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According to the news its already killed someone.. this one is not soothing..


More than 80,000 people lost power Tuesday evening and one person as killed as winds as high as 40 miles per hour blew trees over power lines.

As many as 75,000 homes and businesses lost power in the Stanwood, Monroe, Lynnwood and Everett areas of Snohomish County.

"It's winds taking out circuits, substations, blowing trees, all of that," said spokeswoman Julee Cunningham. She reminded people to stay away from downed power lines.



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High winds Tuesday brought this douglas fir down onto a house in Arlington, Wash.
A substation was knocked out in the Mount Vernon area of Skagit County, cutting power to about 4,000 customers, said Tim Bader of Puget Sound Energy. Another 1,500 customers suffered outages in scattered areas.

One person was killed and another injured in Marysville when winds brought a tree down on top of a car.

Ferry service between Clinton and Mukilteo was suspended after a rogue wave hit the pier, possibly damaging it. The wave was strong enough to break windows at a nearby Ivar's restaurant.

The floor of the restaurant was starting to buckle, so the area was evacuated in case of damage to electrical or gas lines in the building.

East of the Cascades, high winds raked across the plains, blowing dust from the fields and reducing visibility to zero in some areas of Eastern Washington.


Near Pomeroy in the Blue Mountains, gusts to 61 mph were reported with sustained winds of 31 miles an hour, said meteorologist Bob Tobin of the National Weather Service. In the Pullman area, gusts as high as 46 mph were reported.

Gusts of 72 miles per hour were reported at Rattlesnake Ridge, 4,000 feet above Hanford in the Blue Mountains, Tobin said. Winds were sustained at 61 miles an hour, with gusts of 59 mph at Hanford.

Wind-blown dust from the fields cut visibility as low as zero in the Pomeroy and Walla Walla areas, Tobin said, with poor visibility over most of the lower Columbia Basin. He said farmers are currently planting winter wheat.

"The guys are out there plowing and with a wind like this, you're going to blow that dust around, it's a big deal," he said.

High wind warnings were posted for Eastern Washington with a cold front expected.

Several dozen customers were left without power because of scattered power outages in the Spokane area, an Avista spokeswoman said.

On the Olympic Peninsula, about 10,000 customers in the Sequim area lost power temporarily. Also, 911 service in Clallam County was disrupted, with emergency callers directed to call their local fire or police stations


Bad night around here

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East of the Cascades, high winds raked across the plains, blowing dust from the fields and reducing visibility to zero in some areas of Eastern
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Gusts of 72 miles per hour were reported at Rattlesnake Ridge, 4,000 feet above Hanford in the Blue Mountains, Tobin said. Winds were sustained at 61 miles an hour, with gusts of 59 mph at Hanford.



I'm about 5 miles from Rattlesnake, which was invisible yesterday. In fact I couldn't even see Candy Mountain, which is less than a mile from us. Spending more than a minute outside made for a nice grit in the mouth, which was quite pleasant during my daily workout (not). Today, walking through our yard kicks up little puffs of moondust with each step. Still, other than our patio furniture and the odd potted plant being blown around, we took no damage. I'm kinda proud of my tile-roofed shed for taking it like a champ (I built it from scratch with zero construction experience or DIY advice ;)).

Blues,
Dave
"I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!"
(drink Mountain Dew)

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