STORM SCENES: Alki aftermath; windblown waves; birds in the breeze – and snow!

The storm’s gone – but not forgotten. Some scenes to share:

That photo is from today at Alki Beach, by David Hutchinson, who explains:

Lots of Alki Beach sand in motion yesterday. The wind blew a bunch off the surface to the south – including across Alki Ave, while the wave action removed about 2-3 feet beginning at the high-tide line. Assume that this will reinforce the offshore sandbars that are visible at low tides.

If you missed the north-wind-fueled wave action that caused it, here are reader videos showing what happened, starting with this one at sunset by Marie:

A little earlier, Bridget also caught the wind and waves:

Hours before that, Rachael recorded gulls in windsurfing mode:

And as wild as things got on Sunday, you might have forgotten that the morning weather was all about snow showers. Along Beach Drive, Lura recorded a great blue heron standing strong in the windblown snow – for a bit:

Thanks again to everyone sharing photos and videos; e-mail is always best – editor@westseattleblog.com – but if it’s easier, you can text to our hotline, too – 206-293-6302 – thank you!

LatteRose February 19, 2018 (5:15 pm)

Loved the videos!

Stephanie February 19, 2018 (6:52 pm)

Several large evergreens are down within Schmidtz Park. We ran into three trees across the trails this afternoon. One was especially large heading in from the elementary school.

WSB February 19, 2018 (7:07 pm)

Thanks. We also got a report of a tree down along the Colman Pool hillside path in Lincoln Park. Going to ask Parks tomorrow about tree loss/damage.

MJ February 19, 2018 (10:38 pm)

Wow the Seagulls looked like they were playing in the wind

Chuck February 19, 2018 (11:13 pm)

I saw at least three trees down on my walk thru LP today, including the huge Douglas fir (I think) noted on to the left of the stair climb as you head up from the pool. Plus anther up on the high trail near the the edge of the informal (cough) “dog run” area. I’d love to hear the reports of anyone brave or foolish enough to have been walking the park on Saturday eve/night. Looking at the many widow-maker limbs and big trees down, we’re lucky no one was killed.