This is the latest alert from Puget Sound Electric:
Service Alert
As of 7:00 p.m., Sunday Aug. 30
Crews made steady progress throughout the day, restoring power to customers in thousands of different locations from Whatcom to Thurston to Kitsap and King Counties. Approximately 50,000 customers remain without power as of 7:00 p.m.
We understand customer’s frustration at the time it takes to investigate damage and estimate when power will be restored. There’s a lot of work to do. This was a widespread and damaging storm that impacted nearly 238,000 customers at its peak.
We’re estimating power will be restored to all customers on or before the following times. We expect most customers to have power restored sooner. Customers in isolated areas or areas with heavy damage will have power restored closer to the estimated time listed below.
South King County: Monday, Aug. 31 at 6 a.m.
Pierce County: Monday, Aug. 31 at noon (due to extensive damage the estimated time of restoration has been pushed back from 6 a.m.)
Thurston County: Monday Aug. 31 at 6 a.m.
Whidbey Island: Monday, Aug. 31 at 6 p.m. (due to extensive damage the estimated time of respiration has been pushed back from 2 a.m.)
Whatcom and Skagit Counties: Tuesday, Sept. 1 at 6 p.m.
North King County: Tuesday, Sept. 1 at 6 p.m.
Kitsap County: Tuesday, Sept. 1 at 6 p.m.
There are delays with adding localized estimated times of restoration to our outage map and our call center. Our outage map and call center have the same information. We’re working to address the situation and provide better information as it becomes available.
Ho Li Crap - 238,000 people without power. A lot larger than I had initially heard. The two linemen who got our power back were running on three hours of sleep. Major kudos to them - they work some long hours at times.
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