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Sunday, January 18, 2015

Not a good day for a power outage

Outage map 9:30am
I woke up at 1:30am. Wind chimes on both north and south sides of the house were clanging away. The roof was under assault, pounded by falling branches and dozens of pine cones. I could hear the wind roaring up the street. I spent some time wondering if the trees would stay in the ground.

The TV news was talking about terrorists in France and whether the wind would stop before the Big Game. I went to sleep and when I woke up, the wind was still blowing, just not as hard. The branches that sounded like Armageddon on my roof were just small pieces not more than 3 feet long. And Seahawks fan were reveling at tailgate parties.

According to Seattle City Light all the outages were reported just before 1:30am, all were caused by trees, and crews have been dispatched to all sites. According to the TV news, all the power companies have been on the job all night and have reduced the number of outages by half.

It looks good for watching the game at home.

---Diane Hettrick
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2 comments:

  1. Frank WorkmanJanuary 18, 2015 at 9:53 AM

    Game? What game?

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 18, 2015 at 5:56 PM

    Considering that we are still without power over 18 hours later, I am pretty sure the "crews have been dispatched" statement by Seattle City Light is the usual public relations BS.

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