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@KimiKline tweets, simply, "love." @KimiKline tweets: "Not sure how that semi got a crunched, but it's jamming up the drive through Renton on Sb 167." @KimiKline tweets: "Alki Point on this beautiful Friday." @KimiKline tweets: "Arboretum at 520 #seattle." @KimiKline tweets: "Carnation- a car hit a power pole, so 203 is blkd at 55th. Easy detour around side streets." @KimiKline tweets: "DT Seattle is waking up." @KimiKline tweets: "Scene of the fatal car/pedestrian accident in front of Eckstein Middle School at NE 75th and 33rd Ave NE." @KimiKline tweets: "Perfect day to be playin ball at Green Lake." @KimiKline tweets: "Large smoke plume west of 405 near ne160th due to a house fire. Special cameo from @KIRO7Seattle Chopper 7" @KimiKline tweets: "Let's play "Where am I?" (its a low ax morning) any guesses?" @KimiKline tweets: "1st day up in the plane in a week! Still foggy, but at least I can see Seattle from Bellevue = progress." @KimiKline tweets: "Nope, not a bad day in the 206." @KimiKline tweets: "We'll miss the awesome air traffic controllers at the Renton Airport .... darn sequester." Kimi doesn't just fly over Seattle. She tweets, "Cruising through Duvall and Carnation over the Snoqualmie River." Kimi says she loves flying over the Puget Sound, Carnation, Gig Harbor, Lake Tapps and Puyallup (to spy on her parent's house). @KimiKline tweets: "Solid line of headlights SB 5 through Everett. Only 1 lane getting through just north of sr526, use 99 tfn." @KimiKline tweets: "No filter. This is how pretty Seattle is right now." Kimi has been doing traffic reports in Seattle for 10 years, more than two of those years have been exclusively with KIRO Radio. @KimiKline tweets: "Sb5 into seattle is so gnarly from Shoreline. There are 2 stalled semis in DT to blame. Use 99." @KimiKline tweets: "I think we are going to have a nice sunrise this morning! Gettin my camera ready..." Kimi has to wake up super early to help with your morning commute. @KimiKline tweets: "The sunrise off my wing." In addition to traffic reports, Kimi also flies over scenes of breaking news. @KimiKline tweets: "This is the area of NE Tacoma to avoid while police look for unstable gunman. Where Pt of Tacoma meets Fife/Fed Wy." @KimiKline tweets: "T-town! You're purrrty today. I made you mini," as she flies the traffic plane over Tacoma. Kimi does 42 traffic reports for KIRO Radio listeners each and every day. (File Photo) @KimiKline: Thats a whole lot of busses leaving We Day at Key Arena clogging up Mercer St. @KimiKline tweets: Opening Day at Safeco Field. #GoMariners @KimiKline tweets: Gasworks be poppin today Traffic reporter Kimi Kline flies across the Puget Sound every morning and afternoon while delivering traffic reports at least every 10 minutes. Here are some of her photos: @KimiKline tweets: SPD with a blkg stall SB 99 Aurora Bridge. @KimiKline tweets: The "Correctional Complex" in Monroe don't break the law homies. Lake Meridian in Kent. @KimiKline tweets: A rare view of Sea-Tac. @KimiKline tweetts: The boats of Smith Cove in Magnolia. @KimiKline tweets from above Wild Waves: WHOA. I've never seen it this busy. The Seattle skyline. @KimiKline tweets: Hangin' in the north end today, and Stanwood looks gorgeous. On June 24, @KimiKline tweeted: This was over Edgewood 10 min ago. Now its totally gone! @KimiKline tweets: Hot air balloons near Woodinville are out. @KimiKline tweets: Expect 10x more boats on Lk Union later today. Happy 4th of July everyone! @KimiKline tweets: The sun was out for a few minutes... aaaand its back in the clouds. @KimiKline tweets: Good sized crowd at Safeco today @KimiKline tweets: #mudhoney #SubPop #SpaceNeedle @KimiKline tweets: NB5 x busy Lacey through Nisqually @KimiKline tweets: Crash WB90 blks the W Mercer Wy onramp... might be a good day to use 520! @KimiKline tweets: Ahhh, beach life. Looking over Silver Lake @KimiKline tweets: Green Lake/Ship Canal/Lake Union/Elliott Bay #206
Traffic reporter’s view from above