Levka<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/cats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cats</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BlueAngels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlueAngels</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Seattle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Seattle</span></a></p><p>"As Seafair weekend approaches, a new call to end the Blue Angels in Seattle and a separate lawsuit are bringing a different side of the annual air show into focus.</p><p>Seattle-area resident Lauren Lombardi filed a lawsuit on July 21, 2025, against a U.S. Navy Blue Angels commander and two public affairs officials who run the Blue Angels Instagram page, claiming the jet noise traumatized her already sick cat, and then the organization silenced her on social media by blocking her from commenting or messages the Blue Angels on Instagram.</p><p>In the summer of 2024, the lawsuit claims Lombardi's cat, Layla, that was already sick with congestive heart disease, suffered more when she was at home on medication and the Blue Angels flew nearby creating a 'sonic barrage.'</p><p>'Even through the narcotic fog of sedation and her weakened state, Layla's primitive limbic system overruled her medication and she fled in primal panic beneath furniture, her labored breathing escalating to clinically dangerous levels.'</p><p>Layla's condition deteriorated and she spent her last week in a speciality hospital before being humanely euthanized on Aug. 11, 2024.</p><p>'Layla's final days on Earth were marred by sadistic suffering - cowering in terror beneath furniture while her ailing heart struggled against the Blue Angels's relentless noise pollution,' the lawsuit reads."</p><p><a href="https://komonews.com/news/local/blue-angels-jet-noise-woman-files-lawsuit-cats-health-instagram-comments-blocked-seattle-washington-seafair" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">komonews.com/news/local/blue-a</span><span class="invisible">ngels-jet-noise-woman-files-lawsuit-cats-health-instagram-comments-blocked-seattle-washington-seafair</span></a></p>