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Hotels, airlines, Sea-Tac Airport are preparing for winter storm around the Puget Sound area.
By Carol Pucci
Seattle Times travel writer
Sea-Tac Airport crews are working 12-hour shifts.
Alaska Airlines has reserved rooms near the airport for employees.
Some downtown hotels are offering special rates — all in anticipation of snow that could snarl travel around the Puget Sound area.
“We’re getting quite a few people calling and booking rooms in anticipation of snow,” said a desk clerk at the DoubleTree Hotel at Sea-Tac, where all 850 rooms were booked by early Tuesday with travelers and airline personnel.
Taking advantage of what’s normally a slow period, many downtown Seattle hotels are offering snow specials.
Kimpton Hotels, which owns the Hotel Vintage Park, Hotel Monaco and Alexis Hotel, is offering rooms at 32 percent (as in 32 degrees) off its best available rates, plus free parking and restaurant discounts Tuesday through the weekend.
The Mayflower Park Hotel is offering rooms starting at $99 Tuesday and Wednesday and perhaps longer, depending on the weather, said reservations manager Craig Packer. Also offering $99 specials Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday are the Maxwell Hotel, Hotel Five, University Inn and Watertown Hotel.
The Paramount Seattle hotel is running a $109 special Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Manager Matt Murphy said the 146-room hotel was 70 percent booked by Tuesday afternoon, and it planned to put up staff in some of the rooms.
Airlines
Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air, which handle about 50 percent of the passenger traffic in and out of Sea-Tac, have reserved hotel rooms near the airport for employees, and has plenty of de-icing fluid on hand to weather a storm, said spokeswoman Bobbie Egan.
The airlines had to cancel or delay flights during a storm in 2010, citing treacherous road conditions that prevented some employees from getting to work. In 2008, they shut down completely, the result of weather-related problems, including a shortage of de-icing fluid.
Alaska said it would waive change fees for passengers with tickets for flights departing Seattle or Portland Tuesday through Thursday, providing travel is rescheduled by Sunday. Passengers can also request a refund. The airline said it would accept no unaccompanied minors through Thursday. Virgin America is offering to rebook passengers on flights scheduled to depart Tuesday and Wednesday, with no change fees or difference in fares, provided they travel no later than Tuesday, Jan. 24.
Sea-Tac Airport
Sea-Tac Airport crews have been on snow alert for several days, preparing to keep two of the airport’s three runways open at all times, said spokesman Perry Cooper.
Temperature gauges in the runways tell crews when to begin de-icing, and crews perform skid-testing at three different points on each runway.
The airport has emergency supplies, blankets and food available in case passengers get stranded and have to spend the night, Cooper said. Restaurants and shops have been ordering extra food and drinks in anticipation of the weather disrupting deliveries.
If you’re flying
Some things to know if you are planning to fly this week:
• Check your airline’s website or call to check the status of your flight before going to the airport. Flight cancellation and delay info is also available at www.portseattle.org/Sea-Tac.
• If your flight is canceled, you’ll be offered a refund or a chance to reschedule, but don’t expect the airline to pay for a hotel room or meals. When it comes to delays or cancellations caused by mechanical problems, crew shortages, etc., airlines will often provide compensation, but not for weather-related problems.
• Plan to leave for the airport in plenty of time to arrive two hours before your flight. The busiest time for departures out of Sea-Tac is between 6 and 8:30 a.m.
Carol Pucci: cpucci@seattletimes.com. On Twitter @carolpucci.
809 Area Code
We actually received a call last week from the 809 area code. The woman said ‘Hey, this is Karen. Sorry I missed you- get back to us quickly. I have something important to tell you.’ Then she repeated a phone number beginning with 809. We did not respond. Then this week, we received the following e-mail:
Do Not
DIAL AREA CODE 809, 284, AND 876
THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION PROVIDED TO US BY AT&T. DON’T EVER DIAL AREA CODE 809
This one is being distributed all over the US … This is pretty scary, especially given the way they try to get you to call.
Be sure you read this and pass it on.
