WEST SEATTLE WEATHER: Windstorm updates – trees down in Fauntleroy, North Delridge, High Point, elsewhere, hundreds lose power
7:35 PM: Thanks to Sarah for first word of the first significant outage in West Seattle since the Wind Advisory kicked in this afternoon: A tree is down on a line at 45th SW and SW Hemlock [map], a couple blocks east of Lincoln Park, and 117 homes are out of power.
Police are blocking off streets in the area, which is along a set of “switchbacks” used as a cut-through from California SW to Fauntleroy Way SW.
7:48 PM: Not West Seattle, but we just got a tip and a question about this: Just south of White Center, the Ambaum Boulevard curves are blocked by a fallen tree, so if you have to head south, find an alternate route (like 1st Avenue S.).
8:54 PM: Sarah sent the pic of a City Light truck in the vicinity. This remains the only outage of note in West Seattle, and throughout its service area, City Light only has a bit more than 1,000 customers are out, although the wind is starting to sound more fierce outside.
9:07 PM: And in fact, police were just dispatched for a reported tree into a house in the 8300 block of 46th SW.
9:28 PM: Just got another texted report, a tree down at 26th SW and SW Juneau in North Delridge. (Police report no injuries or damage, just blocking Juneau at 25th.) No other outages mapped yet, though a texter at 28th SW and SW Thistle reports losing power, and the wind continues to roar where we are (on a hill over Lincoln Park, southwest exposure).
9:40 PM: Added reader photo of 25/26/Juneau tree above. Not far from there, SFD is now responding to someone stuck in their car after a possibly live wire came down on it. … In Admiral, another “wire down” call at Fairmount and Belvidere, “sparking quite a lot” per dispatcher. … Tree down on High Point Drive per dispatch; brief outage near 35th/Avalon per texter … And another dispatch for a tree down in a front yard somewhere on 42nd SW … SFD says the person stuck in their car is out safely but a tree/wire is pulling down a pole so they’ll be blocking off 26th SW and SW Findlay vicinity.
9:57 PM: Even more trees/limbs down – dispatch just ticked off several, including 30th SW and SW Kenyon, California SW and SW Alaska, 4800 block SW Spokane, California Avenue and California Way … Texter says a tree’s down on SW Orchard near Home Depot, “cops on scene clearing,” and that the nearby signal on Delridge is out. … North end of Fairmount now has a 22-home outage … Texter says 26th SW and SW Roxbury signal is flashing red all ways … 4000 block of 18th SW, tree down, per dispatch … Tree into wires in 4700 block of 47th SW …
10:14 PM: SCL map now shows 145 out in Westwood/Sunrise Heights (above) and 9 out on Beach Drive.
10:30 PM: Tree down in 6700 block of 21st SW is reported to have hit at least two cars, per SPD.
10:46 PM: More trees down, per dispatcher – Admiral Way and SW Spokane; 2700 block Alki Avenue.
11:17 PM: The wind has calmed considerably, at least here in Upper Fauntleroy, and no new “tree down” reports in the past half-hour plus.
The Beach Drive power outage, meantime, now maps at 80 homes (screengrab added above). City Light is up to 34,000+ customers out around its service area, so repairs might take a while.
11:35 PM: Dispatcher reports trees down at California SW and SW Raymond north of Morgan Junction, and California Way and Harbor SW.
12:17 AM: According to police on the scene, the California/Raymond tree is blocking the southbound side of California. (Photo added above, sent by Adam.)
12:36 AM: Wire hanging low over Admiral Way on approach to eastbound West Seattle Bridge – that’s how dispatch described it, and while typing this, we got a text from Dan, who called it in and says it’s a tree branch hung up on the wire about a quarter of the way down the hill; another wire reported down outside a home at Marine View Drive and SW 102nd.
1:36 AM: Lots of cleanup ahead once this calms down. Here’s a texted photo from 48th SW and SW Holly:
2:32 AM: Another tree-down dispatch, this time for 20th/Holden. Meantime, checking SCL’s map, none of the local outages appear to have been resolved yet.
9:38 AM SUNDAY: According to the SCL map, the 117-customer outage near Lincoln Park is resolved but the 145-customer outage in Westwood/Sunrise Heights is not, nor is the 22-customer outage near the north end of Fairmount.
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