All about the West Seattle neighborhood around Beach Drive
Was your home still a vacant lot in 1937? You can search King County Map Vault by Section Township Range to see how your lot appeared “back in the day”. Use this reference photo to locate your particular map section…
Jacobson Rd is located in Section 22. Lowman Cove is shared in both 27 & 26
Here’s an example of how present day Mee-Kwa-Mooks Park appeared back when it was occupied by West Seattle pioneers Ferdinand & Emma Schmitz…
Scupper, reporting for Beach Drive Blog
At around 4:00 am this morning, a vehicle wiped out a sign and struck a home around the 4000 block of Beach Drive.
The home that was hit has damage to the garage door, landscaping and garbage cans.
A couple neighbors from the condos across the street were awoken from the noise. One neighbor said it was so loud, they thought it was in their building.
Yesterday the Seattle Public Utilities posted a sign by Cormorant Cove Park off of Beach Drive warning the public to not swim nor wade in the Puget Sound waters.
This happens to be near where the trimaran and power boat wrecked by the Harbor West Condominiums. However it is our understanding that the officials were originally called out for a possible sewage leakage from the condominiums and not for the situation with the boats.
Stay tuned.
The newest victim falling to a wrecking ball (back hoe) is 5037 Beach Drive SW. Per King County Assessor, this 2,680 sf home was built in 1954…
I don’t see any loss of historic value here on this one but I’d love to see it’s “beachy” neighbors hang in there for at least another 100 years!
Scupper, reporting for Beach Drive Blog
September is less than 9 months away!
After a day of historic flooding on Beach Drive SW, this was a small fire that the waves didn’t put out tonight…
One of the three fire truck responders told us that a small fire broke out in a planter on the upper deck of this home. Damage was thankfully minimal. Wazzu by-stander had no comment.
Scupper, reporting for beach Drive Blog
A couple more homes decked out for the holidays to share with you. If we’re missing your Beach Drive home, pet dressed up as on of Santa’s helpers or you have a favorite holiday recipe you’d like to share with your Beach Drive neighbors, please let us know!
West Seattle Herald recently wrote about the King Tides that will be topping out at 13 feet along our shoreline this weekend…
So called King Tides (a non-scientific term) simply refers to the very highest tides. They occur when the earth, moon and sun are aligned at perigee (when the moon is closest to earth) and perihelion (when the earth is closest to the sun), resulting in the largest tidal range seen during a year since the gravitational effects are magnified.
While NOAA does not expect additional tidal height due to coastal flooding, the Marine Forecast has issued southerly winds between 15/ 25 knots with 2-4 foot waves to boot during Saturday’s extreme high tide…
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PUGET SOUND AND HOOD CANAL-
900 AM PST WED DEC 12 2012THU…S WIND 5 TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES 2 FT OR LESS. CHANCE OF RAIN.
THU NIGHT…S WIND 10 TO 20 KT…RISING TO 15 TO 25 KT. WIND WAVES 2 TO 4 FT.
FRI…S WIND 15 TO 25 KT…EASING TO 5 TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES 2 TO 4 FT…SUBSIDING TO 2 FT OR LESS.
FRI NIGHT…N WIND 5 TO 15 KT…BECOMING S TO 10 KT. WIND WAVES 2 FT OR LESS.
SAT…S WIND 15 TO 25 KT. WIND WAVES 2 TO 4 FT.
SUN…SW WIND TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES 2 FT OR LESS.
Upcoming high tides:
Thursday +12.5 ft at 5:15AM also +12.1 at 3:30PM
Friday +12.8 ft at 6:30AM also +11.8 at 4:30PM
Saturday +13 ft at 7:00AM also +11.2 at 5:30PM
Sunday +13 ft at 8:00AM
Monday +12.9 ft at 8:30AM
Tuesday +12.7 ft at 9:00AM
Scupper, reporting for Beach Drive Blog
We thought we’d share some photos of neighborhood homes that are decked out for the holidays along Beach Drive.
Would you like to have your festive Beach Drive home or decorated pet featured on Beach Drive Blog? Please send us a photo!
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