West Seattle windstorm aftermath: Harbor Avenue closure, other City Light updates

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Post-windstorm updates:

1:53 PM: That’s the reason Harbor Avenue SW is closed by Jack Block Park – as we first reported in a 3:33 am update during our overnight storm coverage, the wind (gusting up to 60 mph) took down a pole and wires. Bicycles and pedestrians were being allowed through when we walked in for the photo a bit earlier. The 300+ Seattle City Light customers out in that area represent the largest outage remaining on the map for West Seattle, but SCL still has more than 9,000 customers out in more than 100 separate outages around its service area, so its crews have a lot of work ahead. Some restoration work might temporarily lead to new outages, SCL explains (which has happened in parts of unincorporated North Highline, including North Shorewood, as crews work on a broken pole that handles three “feeders”).

5:17 PM: More than 500 customers are still out in West Seattle, including the 300+ in the Harbor vicinity, one of 100+ different outages remaining on the SCL map.

8:56 PM: New outage reported in Admiral area; we flickered in Fauntleroy.

1000amys January 6, 2019 (5:41 pm)

Still no power on 21st in Puget Ridge, but I got the generator running to power the sump pump just in time to prevent a flood in the basement.

Jim January 6, 2019 (7:15 pm)

North Shorewood power has been restored.

Mike January 6, 2019 (8:03 pm)

Still no power on Harbor Ave at the Verge Condominiums.

Geoffrey Johnston January 6, 2019 (8:13 pm)

still no power on harbor ave near the water taxi

J January 6, 2019 (8:28 pm)

We’re still in the dark in Puget Ridge too. The SCL site outage map doesn’t look like it’s changed much throughout the day. I hope we get more info or at least an ETA for power restoration soon. It’s getting pretty cold in the house! (That being said, more than anything else, this certainly makes me think of the people sleeping outside on these cold, stormy nights.)

WSB January 6, 2019 (8:40 pm)

Please remember that restoration estimates are pretty much useless. I say this every outage but … I wish SCL wouldn’t even bother, as they seem to do more harm than good, raising expectations of some predictability. Sometimes the restoration happens sooner but more often later – lots later. Anyway, SCL crews have been working around the clock – we were talking to SCL’s media contact earlier about the south end repairs that threw more people out before restoring a large area, and he explained that the list of who gets fixed next depends on a wide variety of factors including what will get the most people back on, and how complicated some repair work is (sometimes a broken pole and a tangle of wires can be a really tough puzzle to solve without endangering people among other things). – TR

Heather January 6, 2019 (8:51 pm)

Power is back on Harbor Ave north of 7-11

WSB January 6, 2019 (9:07 pm)

Was that the since-1-something-am outage zone? I was hoping the fleeting “new” outage was just a sign that longrunning one was finally over, but the map hasn’t updated yet.
- Cool Rick January 6, 2019 (9:10 pm)
  
  Yes, this is the outage of 333 customers since 1:47 am. Our power sightly north of the 7-11 came back on briefly for a minute or two and has been out again since
  - Kelly January 6, 2019 (9:36 pm)
    
    I’m told power still off south of 7-11. (I’m not there now, but that’s what neighbor says.)
    - Ryan Le January 6, 2019 (10:16 pm)
      
      Is power on north of 7-11 on Harbor?

Loretta January 6, 2019 (8:54 pm)

Lights out again 34th and Manning. @8:50pm

MJ January 6, 2019 (8:55 pm)

Power out again in Admiral at 39th

Cool Rick January 6, 2019 (8:56 pm)

Power came back on Harbor for about a minute just now, followed immediately by it shutting back off and now sirens. Doesn’t seem like a good sign…

WSB January 6, 2019 (9:06 pm)

The sirens are for automatic fire alarms that tend to get triggered by outages. At least one on Harbor.
Wsrm January 6, 2019 (10:11 pm)

It came back on but that triggered a circuit pop somehwere. Crew working to figure out where pop happened and why. They dont know where yet so still working on finding the brekage. Till they find it they have no idea how long it will be till power comes back on.

Mj January 6, 2019 (8:57 pm)

Simply letting WSB know and it’s back on again

A January 6, 2019 (10:00 pm)

Power came back on in Fairmount canyon for a minute and then out again. Tough with a small child! But we are trying to stay warm and are dry at least. Makes me feel for those without shelter!!!!

WSB January 6, 2019 (10:35 pm)

I just went to Harbor to see where SCL crews are, and where it’s dark. Besides the same spot where they’ve been working all day, across from the entrance to Jack Block Park, there was a crew with a bucket truck on the southeast side of California/Ferry/Harbor, checking the top of a pole there. The outage covers most of the stretch east/southward on Harbor until roughly a block before Spokane.