WA State now has 171,543 customers without power - King County is at 106,741
CA is 168,431, Oregon is doing fine with 30,267 and British Columbia is at around 27K outages.
The night is still young.
Cliff Mass has an update:
A Record Storm and the Power Outages Begin
This morning, the offshore storm rapidly intensified and achieved record status, with the central pressure dropping to at least 943 hPa (the previous record for our region was 950 hPa).
And there is a very good chance it is even deeper right now.
Here is the latest visible satellite image of the storm (around 10 AM).
Stunningly beautiful creature, with the frontal clouds swirling towards the low center. And you can see very unstable air with lots of convection (e.g., thunderstorms) over the southwest portions (the popcorn-looking clouds). Some of that activity will reach us later today.
Heading out to the farm - see how things are there. Really glad I had the tree guys over last month. They worked on some trees that were within reach of the house and opened them up a lot. Breathe easier...
Back to the store and fix dinner (ie: can of soup and some toast) - more later if the power stays up...
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