7:35 PM: Thanks to Sarah for first word of the first significant outage in West Seattle since the Wind Advisory kicked in this afternoon: A tree is down on a line at 45th SW and SW Hemlock [map], a couple blocks east of Lincoln Park, and 117 homes are out of power.
Police are blocking off streets in the area, which is along a set of “switchbacks” used as a cut-through from California SW to Fauntleroy Way SW.
7:48 PM: Not West Seattle, but we just got a tip and a question about this: Just south of White Center, the Ambaum Boulevard curves are blocked by a fallen tree, so if you have to head south, find an alternate route (like 1st Avenue S.).
8:54 PM: Sarah sent the pic of a City Light truck in the vicinity. This remains the only outage of note in West Seattle, and throughout its service area, City Light only has a bit more than 1,000 customers are out, although the wind is starting to sound more fierce outside.
9:07 PM: And in fact, police were just dispatched for a reported tree into a house in the 8300 block of 46th SW.
9:28 PM: Just got another texted report, a tree down at 26th SW and SW Juneau in North Delridge. (Police report no injuries or damage, just blocking Juneau at 25th.) No other outages mapped yet, though a texter at 28th SW and SW Thistle reports losing power, and the wind continues to roar where we are (on a hill over Lincoln Park, southwest exposure).
9:40 PM: Added reader photo of 25/26/Juneau tree above. Not far from there, SFD is now responding to someone stuck in their car after a possibly live wire came down on it. … In Admiral, another “wire down” call at Fairmount and Belvidere, “sparking quite a lot” per dispatcher. … Tree down on High Point Drive per dispatch; brief outage near 35th/Avalon per texter … And another dispatch for a tree down in a front yard somewhere on 42nd SW … SFD says the person stuck in their car is out safely but a tree/wire is pulling down a pole so they’ll be blocking off 26th SW and SW Findlay vicinity.
9:57 PM: Even more trees/limbs down – dispatch just ticked off several, including 30th SW and SW Kenyon, California SW and SW Alaska, 4800 block SW Spokane. Texter says a tree’s down on SW Orchard near Home Depot, “cops on scene clearing,” and that the nearby signal on Delridge is out.
