All about the West Seattle neighborhood around Beach Drive
From Marcy Johnsen SWSHS Trustee:
Join the Southwest Seattle Historical Society as they tour White Center on Saturday, July 25, 2009 from 10:30 to noon. Meet at the parking lot corner of SW 17 and Roxbury. The cost is $5 for members and $7 for non-members or make a donation.
PS: When you're done with the tour, check out this butcher–it's a fabulous shop! Stop by and grab a tamale for lunch…you'll thank me later!
I'm not sure if this will become a regular series of posts here at Beach Drive Blog, butt we had to share this facinating toilet located in a home along Beach Drive.
Out of T.P.? No problems…the Toto Washlet 300 will cleanse and pamper with many features to choose from…and the heated seat is a warm welcome on a chilly Seattle day.
You have just a couple more weeks to register your Night Out block party with the 
Seattle Police Department. The area of Beach Drive that we live in has enjoyed this chance to get together for the past couple of years with a fun pot luck. I'm look forward to this year's event!
I invite you to head over to the BDB Community Forums and let us know if your holding a block party and if you're a block watch captain–it would be great if Beach Drive was "connected" with who's doing block watches…we might even learn of areas that need help getting one started.
Being aware and knowing your neighbors is a great first step in preventing crime.
Two landing crafts have been spied by a scurvy dog passing Emma Schmitz park without a skirmish…arghh!!
A big thanks to Gary J. for submitting this photo.
We've been noticing some very gross looking water in Puget Sound…nothing I'd want to swim in! West Seattle Blog has a new article that is worth reading if you've been wondering "what's in the water". WSB talks to an expert at the state Ecology Department and get's the scoop.
From the City of Seattle Forecast:
TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE 50S. SOUTHWEST WIND 10 TO 20 MPH.
From the Puget Sound Marine Forecast:
..SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM PDT THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON…
TODAY…LIGHT WIND…BECOMING VARIABLE 5 TO 15 KT THIS AFTERNOON. WIND WAVES LESS THAN 1 FT…BUILDING TO 2 FT OR LESS.
TONIGHT…S WIND RISING TO 20 TO 30 KT BY MIDNIGHT. WIND WAVES BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT.
The next high tide is an 11.4 at 6:32 this evening; going down to a 7.6 at 11:45 and then up to a 9.8 at 3:51 Monday morning.
Monday's current marine forecast:
MON…SW WIND 15 TO 25 KT. WIND WAVES 2 TO 4 FT. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
I'm not quite sure if this qualifies as our "Barking Dog Report" (when we drag out pumps in case of potential flooding) but it is something to be aware of.
something is going on in the 4500 block of Beach Drive right now. Police Officers
stated that dogs are about to be released to check the area.
We received an email from someone who discovered their car was burglarized on the 4700 block of Beach Drive:
I just wanted to inform neighbors of West Seattle Alki of my car that was broken into on the night of Thursday June 25th. I was staying at my friends house who lives on Alki Beach drive [south of] Jacobson street. My car was securely locked and my alarm was on when a burglar had broken in. My passenger side window had been punched in and the my pink bag filled with clothes a orange make up bag and lotions were taken. Nobody in the house had been awaken by my car alarm we think it happened around the time frame of 2:00-4:00 AM. I have attached pictures of how my car looked when I found it in the morning. I have heard of many other cases like this happening in the past couple weeks and I hope they find the thief soon. I have reported this case to the police and so far nobody has been caught.
If you have any information, please contact the Seattle Police.
This also serves as an excellent reminder that Seattle Night Out is happening soon on August 4, 2009. Do you have plans for your block on Beach Drive? Share it on the Beach Drive Blog Community Forum.
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