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Getting Around, Weather

Snow day Thursday updates

Please drive carefully if you must drive today!
Please drive carefully if you must drive today!

As of 10:20ish this morning:

  • Trash pickup for Thursday and Friday postponed
  • Golf courses closed for golf, but open for sledding!
  • Columbian Way exit of I-5/east end of West Seattle Bridge is closed now open after accidents have been cleared (updated 12:30pm)
  • Police are only responding to injury crashes — file property damage reports or hit-and-runs via internet

As of 11:20ish:

  • Beacon Avenue South appears to have been sanded, but only the southbound lane.
  • The Beacon Hill Library branch has a sign posted that they’re opening at noon today
  • Bank of America at the north end of Beacon Ave. is not yet open and no indication of when they might open
  • Metro‘s adverse weather route information
  • SDOT‘s snow routes map (pdf) — SDOT crews working 12-hour shifts until the weather improves

Between about 12:20 and 1:20:

  • Beacon Pub and Victrola/Galaxie open — Victrola is packed with toddlers!
  • Positive sighting of a northbound route 36 bus — also observed a “SPECIAL SHUTTLE” northbound on Beacon Ave., too (anyone know what that is?)
  • Sanding truck seen re-sanding southbound, northbound may have been sanded a while ago

2:00ish:

  • Road blocked eastbound by semi-truck impact with pole 32nd  & Myrtle
  • Honda struck utility pole at Beacon & Stevens
  • Animal control is only responding to life-threatening issues currently

Metro has cancelled or severely reduced service this afternoon and evening.

If you have additional news and updates on, please add them in the comments.

Thanks to West Seattle Blog’s Twitter reports for much of the first batch!

Photos

Snow, seen through your neighbors’ eyes

I know we’ve been a little photo-heavy today, but it’s not every day — or even every year — that we get snow. Here are a few pictures by your neighbors, as posted to the Beacon Hill Blog photo pool on Flickr. (If you have any interesting photos, please add them!)

Photo by Bridget C.
Photo by Bridget C.
Those palm trees cant be happy. Photo by Matthew Rutledge.
Those pre-dawn palm trees can't be happy in this weather. Photo by Matthew Rutledge.
Early morning snowfield at Sturgus Park. Photo by Matthew Rutledge.
Early morning snowfield at Sturgus Park. Photo by Matthew Rutledge.
Winter along Beacon Avenue. Photo by Alison Reese.
Winter along Beacon Avenue. Photo by Alison Reese.
Photo by Matthew Rutledge.
Photo by Matthew Rutledge.
A gorgeous view from Beacon Hill. Photo by Alison Reese.
A gorgeous view from Beacon Hill. Photo by Alison Reese.

Thanks everyone for sharing your photos!

Life on the Hill

Holiday lights: 16th Avenue South

Holiday lights look so much prettier in the snow, don’t they? Here’s a cute little bungalow blanketed in snow and lights, on 16th Avenue South near the library. (Know of more? Email us. If you’ve taken photos you want us to feature, email them, or add them to the Beacon Hill Blog photo pool on Flickr.

The lights are pretty through the snow!
The lights are pretty through the snow!

Here’s a map of all the houses we’ve posted about so far (now marked with little green trees). Scroll or zoom out on the map to see the other houses:


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Life on the Hill, Weather

Snowy smile on the Hill

Snowman on 17th Avenue South. Photo by Wendi.
Snowman on 17th Avenue South. Photo by Wendi.

How did your snowy Sunday go? We are getting sick, so it was less fun than I would have liked, but we did manage to get this picture of a very cheerful snowman just before it got dark outside.

We had to drive to Walgreens to get a prescription, which reminded me of how nice it would be if we had a drugstore up here on top of the hill. The arterials weren’t bad when we were out, but I can see how frustrating it would have been if we were iced in.

Getting Around, Health and Safety, Weather

Snow-day news roundup

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Weather and travel hints, tips, and news for Sunday:

  • South Orcas Street is now closed at MLK
  • Private towing company calls are taking 5+ hours to respond to calls
  • SDOT has run out of street closure signs — West Seattle Blog via Twitter
  • Streets on top of the hill are icy — drive carefully! — Brook Ellingwood via Twitter
  • Graham Street off of the Albro exit is closed, detour via Othello — Joe Sunga via Twitter
  • Holgate is closed at 7th Ave

Got some street closures or other weather news relevant to Beacon Hill? Please add it to the comments here, to the weather thread in the forum, or email us!