Winter Storm 2003 Update!

From Puget Sound Energy:
This is an outage report update as of 4:05pm on Friday, December 5th.

High winds in King and north Pierce county on Thursday caused severe storm damage and power outages for over 180,000 customers. As of midday today, we have approximately 70,000 customers out of power. Due to hazardous road conditions caused by yesterday's wind storms, it may not be possible to post estimated restoration information for all outages.

Additional crews will be arriving from as far away as Kansas and California to help speed up restoration efforts. By noon today, we expect to have a full complement of 100 crews in the field. Because of the extensive damage to the power system, crews will be working throughout the weekend to get all outages completely restored. As assessments are made and restoration information becomes available, we will update this message.

The heaviest damaged areas include: Auburn, Burien, Des Moines, Kent, Federal Way, Renton, Edgewood, Buckley, Carnation, Redmond, Issaquah, North Bend, Fall City, Snoqualmie, Bellevue, Woodinville, Kirkland, Sammammish, Maple Valley, Enumclaw and Duvall.

Thank you very much for your patience.

AAAAAAAAAAAUGH!!! No go-juice for me and my gadgets. Looks like I'm going to be spending a minimal amount of time online for a couple of days. Cheerio, folks! :-)