Updated Marine Forecast for Thursday

October 17, 2007 by Leave a Comment

The Seattle PI reports that "wild windstorms may be on their way".

Here’s the Marine Forecast for Puget Sound as of this morning:

THU…SE WIND 15 TO 25 KT…BECOMING S 20 TO 30 KT EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON…THEN BECOMING SW 25 TO 40 KT LATE. WIND WAVES 2 TO 4 FT BUILDING TO 3 TO 7 FT. RAIN IN THE MORNING…THEN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.

THU NIGHT…SW WIND 25 TO 40 KT…BECOMING S 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND WAVES 3 TO 7 FT…SUBSIDING TO 1 OR 2 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.

Thursday’s high tide is at 11:51 a.m. at 10.3.   

It’s amazing how much the Marine forecast can change…be sure to check often.  I have a link on the left side of this blog under "Swell Links".

We started moving heavy things that like to fly across our deck (like bbqs, propane heaters, furniture, pots…etc.) to safer places and making sure our water pump has gas….

Are you ready?

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Batton down the hatches!

October 16, 2007 by Leave a Comment

Here’s the current Puget Sound forecast for the next couple of days:

WED NIGHT…SW WIND 10 TO 15 KT…BECOMING S 10 TO 20 KT… THEN RISING TO 15 TO 25 KT LATE. WIND WAVES 1 OR 2 FT BUILDING TO 2 TO 4 FT. RAIN.

THU…SE WIND 15 TO 25 KT…BECOMING S 20 TO 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND WAVES 2 TO 5 FT.

THU NIGHT…SW WIND 20 TO 30 KT…EASING TO 15 TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND WAVES 2 TO 5 FT.

FRI…S WIND 10 TO 20 KT…BECOMING SW 15 TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON…THEN EASING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE EVENING. WIND WAVES 1 TO 4 FT.

For updated forecast, click here.   I also have a link on the left side of this blog.

By the way, are you ready for the storms?

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The Three P’s: Planning, Preparing and … Panic!

September 10, 2007 by 1 Comment

Winter still seems far away…but it’s not so far away that you can’t start planning for one of the big storms we’ve had.   In the few years we’ve lived on Beach Drive, we’ve been pummeled 3 times with waves, salt and wind. 

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We’ve had some very nice neighbors who have offered to help “bail us out” and we’ve had other neighbors who were not well prepared and wanted to borrow our pumps (ummm….we were kind of using them).

Here is a quick list, if you live on the “water side” of things you may want to consider picking up before we’re in “storm season” and they’re sold out.   (We have Honda’s for our generator and pumps).

  • Generators 
  • Pumps (we have two and it so far that’s paid off because it seems like every time one has decided to quit on us). UPDATE: Aurora Rents is open on Sundays and have pumps available to rent should you flood like we do!
  • Gas for generators and pumps
  • Big Thermos full of coffee (maybe Spanish Coffee)
  • Tide Charts to read along with the upcoming Puget Sound marine forecast (links on the right column of BDB under “Swell Links”).
  • Tall rubber boots
  • Neoprene gloves

You can always try renting pumps and generators.   It use to be more convenient when the rental place was located on Fauntleroy instead of SODO and the storm needs to hit when the rental place is open for biz. (See note above regarding Aurora Rents).

We have a neighbor friend who keeps a “crash kit” of warm clothing ready for when it’s time to go battle the wind and waves. 

This is just a few ideas in the event of a storm with high tides.    What to do if we’re out of power for 5 plus days in the winter is enough for another post at a later date.

UPDATE: Since writing this post, you can connect with Beach Drive Blog with Twitter @BeachDriveBlog or Facebook fb.com/beachdriveblog using your cell phones should we lose power. 

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Did you see the lightening?

September 4, 2007 by Leave a Comment

I tried capturing photos (which is pretty tricky)…the storm appeared to be over Gig Harbor and Vashon Island from our viewpoint.Dsc_0061    Check out West Seattle Blog for some excellent photos submitted by one of their readers.

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Kathy’s Sunset

July 13, 2007 by Leave a Comment

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Low and High Tides

June 15, 2007 by Leave a Comment

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This photo was captured yesterday pretty close to the low tide of -3.7. 

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High tide was 12.0.     This weekend features some of the lowest tides of the year!   If  you’re not going to the Fremont Fair to celebrate the Summer Solstice…hanging out at home and walking the beach is a very nice option.

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How low can you go?

May 20, 2007 by Leave a Comment

Yesterday’s low tide was a minus 3.3 at 1:22 p.m.  …not quite as low as Friday’s which was a minus 3.8.

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Blustery Morning

April 9, 2007 by Leave a Comment

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Spring in Seattle means Cherry Blossoms and Rain

March 22, 2007 by Leave a Comment

And…with the temps dipping down into the 30’s over the next week…I’m a bit concerned I might have been too anxious in dragging my bougainvilleas and other wintered plants out of the garage last weekend during a "warm moment" outside.    "Eh-gads", as my Grandma Esther would say!

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And the Storm Is….

March 2, 2007 by Leave a Comment

…the National Weather Service has named the storm from December 2006:  (drum roll please) . . . .  "The Hanukkah Eve Windstorm of 2006".   

Apparently, the National Weather Service put all 8000 entries into a hat and drew Burien resident Clyde Hill’s entry as the winner.   39 other contestants suggested the same storm name.

March 3, 2007 update.   Seattle Time’s article is pretty funny about the storm.   Someone suggested naming it after his ex-wife!

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