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UPDATE: Power out for 4,200+ West Seattle customers

September 26, 2019 3:05 am
|      26 COMMENTS
 |   Utilities | West Seattle news

3:05 AM: Thanks for the tips. The Seattle City Light map shows more than 4,200 customers without power on this blustery early morning. More to come …

3:10 AM: Multiple readers point out a short-lived fire call at Myrtle/28th (only one engine still assigned to it per incident log) and suspect a transformer fire in the area because of flashes/booms.

3:24 AM: Map added. Meantime, Engine 11, the only engine still on the 28th SW call, reports via radio, “We’ve got City Light here.”

3:38 AM: SFD has now closed out of that call. While the SCL “restoration estimate” for the outage is 9 am, PLEASE remember that those estimates are only guesses and (as noted in our decade-plus of outage coverage) it could be sooner … or later. Please let us know when you get your power back (SCL’s map does not show when outages end – they just eventually drop off the map).

5:12 AM: Map shows the outage down to 938 customers.

7:11 AM: And now just 33.

10:18 AM: The official cause, per SCL spokesperson Julie Moore, fallen tree taking out wires.

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26 Replies to "UPDATE: Power out for 4,200+ West Seattle customers"

  • Dcn September 26, 2019 (3:09 am)

    Out at 28th and Thistle 

  • Sunrise Heights September 26, 2019 (3:11 am)

    Power is out and a fire truck went by about five minutes after that at 28th and Webster 

  • Ernest Ramos September 26, 2019 (3:12 am)

    Heard two loud bangs just before the power went out. Likely transformers exploding. Fire trucks are driving around sunrise heights now. 

  • BF September 26, 2019 (3:14 am)

    It started with 2-3 large booms and light flashes in the area east of Walt Hudley Park. Shortly after there were sirens. Maybe a transformer? It’s also really windy could be a tree down too.

    • WSB September 26, 2019 (3:18 am)

      There was a short-lived fire call in 28th/Myrtle vicinity that some texters believe is related.

  • PD September 26, 2019 (3:22 am)

    Power out on 24th and Thistle as well. Hopefully it will be fixed by the time school starts in the morning. The wind is really loud and causing a commotion all around.

  • Christina September 26, 2019 (3:45 am)

    So eerie coming up Highland Park way to find almost everything pitch black.  The Holden 7eleven does have power if you’re desperate for vittles.  

    • Christina September 26, 2019 (4:06 am)

      Power’s back Thistle & Delridge. 

  • Michael September 26, 2019 (4:07 am)

    Back on the grid on 30th and Thistle

  • Mikala September 26, 2019 (4:08 am)

    Power is back on at 20th and Trenton!

  • SeaJan September 26, 2019 (4:09 am)

    Power back on 7th in Highland Park! Yay!

  • SeaJan September 26, 2019 (4:09 am)

    Power back on in Highland Park! Yay!

  • XD September 26, 2019 (4:09 am)

    Power’s back for me at Delridge and thistle. Came back around 4:07am

  • BB September 26, 2019 (4:10 am)

    Power restored at 24/Thistle

  • SeaJan September 26, 2019 (4:11 am)

    Power back on in Highland Park!

  • SeaJan September 26, 2019 (4:13 am)

    Power just came back on 7th near West Crest park!

  • JD September 26, 2019 (4:22 am)

    Back on just south of High Point! Thank you, City Light!

  • pj September 26, 2019 (4:42 am)

    Power’s back on Delridge near Westwood Village.

  • Julie September 26, 2019 (5:12 am)

    Power back on in high Point 

  • CCB September 26, 2019 (5:24 am)

    Power is back up in High Point.

  • PwM September 26, 2019 (6:21 am)

    Power still out on 32nd Ave SW (Myrtle/Othello)

  • Bonnie September 26, 2019 (7:10 am)

    Does anybody know if the power is on at Denny and Sealth? Seattle City Light map isn’t updating.

    • WSB September 26, 2019 (7:14 am)

      Now only 33 out and the map shows that pocket as a few blocks north of the schools.

  • Larry September 26, 2019 (7:27 am)

    7300 block on 28th still out

  • newnative September 26, 2019 (8:03 am)

    If there was any doubt as to whether fall has arrived, it was erased this morning. 

  • Jenn September 26, 2019 (9:02 am)

    Heard a loud explosion and saw smoke in the Junction around 6:55 a.m. Didn’t notice any stores or homes nearby lose power.

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