8:01 AM: Thanks for the tip. 100+ homes are out in south Arbor Heights/Seola Beach, after a loud explosion-type sound around 7:20. As noted in the traffic/weather roundup, the wind alert is now extended to 1 pm.
11:54 AM: Still out.
1:05 PM: The SCL map now attributes the outage to “tree/vegetation.” Still the only outage of note in West Seattle, and the number of people affected by outages today throughout SCL’s entire service area has remained in triple digits.
Thoughts and prayers for all of our curbside refuse collectors, especially those on routes with recycling today.
People with extra recyclables that don’t fit into their cans should keep it corralled, and dry, inside until their next pick up day is near. I see large cardboard boxes piled next to the blue cans just getting soaked, turning to mush, and getting blown about. Keep YOUR garbage tidy and don’t let YOUR garbage become everyone’s garbage!
Doing the best I can, but the wind keeps flipping the lid open. I’ve closed it three times already. The stuff inside isn’t bundled, it’s tiny. :(
We live above Seola Beach and heard those “bang” sounds but did not lose power. Sorry to those that did.
I was nervous about bins blowing over, but our bins did fine. We put a bungee cord on our recycling bin, and the worker didn’t seem to mind taking it off when they went to empty it. We have a tiny garbage can, and we just put a rock on top of it.
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