Well that was a bust - trip to Bellingham

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I tried to drive around the south end of Camano Island but there were trees blocking the main roads. The two state parks where I wanted to film were both closed but I got some interesting footage anyway. I'll have them up tonight if the power doesn't go out again. It went out briefly here while I was out and about - came back with a surge. Had to reset my surge protectors. Good that I have them - need them at the farm too.

Anyway, was heading north and decided to stop at the Burlington Costco for gasoline - all the traffic lights were out. Same for Mt. Vernon. No business were open. Got back on to I-5 and it was closed in both directions due to trees and power lines across the roadway. This is from WA State Department of Transportation:

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I turned around and noticed that I was starting to get some very nice light. I got off at Mt. Vernon (still no power) and proceeded to head out to some of the farm fields to see if I could get any Snow Geese coming in to roost. Get the right light and angle and it is a spectacular sight. I got to the fields and had really nice light but no geese. One place I stopped reliably has hundreds of geese but there was nary a one. Talk about wild goose chase.

Snohomish County Public Utility District is showing about 23K people without power at this time:

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And Puget Sound Electricity's outage map has simply crashed - the map comes up but without any data. Ditto for their list view:

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As I said, I shot a bunch of video and if I do not lose power tonight, I should get it online either tonight or tomorrow.
Hmmmmm - editing video by candlelight.

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