Pinehurst Seattle

Seattle’s Office of Emergency Management (OEM) will offer a basic SNAP (Seattle Neighborhoods Actively Prepared) class at the Lake City Library on Saturday, November 14, 10:30 a.m. to 12 noon. No registration necessary.

For information about SNAP classes or Fall-Winter skills classes (e.g., disaster first aid), please contact Debbie Goetz, OEM, debbie.goetz@seattle.gov, 684-0517.

Storm season is underway and Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) is offering a limited number of free, filled sandbags to households or business owners in flood-prone areas. If you’ve experienced, or come close to, flooding, you may consider using sandbags.

Sandbags don’t seal out water, but can help redirect the flow of water and protect property [...]

Here’s a timely message from the Seattle Fire Department:

As the end of Daylight Saving Time approaches on Sunday, November 1st, the Seattle Fire Department wants to remind residents to change their smoke alarm batteries when they change their clocks. Smoke alarms powered by lithium long-life batteries do not need to be changed yearly.

Most fire deaths [...]

From Seattle Public Utilities:

We need your help! Keep your neighborhood drains clear of debris and the rain water flowing.

We’ll lend you free cleanup supplies. Pick them up at the following times and locations:

October 24 and 31 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at Seattle Public Utilities’ warehouse at 3633 East Marginal Way South.

October 28 and [...]

SEATTLE – The city of Seattle today announced the completion of a comprehensive effort to revamp and upgrade its winter storm readiness and response plan. In addition, the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) welcomes aboard Monty Sedlak as the new director of Street Maintenance.

“Based on nationwide best practices, our new plan will ensure Seattle [...]

The Seattle Times and Seattlepi.com have articles today about the updating of maps for flood-prone areas in Seattle. Seattle Public Utilities has added some and removed other areas in the Thornton Creek watershed area that are prone to flooding. The map below here shows the watershed area, but not the specific areas that [...]

Seattle’s Office of Emergency Managementn (OEM) will offer a basic SNAP (Seattle Neighborhoods Actively Prepare) class at the Lake City Library on Saturday, November 14, 10:30 a.m. to 12 noon. No registration necessary.

For information about SNAP classes, SNAP’s fall leadership academy (sign up by Oct. 7), or Fall-Winter skills classes (e.g., disaster first aid), [...]

I try not to complain in this blog. Negativity is rarely productive. However, this morning I am really mad.

Our power went out last night at 9:30 pm. It goes out a lot mainly due to the number of large trees in our part of the neighborhood. And, we are used to waiting patiently for [...]

According the the Seattle PI and the SLOG Seattle is changing its policy on the use of salt on roads for snow and ice removal. In the future, under certain circumstances, salt will be allowed on Seattle roads.

Update – Here is the full press release:

Mayor amends city’s snow removal practice, adds crews to clean-up

SEATTLE [...]