December 2022

Update 2:45pm

Now the outage is down to around 105 customers near the Glen Acres Golf Club centered on 9th Avenue South and another pocket in the Mt. View neighborhood.Estimated time of restoration is 4pm.

Update 12:30pm

The initial power outage in West Seattle that started at over 300 then grew to more than 500 has been shrunk to around 25. But others have popped up including one affecting nearly 100 in South Park between 8th Ave South and 14th Ave South and 101st South and 106th South. Restoration for that outage was not expected before 4pm.

Update 11:20am

The power outage that hit more than 300 City Light customers in West Seattle has now expanded to more than 520. The outage has extended to the east with pockets of outages sprinkled around the periphery.

The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning starting Thursday Afternoon through Friday. Snow and ice and frigid temperatures are predicted.

Update 7:00pm Thursday

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM PST FRIDAY...

* WHAT...Heavy mixed precipitation expected. Total snow accumulations of up to two inches and ice accumulations of up to one quarter of an inch.

* WHERE...Portions of northwest and west central Washington.

* WHEN...From 4 PM this afternoon to 7 PM PST Friday.

* IMPACTS...Plan on slippery road conditions.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...This is will be a complex mix of winter precipitation with potentially significant impacts. The best chance for up to two inches of snowfall is across the Hood Canal.

Information from the City of Seattle 

The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning in effect from 4:00 PM Thursday through 7:00 PM Friday.

• Snow will fall overnight, with expected accumulations in Seattle of 1-2 inches.
• Freezing rain will begin to impact the Seattle area in the early morning hours, with the highest impacts expected during the morning commute. Rain that falls will freeze on surfaces, including roadways, sidewalks, and vehicles. Roadways and walkways will be slippery.
• Extremely cold temperatures will continue overnight Thursday.
• Temperatures will warm Friday into Saturday. An extended period of rain will continue through next week, which could cause localized flooding.

Weather Impacts

Information from Seattle Police Department

Police arrested a 40-year-old man after he drove through a SODO business’s fence while fleeing in a stolen van.

Officers spotted a man driving a white van with a stolen license plate, parked in the 700 block of South Andover Street, around 7:45 p.m. and attempted to pull the vehicle over.

Rather than stopping, the driver rammed the van through a business’s chain link fence, then backed into an SPD patrol vehicle before fleeing with at least one flat tire.

King County's water taxi engineering team has installed lamp pole lights on the Seacrest dock.

On the top of these lights are solar panels that power the lights and charge the batteries that store power for these lights.

The dock did not have enough light prior to this installation. These lights were installed last week and will continue to be modified for best coverage.

A hardy group of around 50 people braved sub freezing temperatures to join Santa Claus and two of his real reindeer at the famous Menashe Christmas display on Tuesday night. 

Saint Nick was there greeting children and hearing Christmas wishes as kids and their parents stood in line to feed the reindeer handfuls of raisins.