UPDATE (2:58 PM): A quick check of the outage map reveals everything back to normal.
UPDATE (2:08 PM): Outage down to approximately 1,200 customers now.
UPDATE (1:03 PM): outage is down to approximately 1,800 customers Mostly in the Matthews Beach/View Ridge area of the map below affected.
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No, it’s not a comment on any Michael Bay movies — it’s a power outage.
Seattle City Light outage map screen grab from 12:45 PM.
More info on the Seattle City Light’s Power Lines blog:
Seattle City Light crews were responding to a power outage Tuesday that affected about 3,600 homes and businesses in the Ravenna, Roosevelt, View Ridge and Wedgwood neighborhoods of northeast Seattle.
The outage started about 11:20 a.m. A cause was not immediately known. An initial estimate for restoration of service was set for 3 p.m.
The general boundaries of the outage were NE 94th Street on the north, NE 65th Street on the south, Roosevelt Way NE on the west and Lake Washington on the east.
As of this posting, the cause is listed as “tree,” and the restoration time is estimated at 3:00 PM.
As we were calling the North Precinct about the dangerous traffic conditions at 15th Ave NE and NE 75th St — signals are out and many drivers on NE 75th St are not noticing and treating as a four-way stop — the officer on the other end of the phone blamed the outage on two transformers lost from the tops of poles, but we haven’t had confirmation of the exact cause from Seattle City Light.
Our hostess, knowing that nothing upsets young children’s schedules more than party refreshments in late afternoon, solved the difficulty by serving a simple
supper shortly before five o’clock. Perhaps one the most popular
children party games on this list is Trip to Jerusalem.
Kids love toss games, so why not create a snowball toss game at Frosty’s belly.
I’ve read similar accidents lately. Not sure what cause this to happen, since it is also difficult to inspect them. From what I’ve learned, Transformer explosions can happen for a variety of reasons.