POWER OUTAGE: Brief interruption in north West Seattle early today

Though nobody mentioned it to us at the time, we’ve had enough reports now of a brief early-early-morning outage in north West Seattle that we’re writing this to get it on the record. Cami on Alki was first to mention it – “Our clocks stopped for 1:45 min. It was long enough for the fridge to show condensation.” We’ve also heard from people in Admiral, Belvidere, and on Harbor Avenue. Any other areas affected?

15 Replies to "POWER OUTAGE: Brief interruption in north West Seattle early today"

  • Fairmount Area August 16, 2020 (2:37 pm)

    No power issues but our Xfinity just recently went out around 2pm.  Voice, internet and TV.  They quote a fix by 5:57pm today.

  • On Alki Ave August 16, 2020 (2:41 pm)

    Shortly before 2 am it happened. For a couple of minutes there was outage. All the street lights along Alki Ave went dark and the stars shone more brightly over the dark sound. Wish it lasted longer. 

  • Holly August 16, 2020 (2:46 pm)

    Alaska Junction too. It woke me up and reset everything. 

  • nf August 16, 2020 (3:02 pm)

    North Delridge. The power went out sometime early this morning…I don’t know what time. Clocks were blinkng when I got up about 8 (don’t judge). I don’t think it was for long…my coffeepot didn’t need to be reset and was showing the right time.

    • Vic August 16, 2020 (6:29 pm)

      i got up at 10. who’s judging? it’s sunday and we are grown adults.

  • Sam August 16, 2020 (3:07 pm)

    On the White center Facebook it said that there were a few homes in white center area That lost power 

    • WSB August 16, 2020 (3:42 pm)

      I believe that was a different situation. We got one text around 5, 6 am saying power had gone out in WC. I checked the map and it showed up a few mins later as a 1-customer outage around SW 106th – then when I looked again under an hour later, that was gone.

  • Max August 16, 2020 (3:36 pm)

    In Belvidere, power out for about an hour and half, according to our clocks. 

  • sw August 16, 2020 (3:37 pm)

    Our microwave lost power at some point before 6:30am near Madison Middle School

  • Pamela August 16, 2020 (4:41 pm)

    I think this is second time in a week. Glad others mentioned as I was wondering if it was just us!  We are just a block south of Admiral near 49th.  

  • West Seattle since 1979 August 16, 2020 (5:44 pm)

    It happened right near the Triangle too.

  • West Seattle Lurker August 16, 2020 (6:36 pm)

    The power went out briefly at 1:45 AM and then came back on North of Admiral, it flickered on and off twice, each time lasting maybe 20 seconds. 

  • Lisa August 17, 2020 (6:02 am)

    Outage on 36th and Andover in the middle of the night.

  • Tad Cook August 17, 2020 (12:37 pm)

    No power issues but our Xfinity just recently went out around 2pm.  Voice, internet and TV.  They quote a fix by 5:57pm today.”This is why I will never give up my old landline phone.  No matter what, I will always get dialtone. Everything, including my phone, is powered by a giant 48 volt DC battery in the basement of the phone company central office in my neighborhood, with natural gas generator backup if the charge gets low.

  • tomf August 17, 2020 (1:27 pm)

    We lost power as well. Near California and Charleston. Dishwasher did not work the next day. Talking with City Light. They said that there is no record of a cause.

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