Lots of them. Land that berry fields and Christmas tree farms covered two years ago is now dotted with houses, swing sets and kiddie pools. The houses sprang up so fast that people moved in without knowing that the weedy spot behind their houses contains pipelines. The people who live around 84th Street Northeast had heard that the spot was going to be a walking trail sometime soon. Down the street, folks built a soccer field for neighborhood kids over the pipeline and a playground next to it.
Kids gather tadpoles in the area and find endless games to play in the tall weeds.
All of which makes Nikki Esquivel unhappy. We have small children. It was while building that back yard that she first became aware of the line. She and her husband had equipment brought in and were trying to create a back yard about a year and a half ago when an airplane buzzed them. It was Olympic's weekly inspection from the air.