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[ January 8, 2009; 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ]
Not to cause confusion or anything, but there’s a second, very important public meeting coming up Thursday, Jan. 8th regarding Sea-Tac Airport’s third runway (another residents meeting is scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 10th):
The Highline Forum will discuss the use of Sea-Tac Airport’s new third runway since its opening, with emphasis on public complaints that the [...]
[ January 10, 2009; 3:30 pm to 6:30 pm. ]
Despite the fading away of the recent snowstorm and hectic holiday season, one thing is not fading away from the psyche of thousands of area residents in 2009:
THIRD RUNWAY NOISE
According to neighborhood activist Miriam Bearse, the next “Third Runway Complainers” (our moniker, not hers) meeting will be:
WHEN: Saturday, Jan. 10th, from 3:30pm to 6:30pm
WHERE: [...]
Of course it’s a snow day today, with all schools (far as we know at least) closed, kids at home and icy streets awaiting sleds.
Which also means: STREET CLOSURES due to snow and ice.
Here are two in the White Center area that we know of, courtesy King County Road Services:
CLOSED: The entrance to SR509 at [...]
The National Weather Service issued another winter storm watch Monday at 3:28pm, and this one looks like it could dump some real, heavy snow - 3-6 inches by Wednesday night!
The National Weather Service in Seattle has issued a Winter Storm Watch…which is in effect from late Tuesday night through late Wednesday night.
Heavy snow is likely [...]
Here’s some preliminary info on school closures/delays for the White Center area for Monday, Dec. 15th:
CLOSED MON. DEC. 15th:
Shorewood Christian School
STARTING 2 HOURS LATE:
Holy Family School
Best bet though is to access SchoolReport.org, which gets info directly from school districts.
OTHER SCHOOL CLOSURE SOURCES:
Seattle School District
Highline School District
KING-TV
KOMO News
KIRO-TV
Also, don’t forget to listen to an AM news [...]
Checking the roads and DOT webcams this morning shows that overall, most main Freeway roads are clear of snow and possibly passable - IF you have to get somewhere.
However, it looks like there’s plenty of black ice, so if you can, play it safe and stay home, make a snowman, and email your photo [...]
Both the White Center Blog and sister site B-Town Blog have been covering area residents’ complaints about the newly-opened third runway (previous coverage here and here), and now we have this potentially juicy little tidbit of info to share:
Several residents who live in the flight path are considering taking legal action, and are holding a [...]
From our sister site The B-Town Blog comes this story, which definitely affects citizens of White Center:
Since we first posted this story (on Monday, Nov. 24th) regarding area residents complaints about increased noise from Sea-Tac Airports newly-opened third runway, we’ve received numerous emails, comments and even phone calls about it.
We can safely say that the [...]
From the White Center Blog mailbox comes this query from a Shorewood-area resident named Tony:
Photo of first airplane taking off from third runway courtesy Port of Seattle.
I was just wondering if you or any other readers were noticing an increase in plane noise today.
It seems pretty dramatic to me.
I live near the Shorewood Market [...]
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