SEATTLE — Power has been restored to the last of the neighborhoods left in the dark by last week's bomb cyclone, but the lingering impacts from the damage have convinced some residents to change their Thanksgiving plans. Contact online >>
SEATTLE — Power has been restored to the last of the neighborhoods left in the dark by last week''s bomb cyclone, but the lingering impacts from the damage have convinced some residents to change their Thanksgiving plans.
Puget Sound Energy said the final repairs were completed overnight Tuesday, so that by Wednesday morning all the areas affected by the Nov. 19 windstorm were back online. The PSE outage map still showed some small pockets of areas where electricity was not available Wednesday afternoon. The utility company said those are newer outages that have been called in in the past day or two.
In an update posted Wednesday morning, PSE President and CEO Mary Kipp said the storm was the "worst we''ve seen in two decades" and the hurricane-force winds caused "extensive" damage to infrastructure.
Kipp said 418 miles of PSE transmission lines were impacted or damaged in the windstorm and 49 substations were knocked offline. More than 400,000 PSE customers lost power during the peak of the storm, and more than 600,000 total customers were impacted by outages.
For people like Josh Korakis near Maple Valley, it has been quite an ordeal.
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"After firing it we found that it didn't quite power the house," Korakis said. "Although there were a few lights that were on, the fridge had no power to it, so we had to run extension cords from where there was power in the house to get the essentials powered."
Still, the family had no way to cook during the outage and ultimately threw away some of the food that was loaded into their refrigerator.
As for Thanksgiving, Korakis still plans to have the family over for a meal but said this year feels very different.
"Thankfully the power is back on now, so it's not impacted quite as much, but it is going to be impacted because of a little bit less time to get ready, a little bit less time to prepare," he said. "Definitely thankful for having the power back on, regardless of all the hoops we've got to jump through. As long as we're able to have power and celebrate together, should be good."
Dean Kattary and his wife live in the Mirrormont community and are having a very different experience this holiday. They did get the power back on Tuesday night, but things are still far from normal.
"The internet has been off for a little over a week now, and no sign as to when it's coming back on, which is kind of a problem because I work from home," Kattary said. The Kattarys have also repeatedly changed their Thanksgiving plans due to the ongoing impacts of the storm.
"We had pre-bomb cyclone plans for Thanksgiving, and then we were going to go over to Walla Walla, but it didn't seem safe with the power out and not sure what was happening around our home here, so we canceled that," Kattary said. "We have friends we were going to have dinner with around the corner, but they've had more damage than us so we figured it was best to let them regroup and recover, so we're just going to stay by ourselves and be thankful we're doing ok."
Kattary said he and his wife are thankful for the close-knit group of people in Mirrormont, who pitched in to help each other out when the community faced so many challenges.
"We have to be realistic in the world. There's a lot bigger problems than what happened to us here, so we're grateful this is all we've had to endure," Kattary said.
Although PSE said it has restored power to all customers, the asked people who are still experiencing an outage to report the problem to 1-888-225-5773.
Over 200,000 people are still without power two days after a powerful windstorm hit western Washington on Tuesday.
Multiple trees have fallen onto roads, homes and businesses across Washington state amid Tuesday''s "bomb cyclone" storm.
SEATTLE — Hundreds of thousands of people across western Washington lost power Tuesday night as a "bomb cyclone" brought strong winds to the region. Regional utility workers have restored power to many homes, but outages remain.
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At least 474,000 people remained without power across the region as of noon Wednesday. Those numbers are continuing to go down throughout the day, but Puget Sound Energy posted on X that it anticipated "a multiple day outage" before power could be fully restored and asked customers to make alternate plans as crews work to restore power.
"Severe winds from this evening's bomb cyclone ripped through western Washington, causing a mass outage event throughout most of our service area, with the biggest impact in King County," PSE posted. "We appreciate your patience as we respond to outages with safety as our top priority."
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The NWS tweeted just after 7 p.m. Tuesday that wind gusts of 77 mph were reported at Sunrise at Mount Rainier, 74 mph gusts were reported in Enumclaw, 57 mph gusts in Federal Way, and 55 mph gusts at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
At 8:29 p.m., Sound Transit posted on X that they were experiencing "significant delays" on the 1 Line due to the weather. They also noted they're experiencing outages at some 2 Line stations.
Crews with Eastside Fire and Rescue responded to at least two trees that had fallen onto buildings by 5:20 p.m. Tuesday.
First responders across the region are reminding the community to be aware of their surroundings and not to travel in this weather if possible.
Officials say it's never safe to approach a power line that is on the ground, often called a "downed" power line. These lines can still be energized and electrocute people.
You should stay at least 30 feet away from any downed power line and call the utility company to report it. If the fallen line is life-threatening, for example, causing a fire or touching an occupied car, call 911.
The following tips are recommended if you have to drive somewhere through low visibility conditions, according to Get Drivers Ed:
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