They get you to call by telling you that it is information about a family member who has been ill or to tell you someone has been arrested, died, or to let you know you have won a wonderful prize, etc..
In each case, you are told to call the 809 number right away. Since there are so many new area codes these days, people unknowingly return these calls.
If you call from the U.S. , you will apparently be charged
$2425 per-minute.
Or, you’ll get a long recorded message. The point is, they will try to keep you on the phone as long as possible to increase the charges.
WHY IT WORKS:
The 809 area code is located in the Dominican Republic .
The charges afterward can become a real nightmare. That’s because you did actually make the call. If you complain, both your local phone company and your long distance carrier will not want to get involved and will most likely tell you that they are simply providing the billing for the foreign company.
You’ll end up dealing with a foreign company that argues they have done nothing wrong.
Please forward this entire message to your friends, family and colleagues to help them become aware of this scam.
Use The Bcc option on your email software, this helps stop spammers…. Copy and Paste into an email and send to everyone!
AT&T VERIFIES IT’S TRUE
:http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=6045
SNOPES VERIFIES IT’S TRUE:
1.
snopes.com: 809 Area Code Scam
Are callers lured into placing calls to the 809 area code charged large long-distance fees? (Answer – Yes)
..809 Area Code Scam Scam: Unsuspecting phone customers are gulled into placing calls to area codes in the Caribbean that result in hefty charges….
…DON’T EVER DIAL AREA CODE 809 This one is being distributed all over the US . This is pretty scary especially given the way they try to get you to call….
…Don’t respond to Emails, phone calls, or web pages which tell you to call an “809” Phone Number. This is a very important issue of Scam Busters! If they get you to respond, you pay a hefty price,
be aware of any strange 800 service number that shows up
on your caller ID device….
Negotiations between members of the Tacoma Education Association (TEA) and the Tacoma School District resumed Tuesday afternoon, following a break over the long Labor Day weekend.
Dog Tries to Eat a cop car.. 😀
Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO — Three train stations were closed down during San Francisco’s evening commute as an estimated 100 people condemned the fatal shooting last week of a man by transit police.
The protesters gathered Monday on the same platform at the Civic Center/UN Plaza station where 45-year-old Charles Hill was slain July 3 by Bay Area Rapid Transit officers.
They chanted and held doors open to keep trains from leaving the station. Three stations were closed down at some point, but they have since reopened.
Hill was shot in the torso by officers who were responding to a report of a “wobbly drunk.” Authorities say he came at them with a knife.
The transit agency has been battling an image problem after a white officer fatally shot an unarmed black passenger on New Year’s Day 2009 at a station in Oakland, a killing that sparked widespread debate and prompted racial unrest in that city.
Copyright 2011 Associated Press
Police One Website Article Comments:
Posted by Smeared1 on Wednesday, July 13, 2011 07:24 AM Pacific
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I’m not surprised considering that this a city INFECTED with the liberal mental disease.
Posted by Perimeter101 on Wednesday, July 13, 2011 06:41 AM Pacific Report Abuse
San Fran–what a “Butthole” city. (No pun intended)
Posted by Robocop843 on Wednesday, July 13, 2011 05:16 AM Pacific Report Abuse
I bet most of these “protestors” would be the first ones to call 911 if the drunk was on their front lawn. Sheep, true sheep.
Posted by smd20 on Wednesday, July 13, 2011 04:04 AM Pacific Report Abuse
Lets take advantage of this lawsuit happy society and sue each protestor for discrimination. They are discriminating again BART police officers for a previous (accidental in that case) action committed by one person and are now applying it to every BART police officer regardless of the situation. Sounds like what they acuse us of doing when we stop a minority, so lets give them a taste of their own medicine.
Posted by blueironfist on Tuesday, July 12, 2011 09:37 PM Pacific Report Abuse
Activists protesting the police in San Francisco, that’s nothing new. They hate the military, they hate law enforcement. Heck they probably hate firefighters too because they waste too much water and their fire trucks are not fuel efficient. All the sheepdogs in that entire area should pack up and let the smug liberals, who like to smell their own farts, fend for themselves.
