From the Seattle Times:
Power restored after outages hit more than 20,000 in Seattle
Crews restored power to more than 20,000 North Seattle homes Sunday afternoon, nearly three hours after power was lost, forcing the delay of the University of Washington women’s basketball game.
An equipment failure at the University substation was to blame, Seattle City Light tweeted.
Power outages plagued large parts of North Seattle late Sunday morning, beginning around 11:30 a.m.
Parts of Wallingford, Fremont, Montlake, Laurelhurst, Eastlake and Capitol Hill were out of power by noon, according to City Light’s outage map.
That is funny because I know the substation. Used to live a bit north of the area and drove by it every time I went downtown. It was built a few years before I moved up here - it is maybe 20 years old. Strange that it should fail so soon - these things last for 50 years if properly maintained.
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