The Bellingham power outage
The two news sources have posts up on today's power outage.
From radio station
KGMI:
Downed Tree Cuts Power To 4,800 In Bellingham
Wind toppled a tree Saturday afternoon in Bellingham's Sunnyland neighborhood, knocking down high-voltage power lines and cutting power to thousands of city residents.
Over 4,800 Puget Sound Energy customers were without electricity when the outage began at about 2:45 p.m., said company spokeswoman Gretchen Aliabadi.
A tree crew and a power line crew responded to the problem near Grant and Carolina Streets, and about 1,800 customers were later brought back on line, said Aliabadi.
As of 7:00 p.m. Saturday, about 3,000 customers were still in the dark, she said.
She was unable to say when power would be restored to all customers, but said crews were continuing to work on the problem.
The outage forced the cancellation of a Whatcom Symphony Orchestra concert at the Mount Baker Theatre.
The performance had been planned for 7:30 p.m., but at 7:00, the theater was still in the dark, said executive director Brad Burdick.
The concert is rescheduled for Sunday, Oct. 11 at 7:30 p.m., said Burdick.
The
Bellingham Herald also covers the story.
Posted by DaveH at October 3, 2009 10:04 PM