Wire Down on 22nd, Power Out

By scott
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An electrical wire has fallen to the ground on 22nd between Marion and
Union. It's taken out power on 23rd between Columbia and Cherry,
including the light 23rd and Cherry.

Be careful if out driving, as people appear to be ignoring the 4-way
stop rule.

The fire department is on the scene, but it could be a while before
power is restored, since City Light had to call in crews from home.
9:10PM - - Wire Down on 22nd, Power Out - Seattle City Light says that power may be out until 5am. The cause of the outage was a tree limb that fell on the overhead power lines.
10:46PM - - Wire Down on 22nd, Power Out - City Light has shut down a lot more of the local distribution system since the wire first fell. They now describe the outage as stretching from Pine St. on the north to Main St on the south, and 24th to 12th on the east and west. Estimated time for restoration is still 5am on Sunday.
11:37PM - - Wire Down on 22nd, Power Out - Has anyone else noticed that their AT&T 3g service is out too? Very annoying if it's your only internet connection with DSL and/or cable modems out of power.
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posted on Sat, Oct 11, 2008 07:59 PM
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Nice zippy reporting! bymistamatic October 11, 2008 (1 votes) (report abuse) (reply)
My digital cable crapped out at just after 7:30, then—at least 4 times—everything electrical in my house would blink off and come back on, followed by a huge BOOM outside...I thought it was probably transformers blowing and they sounded very close (I'm just north of Marion on 20th)...nice work! Naturally no other media source in town has a clue. You scooped 'em!
very helpful byDuende October 12, 2008 (1 votes) (report abuse) (reply)
I really apreciate your coverage. We came home to blocked streets and the power outage at 10:30pm. Thank goodness for the iphones, offering us the chance to look this up.
thanks, CDN bymkb October 12, 2008 (1 votes) (report abuse) (reply)
As always - CDN is on the case!

We live at Main & 20th; the power cut out in our building and in two others that I could see around 7:30. We saw the rest of the neighborhood go dark about an hour later. From here, it looked like the outage extended further south than Main.

According to my (blinking) clocks, looks like the power came back up around 1:30 this morning.
Power Surges Wreck the Network byrandom_dude October 12, 2008 (0 votes) (report abuse) (reply)
My power remained available on 23rd between Pine and Pike, however after several deep power surges, my home computer network router went belly up, lost it's configuration, and had to be rebuilt. Gotta get the UPS!
random bykurtisaurus October 12, 2008 (1 votes) (report abuse) (reply)
Seemed hit and miss throughout the neighborhood. My house and the neighbors were out but the church a block away was lit up (I suppose maybe it was God Powered) and the street lights and houses a block south from that were out. Used it as an excuse to read by lantern light, stay offline for a night, and go down to Columbia Cinema to catch up on movies. Anybody able to actually contact City Light to report it when it first happened? I just got forwarded to the message that customer service was closed til Monday and the emergency line kept getting a "Call failed" when I tried to dial it from my cell.
On the Ball!! byMcMullet October 12, 2008 (0 votes) (report abuse) (reply)
Well that really should be 2-5 star ratings but fat fingers vs iPhone gave 4 stars, not minutes after this was posted last night.
Right on CDN!!
Our experince was pretty much the same as mistamatic and I would echo the HUGE boom!

random_dude - we were thanking our new UPS last night. Be glad it was a router and not a hard drive. Make the jump now! That branch fell in barely any wind and fall is just starting.
they are butchering the trees as i type byanna October 14, 2008 (0 votes) (report abuse) (reply)
bye bye beautiful oak trees....

;o(
22nd ave resident
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