How much of a bomb this wind event seemed to individuals varied significantly on your location. At our house, it was insignificant. The lights flickered, but we never lost power.
At work, an entirely different universe.
Just figuring out which roads were passable was work. I looked at Google maps before I left the house and chose a different route than I would normally take. My normal route had a red line where there were no intersections. Turns out that road was completely blocked all day. I am not even sure if it’s open today. The roads show blue if there is no traffic, which can be confusing.
Our office has a skookum generator, so we have power and heat. More than one employee has used our showers today (day 2), and a few have family members joining us for warmth and internet.
Several people reported they had no cell phone service at their house, and I have partial service at work. I can usually text, but not make outgoing calls, even on wi-fi. Although I can receive calls.
I haven’t heard an estimate yet of when we will start to get power back at our many work sites. At least one co-worker has a Saturday noon estimate at their house.
I am lucky to be able to be warm at work and home!
Our work Thanksgiving lunch was to be yesterday, but we were in full response trying to get a handle on the situation. So today is the day. There are turkeys cooking outside my office door. Mmmmm.
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November 21, 2024 at 10:13 am |
My area of Puyallup didn’t get hit: no wind and hardly any power flickering. John, who lives in south Federal Way, lost power Tuesday afternoon and is supposedly not getting his back until Saturday evening. Yikes! He didn’t even have much wind at his place. The outages been so variable indeed.
November 21, 2024 at 7:41 pm |
I’ve definitely had it easier than many. Our office is allowing staff to bring family members to work with them for warmth, charging electronics, and internet access. We had about a half dozen non-emplyees in today, and I expect at least that many tomorrow.
November 21, 2024 at 9:06 pm |
I made my first hand-turkey at Boeing, at my then bosses’ behest.
November 21, 2024 at 10:14 pm |
I think this might have been my first. I don’t recall it from school days. There were a dozen made, some quite artistic