Photographer David Rosen was out early, just after 5 am and did a driving survey of West Seattle providing a photographic record of the snowfall on area roads.

Rosen shot photos of both the lower level and upper level West Seattle Bridges as well as Alki Avenue, the West Seattle Junction, California Avenue and Admiral Way.

From what he could see the efforts of the Seattle Department of Transportation were very effective. They pretreated roads with brine and deicer and then followed up with more plus plowing and sand. Light traffic and Metro buses on snow routes made for a reasonably easy drive around the area.

He went back out around 4 pm to take another look at those photos are at the end of the slide show but showed similar work had been done to keep the arterials clear of problems despite the steady downpour of snow.

Rosen writes, "On my drive around West Seattle, the roads seemed to be manageable. When I got up to Fauntleroy Way SW, the roads were plowed and sanded and when I approached the West Seattle Junction there were SDOT Plows going around the main arterials plowing and putting salt down. Once you get off the main roads, you want to be careful. My car lost traction a couple of times and I started to slide but gained control. I will have to say that SDOT is on TOP of their game, out in full force and keeping ahead of the storm. I turned onto the West Seattle Bridge and the roadway was bare and wet from all of the deicer, brine mix, and salt that SDOT they have been putting down. They are doing a phenomenal job around West Seattle. "