Posted by 64cop on Tuesday, July 12, 2011 05:14 PM Pacific Report Abuse
jcboston…..the assholes would probably be in the streets celebrating…in protest of course
Posted by jcboston69 on Tuesday, July 12, 2011 04:44 PM Pacific Report Abuse
I wonder how many of these assholes would be protesting if the cops didn’t draw and fire their weapons, but instead were killed by the maniac with the knife.
I’ll bet there would be some crickets at the protest site, but that’s about it.
Posted by BPDnarc on Tuesday, July 12, 2011 02:46 PM Pacific Report Abuse
“BART needs a good case of the Blue Flu and let these passengers start getting raped and robbed”…..
AMEN.
Posted by BPDnarc on Tuesday, July 12, 2011 02:44 PM Pacific Report Abuse
“Protesters condemn fatal SF transit shooting”
… of course they do, they are protesters. As opposed to what? “Protesters support fatal SF transit shooting”?
Posted by sjackson7114 on Tuesday, July 12, 2011 02:41 PM Pacific Report Abuse
Why am I not suprised that there are protesters. It is San Francisco after all.
Posted by 1tufcop on Tuesday, July 12, 2011 01:12 PM Pacific Report Abuse
I’m sure when this drunk was urinating in public at the BART station and acting like an asshole these same people had lots of sympathy for him. I feel for this PD, it’ll get worse before it gets better…..
Posted by Mavryk on Tuesday, July 12, 2011 10:17 AM Pacific Report Abuse
People are fickle and sad at times…..it has been stated the suspect charged at the officers with a knife and was stopped. Those folks protesting are sad because when they are calling 9-1-1 for help, they do not want an officer that is going to reason with a suspect who will harm them, they want an aggressive officer who will stop the threat period.
Posted by jcboston69 on Tuesday, July 12, 2011 10:12 AM Pacific Report Abuse
Disband the dept and let the morons fend for themselves in the depths.
Posted by kas9kas on Tuesday, July 12, 2011 09:44 AM Pacific Report Abuse
Even the Associated Press is feeding the people. “Charles Hill was SLAIN July 3 by Bay Area Rapid Transit officers.” Since when do we report that Police Officers “Slay” suspects. BART.needs a good case of the Blue Flu and let these passengers start getting raped and robbed. That shooting was a text book case of self defense. I feel sorry for BART Officers. They will be under the gun until they get a chief who will stand up for them and blast the papers, protesters, & politicians who think police work is pretty. Good luck BART. I would be careful that your not the next officer that’s gets thrown under the bus to appease the public. Stay safe…
Posted by kd303 on Tuesday, July 12, 2011 09:27 AM Pacific Report Abuse
Some communities have better coppers than they deserve. The Bay Area is starting to look like one of those communities.
Be safe, brothers and sisters.
Posted by deputyboo on Tuesday, July 12, 2011 09:04 AM Pacific Report Abuse
It is very simple do not go after the Police with a knife and you will not get shot. As for the protesters arrest them all.
Please be advised of the following two City Council public hearings regarding Billboards:
1. Public Hearing on Billboard Moratorium:
· Tuesday, July 12, 2011, 5:30 p.m., Council Chambers, Tacoma Municipal Building, 747 Market Street
· The City Council is seeking public input on whether the 180-day moratorium, enacted on May 17, 2011, per Ordinance No. 27982, should be preserved or withdrawn and, if preserved, whether it should be modified. Potential modifications could include things such as the appropriate duration of the moratorium or the extent of its control.
2. Public Hearing on Billboard Regulations:
· Tuesday, July 19, 2011, 5:30 p.m., Council Chambers, Tacoma Municipal Building, 747 Market Street
· The City Council is seeking public comment on potential revisions to the sign code that would prohibit digital billboards, modify certain definitions, change uses and zones buffered from billboards, and change the way nonconforming billboards are addressed.
For more information on either subject, please visit www.cityoftacoma.org/Planning and click on, respectively, “Billboard Moratorium” or “Billboard Regulations.”
Regards,
Lihuang Wung
Community and Economic Development Department
747 Market Street, Room 1036
Tacoma, WA 98402
(253) 591-5682
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