October 31, 2015

The good news: As of 8:30 a.m. there are no power outages in Seattle, according to Seattle City Light. The bad news, from Cliff Mass: Total daily rainfall this morning at Maple Leaf Life South: 0.73 inches. Wind to 27 mph at 7 this morning. Halloween forecast: wind gusts to 37 mph, 100 percent chance

October 30, 2015

Zombies got  nothing on the Halloween forecast this year. From the National Weather Service forecast discussion for Seattle, a front moving tonight and INTO SATURDAY ACROSS THE AREA (RESULTS) IN AN 18 HOUR PERIOD OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE MOUNTAINS AND WINDY CONDITIONS IN THE LOWLANDS. The Maple Leaf Dog Oasis regrets this forecast.

October 27, 2015

Bad news for the pedestrian/bike bridge between North Seattle College and the Northgate light rail station. The Seattle Times posted a story tonight beginning: The federal government has decided not to contribute $15 million toward a Northgate Station pedestrian-and-bicycle bridge over Interstate 5. Local taxpayers would need to fund the entire $26 million project themselves.

October 27, 2015

A neighbor has posted to Nextdoor Northgate/Maple Leaf that burglars hit a home on Northeast 88th Street and Fourth Avenue Northeast: 10/24, while at dinner our home was burglarized between 6 and  9 p.m.. How: The thieves disabled our motion-detector flood light and forced open the back window. Police suggestions: We will be installing round

October 26, 2015

Laure emails over the weekend: “Pretty cool thing happening in our neighborhood: This is the second time in a week that we’ve seen a coyote in our backyard! “The first time was last Friday at sunrise (around 7 a.m.), just passing through our yard. The second time was today while eating lunch. It was at