Archive for December, 2008

Winter Scenes in White Center

Monday, December 15th, 2008 Posted in White Center news | Comments Off on Winter Scenes in White Center

Some pictures of White Center on this sunny winter day. [caption id="attachment_1493" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Rozella Building"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_1494" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Sidewalk on 16th Avenue SW"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_1495" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Winter sun seen through ... Read more..

Updated list of buses on “adverse weather” reroutes

Monday, December 15th, 2008 Posted in Metro, Weather, White Center news | Comments Off on Updated list of buses on “adverse weather” reroutes

From the Metro website just minutes ago: Read more..

“All of this White Center/Burien area is a sheet of ice”

Monday, December 15th, 2008 Posted in Weather, White Center news | Comments Off on “All of this White Center/Burien area is a sheet of ice”

That warning, and complaint, on the scanner just now, on a frequency where we've been monitoring everything from police to sheriff to Fire Department communications for the region, including a ... Read more..

Side Hills Very Icy: Avoid if at all Possible – Sanislo Elementary Parents Beware

Monday, December 15th, 2008 Posted in White Center news | Comments Off on Side Hills Very Icy: Avoid if at all Possible – Sanislo Elementary Parents Beware

The side roads have not been sanded so the hills remain very trecharous and icy.  Avoid if you can.  Myrtle SW in front of Sanislo Elementary School is an ice-sheet ... Read more..

Looking for chains before next dose of snow? Good luck

Monday, December 15th, 2008 Posted in Weather, White Center news | 2 Comments »

We're calling around to try to find chains. Schuck's in White Center doesn't have the size we need and told us they'd sold $10,000 in chains and antifreeze this weekend ... Read more..

White Center weather: Monday morning information

Monday, December 15th, 2008 Posted in Schools, Seattle Public Schools, Weather, White Center news | Comments Off on White Center weather: Monday morning information

Highline Public Schools and Seattle Public Schools are both on two-hour delay; those and other districts are listed on SchoolReport.org. Holy Family School is starting at 10 am; Shorewood Christian ... Read more..

White Center weather updates: Commute info, school changes

Sunday, December 14th, 2008 Posted in Metro, Schools, Weather, White Center news | Comments Off on White Center weather updates: Commute info, school changes

Another update tonight from the county - read it here. We are also keeping watch for any updates from both the Highline and Seattle school districts on potential school changes/closures ... Read more..

County website now has updated bus info

Sunday, December 14th, 2008 Posted in Metro, Weather | Comments Off on County website now has updated bus info

We noticed earlier that there was no updated "bus problems" information on the Metro website - despite numerous reports in our West Seattle Blog snow/ice coverage about stranded buses - ... Read more..

Unless you absolutely have to drive, DON’T

Sunday, December 14th, 2008 Posted in Weather, White Center news | Comments Off on Unless you absolutely have to drive, DON’T

Icy roads everywhere, even if you're not on a hill. More snow showers on the way, says the National Weather Service, which has a "winter weather advisory" in effect till ... Read more..

Snow!

Saturday, December 13th, 2008 Posted in Weather, White Center news | Comments Off on Snow!

Three-plus hours of snow now, and the National Weather Service says it may not entirely let up before midday Sunday (a "winter weather advisory" is now in effect through noon). ... Read more..

Holiday party at Cafe Rozella today! (And one other holiday p.s.)

Saturday, December 13th, 2008 Posted in Fun, Holidays, White Center Food Bank, White Center news | 2 Comments »

4 pm, holiday party and open house at Cafe Rozella - Ricardo wrote about it here. Remember, bring donations for the White Center Food Bank. After that, if you are ... Read more..

Sex or Internet: Which Would You Give Up?

Saturday, December 13th, 2008 Posted in Technology | Comments Off on Sex or Internet: Which Would You Give Up?

A new Harris Survey asks the question, which would you forgo first, sex or internet access.   According to the New York Times: According to the study, 46 percent of women and ... Read more..

White Center’s neighbors in Top Hat get Times spotlight

Saturday, December 13th, 2008 Posted in Neighborhoods, Real estate | Comments Off on White Center’s neighbors in Top Hat get Times spotlight

In the Times' real-estate section, a nice feature about White Center-neighboring Top Hat, including some quotes from Heidi Johnson of the North Highline Unincorporated Area Council. Read it here. Read more..

Annexation update: Clarification from the county

Friday, December 12th, 2008 Posted in Annexation, King County, White Center news | 7 Comments »

At least, that's the purported source of this comment just posted this afternoon on our Monday night post in which we broke the news about the annexation-process deal between Burien, ... Read more..

White Center weather update: Snow threat lessens

Friday, December 12th, 2008 Posted in Weather, White Center news | Comments Off on White Center weather update: Snow threat lessens

The latest "forecast discussion" from the National Weather Service, published minutes ago (just before 10 am), is backing away from snow possibilities (except "slushy" on "higher hills") around here. Read ... Read more..

White Center Community Safety Coalition: Evolucion’s owner faces his club’s critics

Thursday, December 11th, 2008 Posted in White Center news | 5 Comments »

Every time we've been to the White Center/South Delridge Community Safety Coalition's meetings, the WC dance club Evolucion comes up, and some people start venting. Some of that spilled over ... Read more..

Icy Roads: Don’t drive like an idiot, especially if you drive an SUV

Thursday, December 11th, 2008 Posted in White Center news | 6 Comments »

Ok, so we live in a part of the country that gives us wet roads most of the year.  So why is it, that when it starts to rain, we ... Read more..

“Expanded” park and ride in White Center and Burien, under one of two newly released Viaduct scenarios

Thursday, December 11th, 2008 Posted in Alaskan Way Viaduct, Transportation, White Center news | 1 Comment »

At West Seattle Blog, we have running coverage (see it here) from the briefing at which the two "finalist" scenarios for the Alaskan Way Viaduct central waterfront section have just ... Read more..

No school for Highline students on Friday

Thursday, December 11th, 2008 Posted in Highline School District, Schools, Seattle Public Schools | Comments Off on No school for Highline students on Friday

No need for a "snow day" if the potential flakes arrive early on Friday - because it's already a day off ("waiver day") for students in Highline Public Schools. After ... Read more..

Weather alert: Wind on the way as well as possible snow

Wednesday, December 10th, 2008 Posted in Weather, White Center news | Comments Off on Weather alert: Wind on the way as well as possible snow

(Crossposted from partner site West Seattle Blog, because this is important safety info for our whole area.) Now that the end of the week is within sight, it's time to ... Read more..

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