UPDATE: Power outage in south West Seattle, fully restored after two hours (updated with cause)

1:26 AM: So far we have two reports that power’s out in Arbor Heights. Flickered here in Upper Fauntleroy, Not on City Light map yet. Anyone else out?

1:29 AM: Add Fauntlee Hills.

1:32 AM: The outage is mapped now – 4,880 customers, mostly southwest West Seattle.

1:39 AM: No cause yet but a few people report it was preceded by a “boom.” We noticed the wind kicking up. (The forecast was updated again after 9:30 pm and notes “Gusts to 30 mph after midnight.”)

2:24 AM: One hour in. No word on the cause yet.

2:31 AM: Just got a text about restored power in Arbor Heights. (added) Commenters from other areas, too.

2:36 AM: Map shows the outage is down to just under 1,000 customers. Mostly Sunrise Heights, and a bit of Gatewood, plus a stretch along SW Holden reaching into Highland Park. Updated map:

3:43 AM: And after a little more than two hours, everybody else is back on. We’ll follow up later this morning with SCL regarding the cause.

11:37 AM: Just got that info from SCL’s Julie Moore: “The cause was a large tree that came down on our lines just south of SW Juneau and 26th Ave SW. Initially the outage at 1:22 a.m. impacted 4,879 customers, but within about an hour we were able to determine it was safe to re-energize a large section of our system as the crews continued to patrol and locate the issue. Once they did, the remaining 982 customers were restored by 3:30 a.m.”

70 Replies to "UPDATE: Power outage in south West Seattle, fully restored after two hours (updated with cause)"

  • Bee December 22, 2021 (1:28 am)

    Out in sunrise heights

  • Kelly December 22, 2021 (1:28 am)

    Power out starting 1:23am in where I am in Fauntlee Hills.

  • Ryan Collier December 22, 2021 (1:28 am)

    Out across from roxhill elementary 32nd and Kenyon. 

  • Rachel December 22, 2021 (1:28 am)

    Power out on 35th and Rox.  Looks like it’s out at Westwood too. 

  • RGH December 22, 2021 (1:29 am)

    Yep. Out at 108th and 35th SW. Fingers crossed on auto-save!

  • Hoss December 22, 2021 (1:29 am)

    We’re out in Roxhill. 

  • ER December 22, 2021 (1:29 am)

    30th and Roxbury

  • L M A December 22, 2021 (1:29 am)

    Yep! 108th between 35th and 39th.

  • Bunny December 22, 2021 (1:30 am)

    Also out in sunrise heights approx 34th &holden

  • Ann Marie December 22, 2021 (1:30 am)

    Power out next to Home Depot

  • Z. K. December 22, 2021 (1:30 am)

    Out near 35th and Barton

  • Anthony December 22, 2021 (1:30 am)

    Roxhill and Westwood are also out

  • AmyC December 22, 2021 (1:30 am)

    Just woke up to one of the kids coming in to our bedroom in our temp rental. Power is out here on 110th, and at home on 107th. 

  • Sunrise heights December 22, 2021 (1:30 am)

    Also out in sunrise heights, just reported to SCL. 

  • Julia December 22, 2021 (1:31 am)

    Totally out in North Shorewood, as far as the eye can see. One headlamp/flashlight next block over. Everything else is dark.  

  • West side December 22, 2021 (1:31 am)

    Yah spooky, it’s really windy(didn’t seem windy enough to knock out power) whole block is out, but I saw one house with lights toward the end of the block(near Arbor heights) stay safe all goodnight😉

  • Stacy Cannon December 22, 2021 (1:31 am)

    Out on 42nd and 109th in the Arroyos.

  • Raye December 22, 2021 (1:32 am)

    Power out SW AUSTIN ST, several blocks including 3700 SW Austin. Pretty windy. I think it is on the City Light Outage Map. If not I will call them.

  • Anonymouse December 22, 2021 (1:32 am)

    Yep, out at 32nd and 100th.

  • Joshua's Mom December 22, 2021 (1:32 am)

    Power out in Sunrise Heights 29thSW & Holden (west side of street only)

  • Ada December 22, 2021 (1:32 am)

    Out here in Arbor Heights   This is actually the first time we have lost power for more than a few seconds this year. We have been very lucky all the outages seemed to just miss us.  Not this time unfortunately. 

  • Jeremy December 22, 2021 (1:33 am)

    Out on 107th St too

  • Heidi December 22, 2021 (1:33 am)

    Out on 35th near Trenton, (at the same time as you)…flickered off, then right back on, then off again…time to sleep, I guess…

  • Stacey December 22, 2021 (1:34 am)

    Yes, all of Fauntleroy Hills is out.  Nothing listed on Seattle City Light Map.

  • SRC December 22, 2021 (1:34 am)

    Lights out on both sides of 3100 block of 105th.  Looks like all the neighbors on 104th are out as well.

  • The Velvet Bulldog December 22, 2021 (1:34 am)

    Power’s out west of Westwood Village. 

  • Cherie Townsend December 22, 2021 (1:35 am)

    SW Holden and 28th (at least several blocks )

  • DarkInHere December 22, 2021 (1:36 am)

    We are out at 31st SW & Kenyon on the East side of the street.  Our neighbors across the street have power.  

  • Miranda December 22, 2021 (1:37 am)

    30th/Holden. Everything in the house flashed on and off about 10 minutes ago and hasn’t come back yet.

  • Parent December 22, 2021 (1:37 am)

    Yep, out on 104th and Marine View Drive in Arbor Heights.

