Photo gallery: The snow starts falling in Seattle

Originally published February 8, 2019 at 11:12 amUpdated February 9, 2019 at 10:47 am

Hailey Jarrett, 13, tries to catch a snowflake in her mouth near her home in West Seattle on Friday. (Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times)

Seattle Center worker “Q,” salts walkways near the monorail station at Seattle Center on Friday. (Alan Berner / The Seattle Times)

Traffic along Denny was at a standstill as commuters were trying to get over to Interstate 5. This is eastbound near Seattle Center. (Steve Ringman/The Seattle Times)

Hailey Jarrett, 13, sleds with her family and neighbors near her home in West Seattle on Friday. (Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times)

Beckett Luthi, 9, shovels the sidewalk outside his home in West Seattle on Friday. Luthi’s family and their neighbors spent part of the afternoon sledding. (Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times)

Pedestrians walk through the snow on California Avenue Southwest in West Seattle on Friday. (Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times)

Snow crystals greet a driver, blocking the view through an early morning windshield. (Steve Ringman / The Seattle Times)

Hershell Odle fishes at Seacrest Park in West Seattle on Friday. Odle says he was fishing for “stress relief.” (Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times)

A U.S. Postal Service employee, wearing shorts in the snow, walks off of California Avenue Southwest in West Seattle on Friday. (Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times)

Olympic Iliad, also known as Pasta Tube, is a 1984 steel sculpture by Alexander Liberman and now has a snow setting at Seattle Center. (Alan Berner / The Seattle Times)

I-5 got crowded Friday afternoon as the advancing winter storm threatened to strand anyone who was tardy heading home. (Dean Rutz / The Seattle Times)

Chris Luthi and his wife, Hilary Luthi, sled near their home in West Seattle on Friday. (Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times)

Cathy Tabor and Gene Tabor build a snowman outside their neighbors’ home in West Seattle on Friday. “We’re the oldest kids in the neighborhood,” says Gene Tabor. “It’s all about living in the now.” The Tabors said the snowman’s name is Pierre. (Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times)

Maisey Jarrett, 11 , makes a snow angel with her sister in West Seattle on Friday. (Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times)

Beckett Luthi, 9, and his dad, Chris Luthi, sled near their home in West Seattle on Friday. (Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times)

Maisey Jarrett, 11, sleds with her family and neighbors near her home in West Seattle on Friday. (Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times)

Ballard High School students wait for the Metro bus on 15th Avenue Northwest as the snow starts Friday. (Steve Ringman / The Seattle Times)

There wasn’t going to be much of a sunset along Sunset Avenue North in Edmonds.
Gov. Jay Inslee declared a state of emergency as a winter storm blanketed the Puget Sound area Friday. (Dean Rutz / The Seattle Times)

The Highland Light, moored at a dock on Salmon Bay, is obscured by snow Friday. (Greg Gilbert / The Seattle Times)

Bill Matar walks on Harbor Avenue Southwest in West Seattle on Friday. Matar, who moved from Hawaii, said the snow was something special for him to see. (Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times)

A soldier who preferred to remain anonymous leaves Safeway with food and water in West Seattle on Friday. He said he was picking up a family member and was headed back to Tacoma. He purchased the food and water in case the drive took longer than expected. (Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times)

Visibilty was low during the height of the snowfall late Friday afternoon along 35th Avenue Northeast in Seattle. (Steve Ringman / The Seattle Times)

Footprints being made in the snow in the early afternoon in Phinney Ridge. (Amanda Snyder / The Seattle Times)

Students at Seattle Pacific University play a game of Ultimate as the snow starts to stick Friday. (Steve Ringman / The Seattle Times)

Pedestrians walk through the snow on California Avenue Southwest in West Seattle on Friday. (Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times)

Melanie Power shovels the sidewalk near her home along Fifth Avenue South in downtown Edmonds on Friday. (Dean Rutz / The Seattle Times)

A pedestrian crosses the intersection at Fifth Avenue and Stewart Street in downtown Seattle as the snow starts to fall at midday Friday. (Steve Ringman / The Seattle Times)

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan, right, King County Executive Dow Constantine, second from right, and other officials plead with residents to stay off the roads as much as possible as the region prepares for a significant winter storm Friday. (David Gutman / The Seattle Times)

Items gone from the Capitol Hill QFC on Thursday include bread, water, toilet paper and every form of meat. (Paige Cornwell / The Seattle Times)

The bread shelves are almost empty at the Ballard Market on 15th Avenue Northwest on Friday as Seattle residents get ready for snow. (Greg Gilbert / The Seattle Times)

The produce section at the QFC on Holman Road Northwest in Seattle is running very low Thursday evening after officials issued a winter storm warning for the Puget Sound region. (Cara Brannan / The Seattle Times)

Little produce is left at the QFC on Holman Road Northwest in Seattle on Thursday evening. (Cara Brannan / The Seattle Times)

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Scenes from around the Puget Sound area as residents prepare for the predicted snowstorms. Grocery shopping has been a priority.

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