TRAFFIC/TRANSIT TODAY: Monday eclipse edition

(SDOT MAP with travel times/video links; is the ‘low bridge’ closed? LOOK HERE)

6:30 AM: If you use 26th SW in North Delridge, be aware that some SFD units may still be in the 4700 block and vicinity in the aftermath of an early-morning house fire.

Otherwise – it’s Eclipse Day. If you’re not already taking the day – or at least the morning – off to watch it, remember that near-totality (92 percent coverage) arrives in our area at 10:20 am. Provided the weather cooperates – here in Upper Fauntleroy, we’ve been watching a fog bank advancing this way from Vashon …

Other things you should know about today:

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL: Ninth-graders start today at Summit Atlas, West Seattle’s first charter school, on the southwest corner of 35th SW and SW Roxbury. That means about 100 students arriving around 8 am. The school also is starting its first year with a sixth-grade class, and their first day is tomorrow. (Here’s Summit Atlas’s calendar.) Our area’s other schools are generally not starting until early September.

4TH AVENUE S. REPAVING: This is the start of the second week for repaving between Spokane St. and the stadiums.

Amanda August 21, 2017 (8:25 am)

What’s with the fog that just rolled in?! Nooo!

Carole August 21, 2017 (8:51 am)

If the fog doesn’t clear early comcast channel 645 is the NASA streaming.

SoAdmiralK August 21, 2017 (9:01 am)

Thanks Carole!
WSB August 21, 2017 (9:03 am)

Sunny up here in Upper Fauntleroy – the fog moved in around dawn but we seem to be above it now. We were planning to cover the eclipse from the High Point Library event so will be able to report shortly how the weather is there. We’re at about 300′ elevation here. Myrtle Reservoir Park is near the highest point in the city, 500+ feet, FWIW – we’ll be driving that way. – TR