2018 LOOKBACK: This year’s most-commented-on WSB stories

With just hours remaining in 2018, here’s this year’s edition of our one traditional year-in-review story – the year’s 10 most-commented-on WSB stories. Again this year, there are 11 on the list, with a tie along the way:

#10 – ANTI-SEMITIC VANDALISM IN SUNRISE HEIGHTS
November 26, 2018 – 138 comments
Anti-Semitic slurs painted behind Sunrise Heights homes drew regional attention, and a support rally in The Junction a week later. No arrest reported so far.

#9 – DEADLY STABBING ON ALKI AVENUE
June 2, 2018 – 140 comments
22-year-old Jonathan Pecina was stabbed to death near Anchor/Luna Park. No arrest reported so far.

#8 – HEAD TAX
May 14, 2018 – 141 comments
This story looked at the “head tax” passed by the City Council – which later repealed it.

#7 – NOVEMBER POWER OUTAGE
November 30, 2018 – 145 comments
This outage affected about 3,000 West Seattle homes and businesses for an hour and a half.

#6 – TEEN CHARGED IN DEADLY SHOOTING AT HIGH POINT BUS STOP
August 15, 2018 – 157 comments
16-year-old Loyan Ahmed was charged with murder in the shooting death of 37-year-old Taylor Fehlen at the bus stop on the northwest corner of 35th/Morgan. He remains in jail.

#5 – DEADLY SHOOTING AT WEST SEATTLE STADIUM
May 8, 2018 – 166 comments
44-year-old Lorenzo Marr was shot and killed during a youth track meet at the stadium. No arrest reported so far.

#4 (tie) – “ALL WEST SEATTLE TEAM” WORKING ON JUNCTION PROJECT
February 26, 2018 – 170 comments
In February, we broke the news of this project that will include apartments as well as a new home for Husky Deli.

#4 (tie) – 1 DEAD, 2-ALARM HOUSE FIRE AFTER SWAT RESPONSE FOR EVICTION
May 11, 2018 – 170 comments
After a King County Sheriff’s Office team arrived to evict 51-year-old David Severtson from a house his family owned at 42nd/Findlay, he set it on fire and killed himself.

#3 – MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL THREAT
April 27, 2018 – 174 comments
Madison MS sheltered in place for part of the day after word of a threat made by a student.

#2 – WHAT ELEVATED LIGHT RAIL MIGHT LOOK LIKE IN WEST SEATTLE
January 11, 2018 – 176 comments
Sound Transit had provided only numbers; “Avalon Tom” provided unofficial visualizations.

#1 – DECEMBER WINDSTORM/POWER OUTAGE
December 14, 2018 – 228 comments
Almost 10,000 homes/businesses in West Seattle lost power in a windstorm with ~50 mph gusts.

PREVIOUS YEARS: Here are our annual most-commented-stories lists, going back to 2011:

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2015
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2013
2012
2011

T December 31, 2018 (6:07 pm)

Was anyone ever arrested for the stabbing or the shooting?

WSB December 31, 2018 (8:29 pm)

Both of those items above end with “No arrest reported so far.”

MercyMoi January 1, 2019 (10:55 am)

Grateful for your reliable news coverage and the forum to comment! Happy New Year, WSB.

Diane January 1, 2019 (3:23 pm)

the link to #2 goes to “404 error page”

WSB January 1, 2019 (5:57 pm)

Fixed! Thanks!
- Diane January 2, 2019 (5:50 am)
  
  thanks for fixing; in the comment section of this story, the pics that Avalon Tom had posted in his comments re his renderings seem to have disappeared and been replaced with pics from not sure what? other stories; looks like pic of a car, bullet holes in a wall, and some guy, Jeremy David Lelko; any way you can fix that? I wanted to share this story with a friend
- Seavieu January 2, 2019 (10:42 am)
  
  Is it possible the photos in the comments changed? There are still pictures, but they don’t seem relevant. It’s pretty wild (or I’m really tired).Just wanted to say that I love the Blog and get super into the comments (they are eye-opening, encouraging, disturbing, hilarious, solemn). I look forward to this list every year. Thank you for all you do!
  - WSB January 2, 2019 (10:55 am)
    
    Yes, we have a known bug where sometimes images uploaded to comments display with different comments after some days/weeks. Don’t know why. The reader-uploaded images don’t go into the same place as the ones we upload so I can’t access them. Sorry!