Get cozy, Everett: Lows in teens, snow to linger til New Year’s
EVERETT – The cold won’t go away anytime soon.
Snohomish County’s residents can expect snow on the ground through the New Year’s Eve. The lows were in the teenage years on Monday morning. A pattern is expected to repeat itself for much of the week: lows 15-25, highs mid-20s to mid-30s.
“This is not a flash in the pan,” said meteorologist Carly Kovacik of the National Weather Service in Seattle. “It will be persistent for a while now.”
In the South County cold shelter, all 20 beds were occupied on Sunday evening, said Lisa Utter, the chairwoman of the board of directors who ran the shelter. The site received calls in the middle of the night from people in their cars who decided it was too cold and they had to go somewhere.
Late Saturday, Utter answered a call from Mill Creek. The shelter couldn’t get transportation for someone who needed shelter. She suggested calling 911 and saying they would freeze. This person was taken to the shelter.
Two people were turned away in emergency shelters on Sunday night.
“We just don’t have enough,” said Utter.
She remarked, “It is really unfortunate” that there is no shelter in northern Snohomish County. One of the residents turned away on Sunday was from Marysville.
Utter hoped to be able to open two more beds with HEPA filters for COVID-19 security on Monday evening.
Tyler Verda, the county workforce planner, delivered these filters Monday morning. Over the weekend, he distributed sheets, blankets, and N95 masks to shelters in Monroe and Snohomish.
The South County animal shelter should be open and at full capacity through Friday night, Utter said.
Monday will likely be the coldest day of the week, according to the weather service.
Temperatures could reach 32 degrees on Tuesday.
Icicles hang on the Hatloes sign showing the current temperature and time along Rucker Avenue in Everett on Monday. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)
Over the Christmas weekend, Everett got nearly six inches of snow, according to The Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network. Monroe: 8 in. Bothell: over 6. Over a foot was pelted at Sedro-Woolley in the north.
Another weather system is set to start Wednesday night, Kovacik said. That could lead to a few more inches of dropping off before switching to a rain-snow mix.
This will only add to the snow that has already covered Snohomish County, with low temperatures meaning little melting.
After the New Year, temperatures are expected to be in their 30s with some rain and snow, according to the National Weather Service.
Meanwhile, the weather has affected operations across the county.
All Community Transit buses were on snow routes on Monday.
“It will take longer to get where you need to go,” said Community Transit spokesman Martin Munguia.
Some trips have been canceled. Community Transit will send out an alert by 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday if the snow routes continue, Munguia said.
The Everett-based bus and paratransit operator for most of Snohomish County has been working recently to alert drivers to weather-related changes at bus stops, Munguia said. Some have QR codes. And some get signs telling customers where to get their bus.
Longer blizzards can tire bus drivers, which can lead to further cancellations, but Munguia wasn’t expecting that at this event.
In large parts of the district, the garbage collection was canceled on Monday. Rubatino, who serves Everett, wrote on its website that it would “take double that for you if conditions allow”.
Tim Knopf shovels a parking space free for his family, who are visiting Everett on Monday. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)
And all of the Everett Community College buildings have been closed. UW Bothell and Edmonds College worked remotely.
The county’s snow removal mission continued on Monday. By 8:00 a.m., approximately 23,784 miles of road had been plowed and 11,408 miles had been grinded.
“Our crews have worked very hard to make sure the main routes are as clear as possible so that emergency responders can get through,” said Kelly Snyder, Snohomish County’s director of public works, in a press release. “Fortunately, we should take a break from snow today and begin clearing secondary and tertiary roads.”
The county has a map showing the roads that have been sanded or plowed.
And there is a map with road closures.
The Washington State Patrol has seen many car accidents as people drive too fast for the freezing conditions, Soldier Jacob Kennett said Monday. For example, on Highway 532 east of Stanwood, a driver lost control on Christmas Day, crossed the center line, and hit a plow truck. The plow wagon was forced into a ditch. One person in the car was rushed to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Kennett suggested that people stay home and only drive when they absolutely have to.
“When you don’t have to go out, stay home and enjoy your friends and family, enjoy a hot cocoa,” he said.
But when you go out, Kennett recommends driving slowly and keeping plenty of distance between you and the next car, making sure you have suitable tires for driving on icy roads, dressing in layers, keeping a full tank, and something to eat and water in your vehicle.
Children’s sledge in the View Ridge Monday neighborhood of Everett. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)
Information on shelters in cold weather
Snohomish County’s five shelters generally open when nighttime temperatures are expected to drop below 34 degrees.
District officials update their online list daily to see which properties are opening their doors: bit.ly/3FFfl1P.
Bothell United Methodist Church, 18515 92nd Ave NE, will be open Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. as a warming center, the city said.
Those ages 12-17 looking for accommodation should call Cocoon House at 425-877-5171.
Everett family cold shelter
5126 S 2nd avenue.
Ingestion: 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Contact: [email protected]
Everett cold shelter
2624 Rockefeller Avenue.
Admission: 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Open as a heat center from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Contact: 425-977-9686
Snohomish cold shelter
210 Avenue B, Snohomish
Ingestion: 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Contact: 206-606-3573
Cold weather shelter in South County
If you have transportation, call 206-743-9843 for the location of the shelter
Van pickup schedule: 7:00 PM at Lynnwood City Hall, 7:05 PM at Trinity Lutheran Church in Lynnwood, 7:20 PM at the Value Village sign west of Highway 99
Van timetable was postponed by two hours later on Wednesday evening
We are still looking for volunteers to run this shelter. The shifts run from 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. Interested volunteers should contact Reina Hibbert at [email protected].
Monroe cold shelter
1012 W main street
Ingestion: 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Contact: 206-606-3573
Jake-Goldstein-Strasse: 425-339-3439; [email protected]. Twitter: @GoldsteinStreet.
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Cars and pedestrians carefully navigate ice and snow along Grand Avenue in Everett on Monday. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)
The Hansen family are driving down a hill in the View Ridge neighborhood of Everett on Monday. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)
Icicles hang on the Hatloes sign showing the current temperature and time along Rucker Avenue in Everett on Monday. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)
Icicles hang from the gutter of a house along Grand Avenue in Everett on Monday. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)
Tim Knopf shovels a parking space free for his family, who are visiting Everett on Monday. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)
A person pauses at Everett in Grand Avenue Park on Monday to snap a picture. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)
Children’s sledge in the View Ridge Monday neighborhood of Everett. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)
A snow fortress by Sophia Gillette, 10, can be seen outside her home in Everett on Monday. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)
Shoe and paw prints can be seen in the ice along Grand Avenue in Everett on Monday. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)
Adam T. and his friends are floating in the empty parking lot at the Tenth St. Boat Launch on Monday, December 27th, 2021 in Everett, Wa. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)