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This morning we learned from a neighbor that a home around the 4500 block of Beach Drive was vandalized. Apparently they had been away from home for a couple days for Thanksgiving and returned to find their back door open and the home vandalized.
Thanks to our Beach Drive neighbor for sharing this information so we all be informed of what's happening in our neighborhood.
After returning home from a great Thanksgiving feast at my parents home in Seahurst, I decided to take a peak out at one of the lowest tides of the year and spotted this out on the beach just north of the "Rock Pile"
Of course I had to get a closer look and snapped a few more photos for the BDB.
Hoping Black Friday's ultra low tide won't be bearing anymore cephalopod gifts!
Scupper, reporting for Beach Drive Blog
We could be in for some weather today so I thought I'd share the forecast I'm checking out.
…GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING…
TODAY…S WIND 15 TO 25 KT RISING TO 25 TO 35 KT. WIND WAVES 2 TO 4 FT…BUILDING TO 5 TO 7 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN DEVELOPING THEN TURNING TO SHOWERS LATE.
TONIGHT…SW WIND 25 TO 35 KT…EASING TO 10 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND WAVES 3 TO 6 FT SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 3 FT LATE. SHOWERS.
REST OF TODAY…WINDY. RAIN DEVELOPING. HIGHS IN THE 40S. SOUTH WIND 10 TO 20 MPH INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH THIS AFTERNOON.
TONIGHT…BREEZY. RAIN IN THE EARLY EVENING…THEN SHOWERS LIKELY. LOWS IN THE 30S. SOUTHWEST WIND 15 TO 25 MPH.
We continue to have very high tides along with extreme lows:
Thursday, November 24:
- 9:36 am: 6.71 ft
- 2:49 pm: 12.26 ft
- 9:56 pm: -3.24 ft
Friday, November 25:
- 5:18 am: 12.33 ft
- 10.32 am: 7.04 ft
- 3:33 pm: 12.05 ft
- 10:41 pm: -3.57 ft
We wish you have a very happy, warm and safe Thanksgiving, from our family to yours!
We're in for some weather. Of course the forcast may and often do change… here is what we're reading now:
…WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON PST TUESDAY… THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON PST TUESDAY. * WIND…SOUTH WIND 15 TO 30 MPH THIS MORNING WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.
…GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING…
TODAY…S WIND 15 TO 25 KT. WIND WAVES 2 TO 4 FT. SHOWERS.
TONIGHT…S WIND 15 TO 25 KT RISING TO 25 TO 35 KT IN THE EVENING. WIND WAVES 2 TO 4 FT…BUILDING TO 4 TO 7 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN.
TUE…S WIND 25 TO 35 KT…EASING TO 10 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND WAVES 4 TO 7 FT SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 3 FT BY LATE AFTERNOON. RAIN TURNING TO SHOWERS.
…combine this with super high tides of 12.03 at 12:45 pm followed by a 9.75 at 2:26 am on Tuesday and a 12.2 high tide on Tuesday at 1:26pm.
Earlier we reported how a fishing net with buoys washed upon the rockery at Emma Schmitz View Point. The Department of Fisheries were notified however it appears that nobody was sent out to remove what could have harmed sealife until today.
A good neighbor was spotted pulling what is left of the nets from the rocks.
The Department of Fisheries has been notified about this empty net that have washed up on the rocks this morning. Upon taking a closer look, their did not appear to be any marine life caught up in the nets but you have to wonder what may have been caught up on it's journey to the shore.
My wife spotted this set of fishing buoys during her routine AM dog walk.
Scupper reporting for Beach Drive Blog
We have all sorts of weather in our forecast…including hints of snow this weekend from the National Weather Service! Here's what I'm reading for today (and tomorrow):
Today: Rain. High near 47. South wind between 10 and 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%.
Tonight: Showers likely, mainly before 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41. Windy, with a south southwest wind 33 to 36 mph decreasing to between 21 and 24 mph. Winds could gust as high as 46 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Thursday: A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 46. Breezy, with a south southwest wind between 18 and 23 mph.
TODAY…BREEZY…RAIN. HIGHS IN THE 40S TO LOWER 50S. SOUTHEAST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH THIS AFTERNOON.
TONIGHT…WINDY. RAIN LIKELY IN THE EVENING…THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE MID 30S TO LOWER 40S. SOUTHWEST WIND 20 TO 30 MPH.
THURSDAY…BREEZY. SHOWERS LIKELY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 30S TO MID 40S. SOUTH WIND 15 TO 25 MPH.
…GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT…
TODAY…LIGHT WIND BECOMING SE WIND 15 TO 25 KT THIS MORNING…THEN RISING TO 25 TO 35 KT LATE. WIND WAVES BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT. RAIN.
TONIGHT…S WIND 25 TO 35 KT BECOMING SW 15 TO 25 KT. WIND WAVES 4 TO 6 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FT. RAIN LIKELY IN THE EVENING…THEN CHANCE OF SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
THU…S WIND 15 TO 25 KT RISING TO 20 TO 30 KT IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON…THEN EASING TO 15 TO 25 KT LATE. WIND WAVES 2 TO 5 FT. CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE MORNING…THEN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON.
THU NIGHT…S WIND 15 TO 25 KT EASING TO 10 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND WAVES 1 TO 4 FT.
Seattle Tides:
Wednesday, November 16:
Thursday, November 17:
More on the possible snow on Friday from the NWS Special Weather Statement:
THE CURRENT FORECAST CALLS FOR A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE LOWLANDS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON ON FRIDAY. ONLY SPOTTY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED WITH THE MAJORITY OF LOWLAND LOCATIONS REMAINING FREE OF ANY ACCUMULATIONS. WHERE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS DO OCCUR…SUNSHINE BETWEEN THE SHOWERS AND AIR TEMPERATURES WELL ABOVE FREEZING ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON WILL MELT MUCH OF WHAT ACCUMULATES.
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Gizmo and Winston are handsome in their fall sweaters hand crafted by Winston's human, Amy.
We're happy to put your adorable Beach Drive pet in the blog spotlight, just send us a photo!
As I was walking our dog this morning, four UW vans pulled up along Emma Schmitz view-point. At least twenty students poured out with cameras and notebooks trying to capture some evidence of our local section of the Seattle Fault.
With the tide half way up, there wasn't much to look at except for the tops of a few boulders exposed to the rising tide… or were these actually "Spirit Boulders" left by the devastating landslides and earthquakes reported to hit this area in A.D. 900? A little research discovered that our native predecessors believed in a vicious guardian spirit named a'yahos (also referred to as Psai-Yah-hus) that appeared in this area and was associated with the existence of the infamous Spirit Boulder in Fauntleroy cove.
Could this be the same sea-creature my neighbor Eddy claimed to have hooked with a Buzz Bomb lure???
Scupper, reporting for Beach Drive Blog
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