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Seattle swamped with snowy scenes on Sunday

Feb. 14, 2021 at 6:00 am Updated Feb. 14, 2021 at 6:31 pm

Married couple Hank Lieber, left, and Toni Higgs, right, cross the 20th Ave. NE bridge over Ravenna Park on skis, as snow keeps coming down in Seattle, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)

Tony Rasmussen shapes a lioness or cougar, whatever you wish to see, out of snow at Seacrest Park along Harbor Avenue in West Seattle Sunday February 14, 2021. Rasmussen made the sculpture yesterday and came out to redo it after it got knocked down. There’s also a seal built by Brandon Stogsdill and an orca they built together. (Bettina Hansen / The Seattle Times)

Snow is seen on top of the roof of the Museum of Pop Culture building, at lower right, designed by architect Frank O. Gehry, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021, as the Space Needle looms over Seattle Center’s snowscape. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)

Quinton Dowling clears the sidewalks snaking around his Ravenna corner house, as snow continues to add to the blanket already coating Seattle, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)

Two snow figures at Alki Beach in West Seattle get a lot of attention as heavy snow blankets the Seattle area Sunday February 14, 2021. (Bettina Hansen / The Seattle Times)

Heavy, wet snow continues to fall mid-day in West Seattle along Harbor Avenue Sunday Feb. 14, 2021. (Bettina Hansen / The Seattle Times)

Brandon Stogsdill shapes snow into a seal as heavy snow blankets the Seattle area Sunday February 14, 2021. He and created a seal, lioness and orca whale on the bluff at Seacrest Park in West Seattle, overlooking the city skyline. (Bettina Hansen / The Seattle Times)

A kid checks out the orca whale made out of snow by Tony Rasmussen and Brandon Stogsdill at Seacrest Park in West Seattle as heavy snow blankets the Seattle area Sunday February 14, 2021. (Bettina Hansen / The Seattle Times)

Tissot, a Great Pyrenees, blends into a Northeast Seattle snowy street scene, as the white stuff continues to come down Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)

The view looking west along NE 65th St., at 40th Ave. NE, shows the major arterial has been cleared, as more snow comes down adding to a blanket already coating Seattle, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)

People take advantage of NE 70th St., a major east-west arterial, which remains uncleared as snow continues to add to the blanket already coating Seattle, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)

Snow is seen on top of the roof of the Museum of Pop Culture building, designed by architect Frank O. Gehry, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)

It’s an all-ages show of enjoyment at Bryant Playground Park, as people play in continued snow that is adding to the blanket already coating Seattle, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)

Seattle’s snowy landscape is seen from the air looking north over the Green Lake nighborhood, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)

Nicole Lukaszewski waits at a bus stop in West Seattle as heavy snow blankets the Seattle area Sunday February 14, 2021. (Bettina Hansen / The Seattle Times)

A roads crew member puts out more “Street Closed” signs on 42nd Avenue South, a dangerous hill in Hillman City, as heavy snow blankets the Seattle area Sunday February 14, 2021. (Bettina Hansen / The Seattle Times)

Most cars are left parked in Ravenna, as snow continues to come down in Seattle, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)

It doesn’t say closed to sledding, as people enjoy the descent of NE 70th St. at 50th Ave. NE, with more snow coming down to add to the blanket already coating Seattle, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)

Icicles grow from a balcony in Shoreline as snow continues to fall Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021. (Travis Ness / The Seattle Times)

Alki Beach in West Seattle is a veritable winter wonderland as heavy snow blankets the Seattle area Sunday February 14, 2021. (Bettina Hansen / The Seattle Times)

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Danny Gawlowski

Danny Gawlowski

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