WINDSTORM AFTERMATH: West Seattle’s biggest fallen tree finally removed

(WSB photo)

Remember the giant tree that fell across Walnut Avenue in South Admiral during Tuesday’s windstorm? We believe it’s the biggest one that came down; the photo above is all we saw left of it this afternoon. Here’s what it looked like right after the storm:

A neighbor told us work to remove it was finally under way last night, and she believed the nearby residents who were without power for days had been restored too. The Seattle City Light map is finally without West Seattle outages and shows fewer than 800 customers still out systemwide.

8 Replies to "WINDSTORM AFTERMATH: West Seattle's biggest fallen tree finally removed"

  • sbre November 23, 2024 (8:00 pm)

    Imagine all the stories that tree could tell.

    So sad!

    • Curious George November 24, 2024 (8:04 am)

      Walnut Ave, walnut tree❓If so I hope the wood could be re-purposed.

      • John November 24, 2024 (2:10 pm)

        It was a chestnut tree! With quite a bit of rot. The chainsaw crew did impressive late-night work. 

    • Andrea Jensen November 29, 2024 (9:51 am)

      We lived in the house right in front of it, as kids. We loved that tree! We would collect the chestnuts and made little treasures out of them. This is so sad to me!

  • Westsidegirl November 24, 2024 (9:55 am)

    Can you map that tree location?  South Admiral and Walnut cover quite a wide area. Thank you.

    • WSB November 24, 2024 (10:19 am)

      We reported it multiple times earlier. 3400 block.

    • WSB November 24, 2024 (10:21 am)

      We reported it multiple times early on. 3400 block.

  • Walnut Resident November 24, 2024 (10:10 am)

    There are a few families on Walnut who are still without power.

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