VIDEO: Power trouble in West Seattle

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1:56 AM: Lots of reports of flickers (or slightly longer), in various West Seattle areas. So far we haven’t heard o anyone whose power went out and stayed out, and there’s nothing on the map, but apparently there was a related transformer problem in the 26th/Juneau area.

ADDED 12:32 PM: Thanks to K for the security-camera views of the flashes some noted at the time:

Those cameras are in the Westwood/east Highland Park area.

VV January 11, 2020 (1:58 am)

Delridge SW,It was around 1:42 AM when the power went out twice. The power went back almost immediately.

WS January 11, 2020 (8:39 am)

There was a loud bang/explosion prior to the power briefly going out coming from 26th/Juneau.

Bradley January 11, 2020 (2:04 am)

We lost power here in Arbor Heights about 10 minutes ago for about 20 seconds after 2-3 very short heavy flickers. The wind gusts were severe about 5 minutes before the outage.

Kersti Muul January 11, 2020 (6:50 am)

Power went out on 34th and orchard as well

Kelsey January 11, 2020 (8:05 am)

We heard the transformer from 24th/Delridge blow in the night — sounded like something was exploding and our power went out for a minute then came back on.

anonyme January 11, 2020 (8:06 am)

I really hope the power doesn’t go out in Arbor Heights during the upcoming cold spell. No transpo, nowhere to go. It could get ugly.

Jen Streit January 11, 2020 (8:22 am)

I’m in Seaview. My power has been flickering an going out, over the last week. I called an electrician who is coming Monday. So has the transformer been fixed?

Helpermonkey January 11, 2020 (9:08 am)

I woke up to blinking clocks, also in Arbor Heights

Trickycoolj January 11, 2020 (9:33 am)

It did something in High Point several clocks need reset and our hue lights came on unexpectedly.

WSB January 11, 2020 (10:51 am)

That’s mostly why I published this – no “lasting” outage but I figured some might have awakened to flashing clocks (etc.) and wondered what happened.
- joshuas mom January 11, 2020 (11:51 am)
  
  Thx WS Blog! We were already asleep on 29th & Holden when it happened so exactly why I jumped on the blog immediately when I saw the blinking clocks. Knew the blog would be on top of it. Appreciate all you do!
JCW January 11, 2020 (12:56 pm)

We had the same in Shorewood. I woke up sometime after 2:30 and all of our smart bulbs had turned on, inside & out.

Josh January 11, 2020 (10:05 am)

At 18th and Holly, at 1:42, there were a few bright flashes that I saw through our closed blinds. They had corresponding “pop” sounds and our power flickered each time. Happened between 3 and 5 times total.

Vic L January 11, 2020 (3:36 pm)

I was lying awake and saw 2 flashes of light out my window that were so bright I thought it was lightening! But then no thunder followed…. so I wondered what was the cause. Thanks for the info WSB!