SMOKE: City wading pools closing for the rest of today

2:33 PM: The season is over a bit early for the EC Hughes wading pool, which was scheduled to have its last day of the season today. Seattle Parks and Recreation just announced all of its wading pools citywide will be closed for the rest of the day – including daily-operation pools such as Lincoln Park – “due to the poor air quality.” No other aquatics closures have been announced so far.

7:58 PM: For the record, Parks announced belatedly that it had closed other outdoor aquatic facilities early including Colman Pool.

3 Replies to "SMOKE: City wading pools closing for the rest of today"

  • spring August 20, 2023 (3:07 pm)

    am at 35th Holden and can really smell the smoke and even see the smoke….oh well….end of the world!!

  • drM August 20, 2023 (4:14 pm)

    It’s so bad here in North Admiral actually wondering if there is a real fire nearby.

  • Alki resident August 20, 2023 (5:46 pm)

    According to Airnow.gov, the AQI is 170 at their Duwamish monitoring center.

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