Beach Drive Blog

While checking my emails this morning, I caught a message from my sister asking if we're okay…she heard there's a landslide on Beach Drive via the news.  Of course the first thing I did (since we're fine) was to check West Seattle Blog and they do report that the 6000 block of Beach Drive is closed due to a response from a landslide.

If you have any photos, please be sure to forward them.

Update:  Here is Fox Q13's report.   From their photo, the slide looks pretty small–let's hope it stays that way.   

A motorcyclist was struck by a van this afternoon.  The van fled up Jacobsen and some witnesses followed them.  I understand the police may have one person in custody.   The motorcyclist has been transferred via ambulance to a hospital and it looks like he should be okay.

For more information, check out West Seattle Blog–I believe they will be posting more infomation soon (if they haven't all ready).

Do we need a stop light at that intersection?

Update:  here's a little information posted on Seattle PI's blog: Seattle 911

Police said a section of Beach Drive was contained after the man, who is bald man, and was wearing black pants and a black hoodie, was seen running through a yard. He was reportedly hiding between two houses and was taken into custody at 2:07 p.m

A gentleman I talked to at the scene who had followed the van when it took off up Jacobsen thought he saw two men flee the van.

I received this question on an earlier post this week:

Thanks for keeping us all posted…what is the crazy photo to the left of my name? Where did that come from? It looks like wires all twisted up. I have no idea where that is coming from as I have not posted a photo on your blog. Can you please explain?

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