All about the West Seattle neighborhood around Beach Drive
Earlier we reported how a fishing net with buoys washed upon the rockery at Emma Schmitz View Point. The Department of Fisheries were notified however it appears that nobody was sent out to remove what could have harmed sealife until today.
A good neighbor was spotted pulling what is left of the nets from the rocks.
We have all sorts of weather in our forecast…including hints of snow this weekend from the National Weather Service! Here's what I'm reading for today (and tomorrow):
Today: Rain. High near 47. South wind between 10 and 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%.
Tonight: Showers likely, mainly before 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41. Windy, with a south southwest wind 33 to 36 mph decreasing to between 21 and 24 mph. Winds could gust as high as 46 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Thursday: A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 46. Breezy, with a south southwest wind between 18 and 23 mph.
TODAY…BREEZY…RAIN. HIGHS IN THE 40S TO LOWER 50S. SOUTHEAST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH THIS AFTERNOON.
TONIGHT…WINDY. RAIN LIKELY IN THE EVENING…THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE MID 30S TO LOWER 40S. SOUTHWEST WIND 20 TO 30 MPH.
THURSDAY…BREEZY. SHOWERS LIKELY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 30S TO MID 40S. SOUTH WIND 15 TO 25 MPH.
…GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT…
TODAY…LIGHT WIND BECOMING SE WIND 15 TO 25 KT THIS MORNING…THEN RISING TO 25 TO 35 KT LATE. WIND WAVES BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT. RAIN.
TONIGHT…S WIND 25 TO 35 KT BECOMING SW 15 TO 25 KT. WIND WAVES 4 TO 6 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FT. RAIN LIKELY IN THE EVENING…THEN CHANCE OF SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
THU…S WIND 15 TO 25 KT RISING TO 20 TO 30 KT IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON…THEN EASING TO 15 TO 25 KT LATE. WIND WAVES 2 TO 5 FT. CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE MORNING…THEN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON.
THU NIGHT…S WIND 15 TO 25 KT EASING TO 10 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND WAVES 1 TO 4 FT.
Seattle Tides:
Wednesday, November 16:
Thursday, November 17:
More on the possible snow on Friday from the NWS Special Weather Statement:
THE CURRENT FORECAST CALLS FOR A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE LOWLANDS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON ON FRIDAY. ONLY SPOTTY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED WITH THE MAJORITY OF LOWLAND LOCATIONS REMAINING FREE OF ANY ACCUMULATIONS. WHERE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS DO OCCUR…SUNSHINE BETWEEN THE SHOWERS AND AIR TEMPERATURES WELL ABOVE FREEZING ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON WILL MELT MUCH OF WHAT ACCUMULATES.
Our heartfelt gratitude to those who have served our Country and their families.
Gizmo and Winston are handsome in their fall sweaters hand crafted by Winston's human, Amy.
We're happy to put your adorable Beach Drive pet in the blog spotlight, just send us a photo!
I received this email today from a Beach Drive neighbor, Tonya, who also sent this to others in media and local news organizations. She asked that I post this to share with fellow neighbors who are also upset about the potential loss of our only bus service on Beach Drive.
Hello –
I am extremely disturbed by the idea of cutting Route 37. Do you understand the amount of taxes we pay just for living on that street? It’s bad enough it’s the most anemic route in Seattle and there is NO weekend service but now you want to cut it altogether?
There is also a sizable elderly community that rely on that bus for their sole transportation. Is it fair they would have to walk ½ mile perhaps in the snow to get to the nearest bus?
I take that bus every day to work and back.
And so do the majority of my neighbors – who also vote and pay taxes. Please take the time and explain to me why you find this decision beneficial to the taxpayers of Beach Drive.
We are encouraged to live “green” and this proposal flies in the face of what Seattle is supposed to stand for.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Thank you,
– – –
Tonya C. Osborne
Tonight from 7:00 – 9:00 pm there is a meeting at the South Seattle Community College, 6000 – 16th Ave SW, President's Board Room to address Metro's changes to our transit system.
After tonight, the next public meeting for West Seattle with King County Metro is on November 17, 2011 from 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm at Madison Middle School.
Thanks to Beach Drive neighbor, Chuck, for sending us these beautiful photos of last Saturday's sunset. See more of Chuck's photos on Flickr.
We were visited by Winston, the cutest Bat Dog, who rallied our old Zombie pug, Orson, into having more dinner. His humans told us of a very scary house down the street, which we had photographed earlier for Halloween, but did not know about the paranormal activites.
I'm just learning of a meeting that's taking place RIGHT NOW at the West Seattle Eagles (6:00 – 8:00 pm TOMORROW NIGHT) on California about Metro's proposed plan to eliminate route 37.
This would leave us busless on Beach Drive as this is our only bus route.
Another meeting is scheduled for November 9 at Chief Sealth School.
THANK YOU to the neighbors who emailed me tonight with this information!!
More information at West Seattle Blog.
EDITORS NOTE: it's been a long day! Thanks for the heads up so I could correct my post!!
I don't think it's enough to warrant a full on "barking dog report" but we do have some strong winds in the forecast with a high tide this afternoon of 11.05 at 2:05 pm.
The National Weather Service reports: South southwest wind between 15 and 18 mph becoming calm. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.
City of Seattle forecast: .SHOWERS LIKELY. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S TO LOWER 60S. IN THE SOUTH PART BREEZY AT TIMES WITH SOUTH WIND 15 TO 25 MPH
…SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING…
TODAY…SW WIND 15 TO 25 KT. WIND WAVES 2 TO 4 FT. RAIN.
TONIGHT…SW WIND 15 TO 25 KT…STRONGEST S SOUND…BECOMING VARIABLE 10 KT BY MIDNIGHT. WIND WAVES 2 TO 4 FT…SUBSIDING TO 1 FT. SHOWERS LIKELY.
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