live in northwest?

Question

do you have stories from the big storm that just hit(WA area)?

Answer 1

I live in Redmond, WA, and im 14. When the storm came in, it was howling and roaring outside, and my mom warned us not to stay up too late, because she knew there would be a blackout. So, by 1 am, everything went dark. lol, I remember everything simply downed out and went black, and I said to myself "Oh great. This just makes my day." I tried to make one of my brothers during the night telling him that it was a blackout, but then he went back to sleep and didnt care. Throughout the whole night, I used my cell phone as my light source, and I thank my mom and God for the cell phone. So I went to sleep with the cell phone by my side.

The next morning, someone woke me up, and my mom turned on the radio. We heard that school was closed. Yipee!. I mean, aww! No Christmas party, no cookies and candy to take home. It was still dark in the morning, so my mom used a laptop that still had power while I still had my good old phone at hand. My mom had to report for work since everyone was at the store for blackout.

Since my dad worked at Microsoft, he decided to take us to Microsoft to check there, and find that there was no power, and all the employees could do was play. So he took us to Bellevue Square, where a lot of businesses were closed. One of the businesses that were open was a dim-sum Chinese restaurant, so we decided to eat what they had available to cook. Then we went to the huge store my mom worked at to get emergemcy supplies.

Boy, everyone was panicking there. The food shelves and the camping supplies shelves were almost empty. Especially the battery stands. Imagine having to get there by afternoon and see the crowding people trying to get supplies, some without luck because there was no more. We tried to get as much as we can to last us a whole night and whole day.

That night, we couldnt use the computer or the phone, we couldnt watch tv, we couldnt turn on the christmas lights, we couldnt use the microwave, so my dad and my siblings played Scrabble while I decided to read a book for my school homework. Then we ate a dinner of nacho cheese and beans, ground turkey, bean dip, rye bread, and fruit drinks. We reformed our diets, lol! The radio was still on, and I had to help my mom unload the car, so we used a rechargable flashlight to see our way through the apartment area. We lit candles everywhere, and then we slept early at 9:00.

That's my story, and ever since then, we prepared for another blackout, and we started to like the snacks we had.

Answer 2

I live along the Washington coast in Ocean Shores, WA. We had 95 mph winds; but there really wasn't too much damage. A few homes were missing some roof shingles; a few had some branches or a small tree fall on their property. Some of the waves/swells viewed from our nearest jetty were very high (30' or higher, crashing flawlessly into the coastal beaches). The power was out for about 10 hours; but came on.

Answer 3

Well 4 people or maybe more lost there lives buy bringing in gas powered generators and barbecue pits, indoors. 100`s suffered from carbon monoxide poisoning. I heard that a pigs car got smashed by a tree.What is wrong with this town 2inches of snow and the whole town shuts down, some wind flurrys and a power outage and people die.Were im from we get snow to sometimes 3 to 4 feet of it and know what we do we plow the roads ourselves if the city didnt get to it yet and put on chains.And if the power went out we have gens. to we just leave them outside and run an xtension cord into the house. I just wanted to give Seattleites afew tips for staying alive when tech. has failed. You wont find common sense on the internet!Sincerely , "The Last Of A Diin Breed"

Answer 4

I live in the SW corner of WA state on the coast. We were hit pretty hard. In my area, there were probably close to 100 trees down, huge, big and medium sized. There was wide spread power outages, our electricity went out for only 24 hours, but it was projected to be out for several days to a week. We have an amazing PUD, they really know how to organize getting our power back up.

There was a tree that took out the corner of my neighbors house and came pretty darn close to my house. It was pitch black, winds were howling, it was raining branches on our roof, and this horrible sound came from the tree that clipped the neighbors house. It was quite intense.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

I live just north of Seattle, and we only lost power for 12 hours. My friend lives in Woodinville (just a little northeast of Seattle, very close) and his power went out Thursday night and still isn't back on. They have gotten crews in from as far away as Kansas to help get the power lines back up. The problem is where they are located - many of the downed lines are up in the mountains, and are difficult to get to. They have to repair the lines going to the substations before they can repair the lines that go to people's houses. An estimated 1.5 million homes and businesses lost power. We were very fortunate to only lose ours for 12 hours. I feel really bad for my friend! He had to throw out a lot of food. Some people are expected to be out of power for at least 10 days. There are just too many downed lines and not enough crews.

And yes, there have been several deaths due to carbon monoxide poisoning. Few people here have generators, as power outages are very infrequent, and never last for more than a day at the most. As for the ones that do have generators, two 16 year olds died because they went into an enclosed garage to put more gas in one. They were overcome almost immediately. Also, a lot of people have been using outdoor barbecues to try to heat their homes, as it has been very cold. Temperatures have been below freezing at night. I think 100 people so far have had to be treated for carbon monoxide poisoning; I guess people don't realize outdoor barbecues run on gas with toxic fumes.

Answer 7

it was so cool to watch the wind and everything blow around. everyone lost power but my road. And i live in tacoma and branches were everywhere, the roads were packed the next day shopping malls and eating out was impossiable
I went over to lakewood and i heard one part lost power and a cell phone tower blew over and alot of roads were flooded some parts waist deep. It was fun hydroplaining!
i am just thankful it did not last to long.
so people lost power for days
some lost it just for a day
and some not at all

Answer 8

I spent 3 hours is traffic Thursday evening trying to get into Seattle. Got home just in time to see a transformer burst and half the neighborhood go black. Luckily it wasn't my half. There are trees down everywhere, most of them have been moved to the sidewalk by now.

Answer 9

Lost many tree limbs, electricity was out for 6 hours, my cable just started working two days later.

Answer 10

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