FOLLOWUP: Here’s what caused Saturday’s power outage

Saturday morning, dozens of homes lost power for hours near Fairmount Playfield. Today we followed up with Seattle City Light to see what caused the outage. SCL spokesperson Jenn Strang replied, “A raccoon.” (Wildlife-related outages are not unusual, but more often it’s a bird on the wire than a mammal.)

3 Replies to "FOLLOWUP: Here's what caused Saturday's power outage"

  • Denden December 2, 2024 (3:46 pm)

    Poor little guy 😢

  • K December 2, 2024 (4:02 pm)

    Poor racoon.  One bad choice…  Rest in peace, friend.

  • valvashon December 2, 2024 (7:53 pm)

    One down, millions to go…

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