Queen Latifah has survived the past week’s intense storms with high winds and waves. Today she hauled out earlier than usual, no doubt exhausted from yesterday’s windstorm. The video shown here was before the brunt of the gale force storm hit West Seattle. Due to the extreme winds and surf, she hauled out for only a brief time. More often than not, seals will ride out a storm in the water rather than be battered onshore by the elements. Even then, storm debris can prove quite dangerous and inflict serious injury. She had a couple of new cuts today, but we did not see anything of major concern. A 12 foot log had been tossed by the waves onto Latifah’s favorite haulout rock so, after she returned to Elliott Bay late today, our volunteer kicked it back into the water. Hopefully, tonight’s tides will take it far out into the channel waters.

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