Apparently, we got lucky. A few flickers and brownouts last night, but we didn’t loose power until around 2am (we’re estimating), and it came back on at about 8:30am this morning. We peeked outside, and don’t see any major damage in our area — a street just half a block away was closed off when a tree fell across it earlier, but by the time we got out to take a look, the tree had already been chopped apart and hauled off to the sides, so we didn’t see anything more than a lot of sawdust. So, all in all, nothing major to report, as far as we’re concerned.
Elsewhere in Seattle, though, it’s far different. Flooding, mudslides, downed trees, three people dead (one a woman who drowned in her basement apartment) and one million people without power. Yikes.
Local coverage: Seattle PI, Seattle Times, KOMO 4 TV, King 5.
We may have lost power here but it was on when I went to bed and on when I got up.
I do get a freebie from work because they don’t have power.