Wind blows trash cans, knocks out power

Posted by Geeky Swedes on December 29th, 2008

First the snow was too deep for garbage trucks, now the wind is blowing trash and garbage cans all over the place.

We had to run around the neighborhood looking for our glass recycling bin (which is still missing), while a neighbor looked for his lid. Thankfully our garbage had already been picked up. We received this email from Steve:

There is a LOT of trash blown all over the streets and yards everywhere I drove in Ballard and Greenwood and Phinney today. The city is not going to clean it up so it’s up to all of us to take care of the stuff we can see around our homes and streets.

Update: About 1,500 customers in Crown Hill and Blue Ridge lost power for a couple hours this afternoon due to the high winds.

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Good thing I had just clean my bin, LoL!!!1 that wind is really naughty all the bins are scattered to the street

Lisa

There's a renegade glass recycling bin hanging out in the curb of the SW corner of 9th Ave NW & NW 70th Street, in case anyone is still missing theirs. It's been there at least a few days.

Thomas

My recycling and trash were both picked up yesterday in the Ross Park neighborhood, so it's working...slowly. I saw the guy pick up the recycling. It's literally one guy in a truck doing it by himself. Kinda slow going...

Nubbee

Still have recycling. I put my neighbors bins out too - so thats 3 full bins plus glass that Seattle didnt pick up for us!!

Ugh!

gooner

i already know that there are far too many beer and wine bottles in my recycling bin... now my neighbors know is as they have had a week to look, comment and point no doubt.

SeattleRichardson

Did anyone else besides me fill up their yard waste can with Recycle? I at least put a large not on it saying "Extra Recycle" so they don't miss it. With two little ones in the house there was a LOT of cardboard and plastic to recycle this xmas.

mickey

My recycling was not picked up today either. I plan on calling the City tomorrow morning and finding out what is up. My paper and plastic bin is filled to the brim.

Larsen

SeattleR - we're in the same boat! Our Christmas cards have been "in transit" since the 16th. Expected delivery date was the 18th. I've watched the UPS truck drive by more than a dozen times since the 18th.

AJ

-- That was 10:34pm!

AJ

We're near NW 68th and 28th NW and recycling did not get collected today -- as of 6:35pm -- and no sounds of garbage trucks have been heard since late afternoon.

After we returned from a morning errand, the orientation of our recycle can had changed. A kind person turned our recycling bin, as well as most down the street, so the hinge was facing south, making it less likely to catch air and blow open -- thank you!

On the package delivery issue -- Kudos to FedEx. They delivered our four-year olds bike at 10:34 on the 12/23! A long day as it was scanned at their Kent facility at 9:00 that morning (after sitting their since 12/20).

SeattleRichardson

No recycling pick up yet "5:30pm" over here in Loyal Heights.....grrrr

Also while i'm venting I've been waiting on a package from UPS that says via their tracking that it's been in Seattle since the 26th and it's still not been delivered! They can only claim the "weather" card for so many days.

Alonzo Neighbor

I think the combined recyle starts after Jan 1.

kim

and now i have another can full of blown around trash. ugh!

Nubbee

My recycling has not picked up. There are 3 bins of it that is shared with my neighbors, we cannot go another cycle of missed pickups and taking it ourselves is not an option .

My neighbor across the street still needs a pickup too... I found their credit card statement complete with full number on my steps. I shredded it. Let this be a PSA to shred your personal documents, who knows where they might end up.

gordy

My glass bin is gone-no sign of it. Maybe we can now put glass in the main big recycle bin now? Anyone know if they took the glass bins in total so the big green bin is for ALL recycling?