Seattle Snow
A roundup of tweets, facebook posts and other online multimedia as snow has started to fall in the Seattle area.
Return of the Denny sled run -- UPDATE: Not all fun and gamesSeattle Snowpocalypse 2010 DSC_5452.jpg, originally uploaded by laviddichterman.2008 flashback. Reports of hundreds of people gathered on the slope of Denny Way enjoying the snowy night. Sledding, cart racing, frolic, etc. As a few folks have said via Twitter, comments and Facebook, hopefully this year they clean up after themselves (yeah, right!). Pictures by View entire map >> We were worried when we saw the 12:28 AM 911 callout to Denny and Melrose that it might have been related to a sledding accident. Our worries were confirmed this morning. We'll try to find out more about the injuries which did not...- There were some folks out sledding last night, but it wasn't all fun and games like CHS Capitol Hill Seattle reports.
- 12:35 p.m.: King County Metro buses are operating on snow routes Tuesday morning and some routes have been canceled because of the slippery condition.
- Brrrrrr! It's -4 c in Seattle now. Couldn't go to work due to snow storm. Cars are sliding all over the street including mine. Had to leave the car out there and walk home in a freezing weather. The restaurant had to close early and probably all day tomorrow. It isn't going to get any worse than this!!
- (7 a.m. Tuesday): I-5 turned into a virtual parking lot Monday night around Lake City Way. Were you stuck on the roads last night? Send your commute story to newstips[at]seattletimes[dot]com.
- 9:37 a.m.: The National Weather Service says a Winter Storm Warning is in effect until 10 p.m. for the Seattle, Tacoma and Everett metro areas. Snow accumulations of 2 to 6 inches are expected.
- 9:40 a.m.: Two crashes blocked five of the Aurora Bridge's six lanes this morning. This photo was taken on Halliday Street, just south of the bridge.
