ORIGINAL 12:31 AM REPORT: Both for those who are awake, and for those sleeping through this who might wonder in the morning “what happened?” – after several bouts of thunder, there’s a massive downpour and strong wind right now. And power flickers.
12:43 AM: 911 log says there’s a transformer fire at 26th/Juneau in North Delridge. Meantime, just added video we got by stepping out the door- under the eaves, sheltered by a big shrub – during that huge rain/wind gust. You can only see a peek of it through the shrub but at least we captured a bit of what it was like, for those who somehow slept through it. The National Weather Service has a “short-term forecast” alert about this – apparently will NOT be an encore:
A STRONG LINE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PRODUCE BRIEF SOUTHWEST WIND GUSTS TO 55 MPH AS IT PASSES. AT 1130 THE LINE EXTENDED FROM WEST OF PORT ANGELES TO WEST OF SHELTON THEN DOWN ONTO THE NORTHWEST OREGON COAST. THE LINE IS MOVING EAST AROUND 65 MPH AND WILL MOVE RAPIDLY INTO THE CASCADES BY 1245 AM.
12:58 AM: Added that photo, taken by Mike Heavey from Alki, and shared via Twitter. Our power’s still flickering. One commenter says there’s an outage near Westwood Village. 911 log shows a transformer fire at 26th/Juneau in North Delridge. Via Twitter, we’re also told of a Harbor Avenue outage. The City Light outage tracker hasn’t caught up to those yet – it’s showing more than 6,000 without power from White Center southward, nothing up here yet.
1:31 AM UPDATE: No major reports of trouble – although if the Big Burst brought down any more trees/mud, we may not hear about it for a few hours. The transformer-fire call at 26th/Juneau is closed.
6:57 AM: City Light shows no major outages left in West Seattle right now – though more than 700 are out in other areas of the city. No reports of any new road trouble; Christopher Boffoli drove around potential trouble spots and major local roads after things calmed down a bit overnight and didn’t see anything likely to get in the way of drivers.
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