September 25

3,000 out of power in Maple Leaf – new wind advisory just issued

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Saturday’s outage included this signal at Northeast 80th Street and Lake City Way Northeast.

Update 2 p.m.: The National Weather Service in Seattle just issued a wind advisory for gusts to 50 mph this afternoon.

TREES ARE PARTICULARLY PRONE TO DAMAGE THIS AFTERNOON SINCE IT

HAS BEEN SINCE LAST SPRING THAT WINDS HAVE BEEN THIS STRONG. TREES

STILL HAVE THEIR LEAVES SO WILL BE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE WIND…

TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES WILL BE KNOCKED OFF OF TREES.

SOME TREES MAY BE KNOCKED DOWN. FALLING BRANCHES MAY HIT POWER

LINES CAUSING POWER OUTAGES.

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This afternoon Seattle City Light is reporting that winds have knocked out power to about 5,500 customers in the city – with over 3,000 of them in Maple Leaf.

About 5,500 customers are without power in scattered outages caused by windy weather.

One outage is near Ridgecrest Park in Shoreline, affecting about 2,474 customers. It was caused by a downed wire.

Another outage is near the Mapleleaf neighborhood, affecting 3,017 customers. It was also caused by downed wires.

TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES WILL BE KNOCKED OFF OF TREES.
  SOME TREES MAY BE KNOCKED DOWN. FALLING BRANCHES MAY HIT POWER
  LINES CAUSING POWER OUTAGES.

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  1. I got home from church around noon & found not only the garage door dead, but also everything else at my house. The power came back on by about 12:30 or so.

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