All about the West Seattle neighborhood around Beach Drive
This morning at 8:15 a.m. marathoners began a half marathon starting at Salty's at Alki with course going on Beach Drive into Lincoln Park.
The sidewalks will be a little busier this morning than normal. We may need to be extra careful when backing out of hidden driveways.
The marathon ends at 11:15 a.m.
The Coast Guard hellicopter flying over is part of search effort to locate a missing kayaker near Vashon Island and Blake Island this morning. The Coast Guard was alerted by a Washington State Ferry Tillicum at 6:05 this morning of an orange kayak with a lifejacket and a paddle onboard.
If you have any information, please contact the Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound at 206-217-6001.
It's time for a Historical Halloween Haunting benefiting the Log House Museum.
Catch ghosts of Seattle'spast for an entertaining goulish fun-draising event!
Brunch, program and silent auction.
Date and Time: Saturday, October 30, 2010 from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Where: Salty's on Alki
Cost: $65 for adults; $25 for kids 13 and under; kids under 4 are free.
All proceeds benefit the Log House Museum.
Please RSVP to 206-938-5293 or at www.loghousemuseum.info/events.php
Sometime last night or this morning someone through a baseball sized rock through the back of a Volvo SUV on the 4700 block of Beach Drive. It does not appear any items were stolen.
If you witnessed anything or if this happened to you as well, please send us an email.
UPDATE: Apparently a couple of other cars were vandalized on Beach Drive too. I also read in the West Seattle Blog forums that someone noticed 6 cars struck by vandals on Beach Drive.
Kind of an ominous tone for the Western Washington forecast:
…AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN IS IN STORE FOR WESTERN WASHINGTON…TODAY WILL BE THE LAST DAY OF TRANQUIL WEATHER.
HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT THAT HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR THE NICE WEATHER WILL MOVE EAST…ALLOWING AN UPPER LOW TO APPROACH THE REGION. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING SOME RAIN TO THE AREA TONIGHT AND FRIDAY.
A STORMY PATTERN WILL BE IN PLACE FOR THIS WEEKEND…AND WILL LAST THROUGH THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK. EXPECT A STRONG SYSTEM TO BRING WINDY CONDITIONS AS WELL AS USHER IN A COLDER AIR MASS ON SUNDAY…
Sat 23 High 6:23 AM 10.8
Sat 23 Low 11:49 AM 5.9
Sat 23 High 5:05 PM 10.6
Sat 23 Low 11:55 PM -0.9
Sun 24 High 7:01 AM 11.1
Sun 24 Low 12:28 PM 6.5
Sun 24 High 5:33 PM 10.5
Mon 25 Low 12:30 AM -1.4
Mon 25 High 7:41 AM 11.3
Mon 25 Low 1:08 PM 6.9
Mon 25 High 6:03 PM 10.3
FRI…S WIND 15 TO 25 KT…EASING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND WAVES 2 TO 4 FT SUBSIDING TO 1 OR 2 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE MORNING.
FRI NIGHT…SE WIND 10 KT. WIND WAVES 1 FT.
SAT…E WIND 10 KT BECOMING S 10 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND WAVES 1 TO 3 FT.
SUN…S WIND 20 TO 30 KT. WIND WAVES 3 TO 5 FT.
MON…SW WIND 15 TO 25 KT…EASING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND WAVES 2 TO 4 FT SUBSIDING TO 1 OR 2 FT IN THE AFTERNOON.
West Seattle Blog via Twitter suggest that it could be time to get out the batteries and generators. We think that's that a good start! You may want to make sure you have candles, boots, gloves and pumps ready too…it's a good opportunity to start thinking about the the "three p's".
I just received this comment from our Halloween post today:
We're new to Beach Drive (near Mee Kwa Mooks park) this year and were wondering if we should be expecting many trick-or-treaters this year. Should we stock up on candy?
It would be great if fellow Beach Drive neighbors could chime in on their typical Trick-or-Treater turn-out.
My advice is to always buy candy you enjoy…just in case!
If you're wondering what was going on tonight with the helicopters (media) and all the sirens, there was an accident off of Beach Drive on Chilberg (just north of Mee Kwa Mooks park where the condos are).
It appears there's one injury and hopefully the driver, who somehow landed his truck on it's side, is recovering well.
The West Seattle Blog has more details on their post. By the time I made it to the scene, WSB had it covered.
Special guest at 7:30 pm: ACC’s own Peter Stekel with a presentation on his new book “Final Flight: The Mystery of a WWII Plane Crash and the Frozen Airmen in the High Sierra”
There's a slight chill in the air signally that Halloween will soon be here. We've noticed some very spooky occurrences and some neighborhood homes including mummies hanging from play-sets and an abundance of orange spiderwebs. Do you have a scary looking home this Halloween? Please send us your photos to so we can share them here (plus then you won't have to wonder who the creepy blogger is taking photos of your home). You can send an email (address in the upper right corner) or share on our Facebook Group page or the Community Forums.
You can also join in on Beach Drive Blog's virtual pumpkin carving and Halloween costume contest for Beach Drive and neighbors. Submit your photos for the contest by Saturday, October 30, 2010 to make sure they're in time to be viewed by our ghoulish judges with winners announced on Halloween.
I cannot think of a better way to begin a morning than to watch Orcas dine on salmon for breakfast…can you?
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