WEST SEATTLE MONDAY: What you need to know about this semi-holiday

It’s the day after Christmas, but since the holiday happened on a Sunday this time, many are “observing” the holiday today. So we start the day with these notes:

TRANSPORTATION

*Low bridge still closed
*Metro on Sunday schedule
*No Water Taxi today
*Fauntleroy-Vashon-Southworth state ferry route on 2-boat schedule
*Free parking today in areas of the city with on-street paid parking
*See citywide traffic cams here, West Seattle-relevant cams here

OTHER SERVICES/FACILITIES

*No USPS services except Priority Mail Express
*Banking holiday
*Libraries open today
*Most Seattle Parks facilities closed

WEATHER & TIDE

*Special Weather Statement for increased slide risk with heavy rain through Tuesday
*’King tide’ high tide at 7:55 am today – 13.0 feet

Got news? Text us at 206-293-6402,or email westseattleblog@gmail.com if non-urgent – thank you!

Jeepney December 26, 2022 (7:52 am)

Any news on how long this windstorm is going to last?

Bob December 26, 2022 (8:55 am)

I think you need a carriage return after “< [? *Low bridge still closed” …….perhaps 2 carriage returns if the intent was to have “ <[? *Low bridge still closed” appear as a caption to the picture showing the bridge has swung back in line with the roadway.

Eddie December 26, 2022 (8:56 am)

Cracks me up how the punctuation on the low bridge comment can be interpretred comically:<[? *Low bridge

WSB December 26, 2022 (9:32 am)

Thanks, sorry, missing carats in code cause trouble (there’s a haiku in there somewhere), fixed.

JayDee December 26, 2022 (9:41 am)

Has anyone heard how SPU garbage/clean green is working this week? Are Monday pickups delayed? The SPU website is non-informative.

WSB December 26, 2022 (10:13 am)

Everyone is supposed to be back to their regular day, and since Tuesday-Friday were missed, those areas can put out double. SPU just reiterated this on Twitter minutes ago:
https://twitter.com/SeattleSPU/status/1607436645032132610
Eddie December 26, 2022 (10:50 am)

Our compost and garbage have already both been collected this morning. Monday is our normal collection day.
Al King December 26, 2022 (12:24 pm)

Normal amount of garbage trucks picking up here on Alki by Homestead.

street parking seattlite December 26, 2022 (10:07 am)

Anyone known by chance if the free parking today also pertains to street parking with no pay required (4 hour parking, 2 hour, etc)? I tried looking on the link you inserted but no luck!