WEST SEATTLE SNOW: Thursday closures/changes

Another day of closures/schedule changes. We’re updating as info comes in – please let us know if you have something/someplace to add:

CLOSED/CANCELED

Facilities/services:
–West Seattle YMCA
–Senior Center of West Seattle
–West Seattle Food Bank
–All Seattle Public Library locations
–All Seattle Parks facilities
-City residential solid-waste pickup (here’s the current plan for tomorrow & beyond)

Businesses
Admiral Theater
Alki Bike and Board
Alki Mail & Dispatch
Cherry Consignment
C & P Coffee (closed for COVID exposure)
Illusions Hair Design
Grillbird
Head To Toe Day Spa
McDonald’s (Admiral and Morgan Junction, per readers)
Paper Boat Booksellers
Pecos Pit BBQ
Rambo Total Pest Control

OPEN BUT WITH CHANGES

Facilities/services:
City-run COVID testing site at Nino Cantu SW Athletic Complex opens at 10:30 am
West Seattle Golf Course (“snow activities” and walking allowed, but no golfing)

Businesses
Bakery Nouveau (10 am-3 pm)
HomeStreet Bank (closing at 4)
Metropolitan Market (closing at 8)
The Birdhouse (open until 1 pm)
West Seattle Animal Hospital (open until 4:30 pm)
Youngstown Coffee (10 am-2 pm)

If you have info to add, westseattleblog@gmail.com or text 206-293-6302 – thank you!

Flivver December 30, 2021 (9:15 am)

WARNING!!!! It will be in the 20’s tonight. Anything that melts will be worse than snow:ICE. Be VERY careful overnight and tomorrow morning.

It’s not snowplows this time… it’s tech December 30, 2021 (9:28 am)

Has Mayor-elect Harrell named the new IT director for the City? Let’s hope we get a real experienced Tech leader this time that knows how to keep crucial systems running in disasters. The recent E911 outage and the GIS views are worrisome. This is just snow – what happens in an earthquake? Folks notice when the snow plows aren’t running…. I’d like to know that our IT systems will work as well.

Mark B December 30, 2021 (9:38 am)

Metropolitan Market had a sign indicating an early 8pm closing. Website shows the same.Admiral Safeway’s upper deck parking and access ramp are very icy. Ground level parking looked ok.

soosan December 30, 2021 (9:43 am)

Here at Nino Cantu for my 9:50 COVID swab appointment — along with lots of other people and no staff. Wish UW had alerted us that the site was not opening til 10:30 … tg for the WS blog!

Alki December 30, 2021 (12:43 pm)

You can try calling SeaMar at White Center or other locations to see if you can get tested as a walk in. https://www.seamar.org/coronavirus.htmlPolyclinic and other clinics have openings for next week.

West Seattle December 30, 2021 (11:19 am)

McDonald’s on California & SW Holly closed today 12/30

Tiah December 30, 2021 (1:24 pm)

West Seattle Animal Hospital closes at 4:30 today.

Crow December 30, 2021 (3:55 pm)

No mail for days on 35th. Has USPS announced anything about making up for this last string of days with no delivery of mail?

WSB December 30, 2021 (4:45 pm)

USPS’s local media rep has not responded to our inquiries – this is the only official announcement they’ve made in this region
https://about.usps.com/newsroom/local-releases/wa/2021/1228-usps-asks-customers-to-help-keep-carriers-safe.htm

It’s not universal, though … we’ve received mail all but one day this week … but it’s clear from other comment threads that many haven’t.

CAM December 30, 2021 (3:58 pm)

I went to the post office (Westwood) today to try to get some packages. Turns out that they’ve had about 50% call outs all week according to the person I was speaking to. They said that they do not have staff to sort the mail. It sounds like it is usually the carriers that sort the mail for their routes and if the carrier calls in then the mail doesn’t get sorted and thus can’t get delivered. Going there to pick up the mail won’t do any good because it isn’t sorted and they won’t be able to locate it. She said that it should be sorted out and people should start getting things again by Monday. There were some people being very yelly while I was there. The people who showed up to work probably don’t need that.

RickB December 30, 2021 (4:13 pm)

Anyone else not getting their US mail this week? I’m in 98146 and haven’t had a single thing in my mailbox this week.

Sunrise Heights December 30, 2021 (7:06 pm)

We’ve not had any mail deliveries missed. Seems like it depends on who has your route. Earlier deliveries than normal for us even.
Jamie December 30, 2021 (7:14 pm)

I live in 98116 and our mail was delivered yesterday and today. I spoke with our carrier (who is one of the kindest people I know) and he confirmed that many USPS employees have been unable to come into work due to either the weather or COVID. They are doing their best!
WSlite December 31, 2021 (2:58 am)

I haven’t been receiving my usual USPS mail this week either. You are not alone. Understandable though considering the snow conditions around here and surrounding cities where mail persons may live too.

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