauling jet fuel to the airport work longer hours than safety rules allow.
Airport officials say no flights have been affected so far, but airlines are making contingency plans to save fuel.
The Olympic pipeline carries jet fuel and other products to customers in Oregon and Washington.
A spill of jet fuel on a farm near Everett led energy giant BP to shut down its pipeline.
Then a spill of diesel at the same spot led to a second shutdown.
A BP spokesperson says there is no timeline for restarting the pipeline.
For NPR News, I'm John Ryan in Seattle.
Thanks, Liz.
Well, disability insurance is designed to replace a person's income if they get sick or hurt and can't work. Pays the bills, keeps them in their lifestyle. Very important. Life insurance does that. If someone dies, it provides a benefit. They can invest the proceeds and live off the proceeds.
Disability insurance provides the same kind of cash flow if someone's disabled and cannot work at their job.
It is true. You have to be careful of the statistics, though. Some of the statistics that get used are like Social Security statistics and which is all walks of life. If we're dealing with more white collar, predominantly white collar risks, it's less frequent, but it's still more likely to occur than death at any age, actually.
That's right.
It usually will cover the employee in their job, usually for a certain period of time at least, if they should get sick or become unable to perform the important duties of that job. And benefits usually begin after, say, a 90-day waiting period. And then it pays a certain percentage income replacements.
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