While a few neighborhoods like West Seattle have been slipping and sliding, Ballard has emerged without any significant weather impact so far (other than Seattle Public Schools District starting two […]
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Coldest weather in 18 years in forecast
Forecasters are predicting the coldest stretch of weather since December 1990, when hundreds of pipes burst, flooding homes across the region. Temperatures are not expecting to get above freezing all week — on Thursday, the high is not expected to get above the mid-20s. Brrrr.
“Homeowners and businesses can save themselves a lot of heartache and expense if they take steps — right now — to winterize their pipes,” said Joe Mickelson with Seattle Public Utilities. “The alternative to acting now could be the cost of a plumber’s visit and huge repair bills for flood damage.” Read SPU’s important list of winterizing tips below:
Snow, ice on cold Sunday morning
Most of Ballard woke up to a winter landscape this morning. Despite the 28 degree temps, traffic is moving smoothly on the main roads around Ballard, including 65th St. and […]
Snow blankets Ballard
The snow began to fall Saturday night, at first a gentle dusting, and then around 11 p.m. it was coming down in big chunks, sticking to the roadways. In Loyal […]
Snow, hail, rain, sun..
Ah yes, spring in Seattle. It snowed rather steadily in Upper Ballard and Phinney Ridge Sunday morning (nothing was sticking), and then the sun appeared. “We didn’t get any snow […]
More of your snow photos
It’s snowing in brief bouts here in Upper Ballard this morning, but nothing is sticking. Here are a few more reader snow photos from yesterday…
“My tulips first snow! They were not real excited,” writes Michael.
Lindsay shot this photo going down 3rd Ave, toward Holman Road.
Winter storms back with a vengeance
We haven’t seen it snow this heavily in quite some time. There’s even thunder and lightning! We shot the photo below on the Ridge around 6:45 p.m. If you have […]
Light snow around the neighborhood
For a few minutes, ice pellets were coming down fast and furious. Then it turned to snow and started to melt. We took this photo on Phinney around 8 p.m. […]
A little Christmas snow
It started around noon as a rain-snow mix. Then at 1 p.m., it changed to snow. And a half-hour later, it began to stick around our Ballard home. So we […]
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