  • Joshua's mom December 22, 2021 (1:40 am)

    Sunrise Heights – surged twice about 1:25 then stayed off

  • Lisa December 22, 2021 (1:40 am)

    Still out…California and 100th Arbor Heights.

  • Sukie December 22, 2021 (1:42 am)

    We’re out in Gatewood on Austin close to 35th.

  • Tyler December 22, 2021 (1:42 am)

    Definitely saw/ heard 3 separate flashes and booms meaning likely blown transformers. 

  • Carlos December 22, 2021 (1:45 am)

    Power out on Delridge Way Area but still see light in the distance.

  • StopCuttingDownTrees December 22, 2021 (1:45 am)

    I went out for a walk in East Arbor Heights and the entire visible area is out. I could see 1/2 mile north up to Roxbury and a fire truck drove by with emergency lights on heading east. Now hearing sirens. I wonder if a vehicle hit a power pole as there’s only a mild breeze.

    • WSB December 22, 2021 (1:59 am)

      No crashes reported. The wind kicked up briefly but seriously up here, as noted,

    • Ada December 22, 2021 (2:02 am)

      Power outages can trip apartment fire/carbon monoxide alarms and the fire department has to respond and check it out 

  • WSobserver December 22, 2021 (1:47 am)

    Lincoln Park –  lights flickered several times but power stayed on. Comcast internet was interrupted for about 10 minutes but came back on.

  • Arlene December 22, 2021 (1:52 am)

    Power out in Gatewood. Map has not been updated. City Light says more than 5,000 homes affected.

  • ADRIENNE DEWEY December 22, 2021 (2:08 am)

     39th & Cloverdale out- whole Fauntlee Hills neighborhood. I didn’t hear it but my little kids were woken by something.

  • Linda December 22, 2021 (2:15 am)

    Power out at Austin & 39th for at least 40 min.

  • Ali December 22, 2021 (2:29 am)

    Power is back on. 40th and Concord. 

  • Lisa December 22, 2021 (2:29 am)

    Back on in Arbor Heights….wahoo!!!!

  • Anthony December 22, 2021 (2:29 am)

    Roxhill and Westwood power are back on!

  • Debbie December 22, 2021 (2:30 am)

    Power is back in Roxhill.  That was quick, I was worried we’d be out for a while since we rarely lose power.

  • Mario December 22, 2021 (2:30 am)

    Power back on in Fauntlee Hills

  • Dp December 22, 2021 (2:31 am)

    Power just game back on. 105th

  • Brandon December 22, 2021 (2:32 am)

    Powers back in South Arbor Heights

  • Dp December 22, 2021 (2:33 am)

    Power just came back on. 105th

  • Kel December 22, 2021 (2:38 am)

    Power back in Little City Farms!

  • Percy December 22, 2021 (2:46 am)

    Power is still out of 24th and Holden

  • Matthew December 22, 2021 (2:58 am)

    Must be more than 1000, all of the Lighthouse Apartment Complex is still out.

    • WSB December 22, 2021 (3:14 am)

      1,000 is the customer count – homes and businesses; sometimes multiple units count as one customer.

    • Mike December 22, 2021 (3:41 am)

      I also live at the lovely lighthouse apartments. My power just popped back on now ! I thought I was just going to have to starve to death lol 💡@ 3:41am

  • Andrew December 22, 2021 (2:58 am)

    32nd between Webster and Othello still out

  • Patti December 22, 2021 (3:16 am)

    Power still out 30th and Holden

  • Harib Alls December 22, 2021 (3:33 am)

    Power on Delridge has restored

  • Shane December 22, 2021 (3:38 am)

    Power restored to Holden area of Roxhill just a few mins ago. Thanks crews for your hard work and quick power restoration!

  • Raye December 22, 2021 (3:45 am)

    Back on around 3:35 AM. SW Austin St. in Gatewood. Hope it stays on!

  • helpermonkey December 22, 2021 (8:35 am)

    Slept through all the excitement, woke up to flashing clocks and of course the WSB had all the info I needed. 

  • M December 22, 2021 (10:03 am)

    Power flickered twice in Belvedere area at that time. At first I thought it was lightning but my neighbors keep their lights on at night. I saw 2 flashes coming through my windows.

  • WSB December 22, 2021 (11:39 am)

    Updated above with cause – a “large tree.”

    • danny December 22, 2021 (1:06 pm)

      Juneau and 26th SW is not exactly close to the outage areas depicted earlier…

      • n7oep December 22, 2021 (3:56 pm)

        26th and Juneau is where the substation is, where the feeder line comes from. So a tree across the lines there will kill the power “downstream” from there.

  • Jeepney December 22, 2021 (12:56 pm)

    GREAT response time by SCL.

  • Charlie December 22, 2021 (1:29 pm)

    At 1:22 am we saw three distinct bright flashes in the sky about 10 seconds apart. Almost like lightning. Our power flickered briefly but stayed on. Assumed it was a transformer blowing or something.

    • Neighbor December 22, 2021 (6:06 pm)

      I distinctly heard 3 noise last night before 1:30am that sounded like something being shot from a cannon. You know that sound when roman candle fireworks go off? 3 times it went off, I did not lose power and am a block away from 26th and Juneau. Not sure how that related to a tree falling on power lines? Woke me up so maybe I was dreaming.

      • WSB December 22, 2021 (6:28 pm)

        Among the things we’ve learned in closely covering local outages for 15 years, the power grid is not necessarily linear (pun not intended). You can lose power and your neighbor doesn’t, etc. etc.

  • 1994 December 22, 2021 (9:06 pm)

    With the seriously chilly weather forecast for next week I hope it doesn’t get windy! And the power stays ON!

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