Update on the Dead Cow Story

February 4, 2011 by Leave a Comment

Just saw this tweet from West Seattle Blog:

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I hope none of the neighbors to the north (or anywhere) wind up with this poor old dead cow too. 

The next low tide today is a 5.20 at 12:06 p.m.   This will be followed by a 9.97 at 5:20 p.m. with the second chance for the cow to land on someone's beach at 11:43 p.m. with a 0.71 low tide.

Update:  as of 9:25 am this morning, the dead cow was around the 5400 block per comment by Lura on West Seattle blog.

Update Feb 5, 2011 at 9:00 a.m.: it looks like the cow has landed by the Menashe property.

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Dead Cow Washes Up on Beach

February 3, 2011 by Leave a Comment

We received an email last night that someone with their dog made a gruesome discovery around 11:00 p.m.   A dead cow that hog-tied washed up on the beach around the 5900 block of Beach Drive.   Police were called.

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Update 8:32 a.m.   The home owner needs to deal with getting the cow removed from their beach.   The police did come out last and thought that the cow was probably old and may have died from natural causes.  The police speculate someone may have been using it for bait!

Why would someone use a cow for bait? 

What would they be trying to catch?

Update 4:30 p.m.  Here's West Seattle Blog's coverage.

Filed Under: Beach Drive Homes, Crime

Update on the Beach Drive Mudslide

January 25, 2011 by Leave a Comment

West Seattle Blog has this completely covered here… looks like it's not just a muddy mess, it's a legal one too… hopefully no one is harmed while this is "duked out".

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City Meeting Tuesday Morning about the Beach Drive Mud Slides

January 22, 2011 by Leave a Comment

On Tuesday, January 25, 2011 at 9:30 a.m. at City Hall, the City Council's Transportation Committee will be briefed by the Seattle Department of Transportation and Department of Planning and Development regarding the slide issue that has been lingering around the 6100 – 6300 blocks of Beach Drive (just below Atlas).

If you cannot attend the meeting, you can watch it live on Channel 21 or online at www.seattlechannel.org

Hat tip to West Seattle Blog:

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Alki Light House

December 18, 2010 by Leave a Comment

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Beach Drive Holiday Homes

December 17, 2010 by 1 Comment

If you see someone driving around and taking photos of your home that is decked out for the holidays…it could be the us, the Beach Drive Bloggers.   You could make it easy on us and take a photo of your beautiful home and email it or post it on our Facebook page.   Then we'll share the photos here.   Thanks!

Here's another Beach Drive home that is all lit up for the holidays.

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Beach Drive Decked Out

December 13, 2010 by Leave a Comment

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Special holiday greeting to Jim for submitting this photo of a lovely Christmas display on Beach Drive by Andover Park. 

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Mud Slide at 6200 Beach Drive

December 12, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Beach Drive is closed to all traffic around the 6200 block.  This is the same area that has experienced mud slides before (below Atlas).  Here's our post from the mudslide in this area back in December 2007.

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As we were taking these photos, you could hear snapping and popping of trees.

Update 6:20 pm:  Beach Drive is now closed at Jacobson heading south towards the slide. 

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Snow, Wind and Waves!

November 22, 2010 by Leave a Comment

3:43 Update:  The wind is here along with more snow.  You can't really tell by this photo just how hard the wind is blowing…but it is.   Bundle up!

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10:00 a.m. Update:  The National Weather Service has updated the forecast from an "advisory" to a "Winter Storm Warning" which is in effect until 10:00 p.m. with "wind chill values to zero to ten degrees above zero".   The difference between a warning and advisory is that a warning deems the weather is "occurring or imminent".

Snow has been lightly falling all morning and we do not have the strong north winds as of yet. 

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Photo from about 7:30 this morning.  The small light snow flakes are constantly coming down with a storm forecasted for this afternoon.

Current updated forecast from the National Weather Service (this does change):

Today: Snow likely, mainly before 4pm. Cloudy, with a temperature falling to around 30 by 4pm. Windy, with a north northwest wind 9 to 12 mph increasing to between 36 and 39 mph. Winds could gust as high as 50 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Total daytime snow accumulation of around an inch possible.

Winter weather advisory through 7:00 p.m. tonight includes warning of possible loss of power due to high winds.

CONSIDER ALTERNATE…BUT SAFE…SOURCES OF HEAT IN CASE THIS OCCURS. OTHERWISE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE PLENTY OF EXTRA WARM CLOTHING OR BLANKETS.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINTER WEATHER WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY AT TIMES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. HAVE A FLASHLIGHT AND EXTRA WARM CLOTHING IN CASE OF TRAVEL DELAYS

Puget Sound Marine Forecast:…GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM PST THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT…

TODAY…N WIND 15 TO 25 KT…EASING TO 10 TO 20 KT EARLY IN THE MORNING…THEN RISING TO 25 TO 35 KT IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND WAVES 2 TO 4 FT…BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT. SNOW DEVELOPING BY MID MORNING.

TONIGHT…N WIND 25 TO 35 KT…EASING TO 20 TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND WAVES 4 TO 6 FT…SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT.

TUE…N WIND 15 TO 25 KT…EASING TO 10 TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES 2 TO 4 FT…SUBSIDING TO 1 OR 2 FT

Seattle Tides:

Monday, Nov 22:  high of 11.8 at 6:02 am with a low of 7.8 at 11:17 am with the next high tide of 10.6 at 3:54 p.m. followed by a low of -2.3 at 11:06 pm.

Tuesday, Nov 23:  high of 12.0 at 6:40 am with a low of 7.9 at noon.   The next high tide is a 10.5 at 4:31 pm.

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Weather Not Fit for a Duck…back in 1975

October 25, 2010 by 2 Comments

A storm in January 1975 produced 60 mph winds forcing ducks to seek the shoreline of Emma Schmitz  Memorial View Point.

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A big Hat Tip to hanniespice via Twitter.

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