… 7900 block of 28th SW, firefighters are at another home where a tree’s toppled …ġ:22 AM: At the aforementioned 49th SW block, firefighters are reporting multiple compromised utility poles. But we don’t recommend it as the winds are still gusty and will be for the next hour or two.” It’s not just that this wind is strong enough to take down trees, but that all the recent rain may have destabilized some to start with. Reminder from the NWS, “You might want to venture outside to check for wind damage. Right now active calls include the 2600 block of 49th SW and 1700 block of SW Austin. The NWS, via Twitter, says, “The worst winds will be over the next few hours & then gradually decrease.”ġ2:47 AM: This is keeping firefighters busy as well as SCL crews – they’re responding to more reports of downed trees and/or wires. Throughout SCL’s service area, 62,000+ are now affected by what’s mapped as 115 separate outages. City Light says 49,000+ customers are out in its territory so far.ġ2:34 AM: To the south of us, the map shows two major outages with more than 10,000 customers out. We have not heard wind this ferocious in a long time. … Wires are reported down in an alley behind the 3800 block of 45th SW. … A tree is reported down across both lanes of Marine View Drive near SW 104th.
So far we’re hearing from the north part of the peninsula – Alki, north of The Junction, North Delridge, Fairmount …4,391 homes/businesses per the Seattle City Light map.ġ2:09 AM: Also an outage of more than 4,000 customers just to the south, including White Center.
11:58 PM: The wind started kicking up in a big way a short time ago, and now we’re getting the first power-outage reports.
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