West Seattle weather: Arbor Heights/Seola outage; downpour

(Scroll down for updates on the outage and other weather woes)

8:09 AM: Looks like another round of wild weather moving through. And while we’re not sure yet if it’s weather-related, Martha in Arbor Heights reports a power outage. She’s at the end of 35th near Seola Park and says it went out about an hour ago. The outage is not on the City Light map and we haven’t reached them for confirmation yet, but she says that when she called it in, they told her 106 homes were affected. Meantime, the National Weather Service has a “short-term” forecast alert for heavy rain, up to half an inch an hour, this morning.

8:35 AM UPDATE: Not far from Martha’s location at the end-of-35th bend, a tree on SW Seola Lane (map) is apparently to blame for the outage, according to Tbone‘s note in comments and a 6 am “wires down” listing on the 911 log.

9:41 AM UPDATE: Added a photo of the tree trouble at Seola Lane/Seola Beach Drive. City Light’s Scott Thomsen, meantime, confirmed the outage and said it should be fixed by early afternoon. He also says the SCL outage map is fixed now.

10:05 AM UPDATE: Massive downpour for the past few minutes, in line with the Weather Service’s warning (above), though a little past their timeframe.

10:55 AM UPDATE: Sage K sends word that the Delridge onramp to the West Seattle Bridge is flooded again and should be avoided. We’re going to check that out.

11:56 AM UPDATE: Seattle Public Utilities crew was on scene at the Delridge ramp puddle, clearing the drain, when we arrived. (Besides the crew members in our photo, they had a vacuum truck there, too.) Meantime, we have an update from City Light on the Seola outage:

Crew is on site. They’ve isolated the damage to restore most customers. 23 are still out. Two spans of wire are down. Estimate for restoration of service for the remaining customers is about 2:30 pm.

11 Replies to "West Seattle weather: Arbor Heights/Seola outage; downpour"

  • HelperMonkey March 15, 2012 (8:15 am)

    I also lost power in Arbor Heights, only enough to make the clocks flash. I think it was around 6 am.

  • WS Parent March 15, 2012 (8:17 am)

    I too lost power right after hearing a loud boom. It quickly came back on. We are on the block north of the swim club. This was about 5:35am.

  • Bonnie March 15, 2012 (8:17 am)

    I’m assuming the elementary school has power?

    • WSB March 15, 2012 (8:33 am)

      This is way south of the school. Meantime, thanks, Tbone. The 911 log, which I failed to consult sooner, has the listing for what must have been the tree, on Seola Lane. – TR

  • Tbone March 15, 2012 (8:23 am)

    I’m on Seola Beach Drive; lost power about 6 am – looks like it’s due to a large Madrona from the Seola Park greenbelt that took out the top of a power pole.

  • Casey March 15, 2012 (8:46 am)

    Our power in the arroyos went out and back on at 5:45am, woke up to my lights and TV on, thought it was a dream!

  • Franchesca March 15, 2012 (8:50 am)

    I’m on the border of Arbor Heights near Fauntleroy. I woke up to discover all the clocks on my appliances blinking. Thankfully power was on, and I apparently missed losing my power too.

  • Caroline March 15, 2012 (8:52 am)

    Was also mentioned on the Arbor Heights community forum this morning: https://arborheights.nextdoor.com/news_feed/

    • WSB March 15, 2012 (9:36 am)

      Thanks but it’s not a “community forum” if it’s locked out to the rest of the world, which that organization’s URLs are. Several local neighborhoods use Google Groups, which can be made publicly visible – TR

  • W March 15, 2012 (10:05 am)

    It looks like the Brazilian rain forest down here on Alki!

  • Bonnie March 15, 2012 (1:09 pm)

    Caroline, the forum isn’t available to everybody. My daughter goes to AH and we live right outside your area on the map
    so therefore I guess I’m not an AH resident and cannot join your group.

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