Random power outage in Seattle

Not supposed to happen till Monday!

If 2 substations are out then there must be a transmission line down. It should be pretty straightforward to fix. Expect the lights to be back on in the 5-8 hour range if that is the case. If you get any more info at all post it here.
I work on powerlines. I'm expecting a mass outage just like everyone else here but I want to be very careful with analysis.

Friend just texted again. Somone he knows told him no power in Revenna Park area. Yet the news and Seattle PUD site says the power is on there. Could be spreading.

[link to www.seattle.gov]

It was flickering at my house, and i'm not on Seattle City Light. Could this be regional?

Hackers couldn't wait.

Wow, really? Our power used to go out a couple times a week. Thankfully now it's only a couple times a month. We are evidently in an area that isn't important enough to get power up fast either. One time the power went out for 4 days, others a couple blocks away had theirs back on in the first day.

At least Seattle isn't too cold (lived there for a few years).

Thank you for the pin. I'm not actually in the City. But I have a few friends that are. But, I'm just south. So, I should go fix dinner, just in case.

The simplest way to explain it is the higher the wires affected on the pole, the more people will be out. Transmission lines are at the top. They feed power to the substations. If multiple subs are out then it's most likely a transmission line that is the problem. Think of them as a backbone that supports the grid. They run down the middle and supply power to each of the substations they pass.
It could be a transmission structure down but with no bad weather in the area it isn't very likely. Not that it can't happen.

odd, Im in Missouri, and we never lose power here unless we have a major Ice Storm. Our Lights have been flickering on and off all day.

...let the dominoes begin to fall.

I predict this will cascade to all of the west coast soon.

Power outage in Denver as well.

[link to twitter.com (secure)]

Due to a power outage there is no movement on light rail lines D, E, F, H between 10th/Osage and I25/Broadway.

If it does then it is scripted. There is absolutely no reason it should be widespread.
What all of us are prepping for here will happen in an instant. There won't be any warning at all. If it happens, the lights will just go out and there won't be any news of it coming back.
That is what I'm expecting anyway

link twitter? how do you know?

I'm watching KING5, now the Seattle PUD is reporting 43k out.

Number of Outages: 15 Estimated Customers Affected: 27668

From the link provided above.

Wonder what the cause is. Remember that the estimated customers affected is the number of bills they send out, not the people involved. Bascially, each house or business equals one customer affected.

[link to twitter.com (secure)]

Denver and Seattle!

what part of Denver? I live in Denver and my power is on.

[link to www.king5.com] - 43,000 without power


Seattle City Light tweeted that a breaker failure at one of their substations caused the outage. Power is expected to be restored by 9 p.m. Friday.


Map of outage area: [link to www.seattle.gov]

Last Edited by Too Dark Park on 11/08/2013 10:20 PM

I have no idea. But it's screwing with the light rail.

I don't have twitter and I'm actually in Tacoma area. But I have local news on, and 2 friends in the North East of Seattle with out power. They are just sending me text messages.

KING 5 has a link to watch the news cast steaming. They are having a news cast now until 7:30 [link to www.king5.com]

Seattle city light map [link to www.seattle.gov]

Last Edited by deanoZXT on 11/08/2013 10:21 PM

The problems in Denver and Seattle are unrelated

Much better link then I posted earlier. Thank you.

Link to raw helicopter video. You get an idea how wide it is. [link to www.kirotv.com]

it's probably nothing major. there was one not to long ago.

Get that dinner in the oven, pronto!
Then head to the grocery store for some canned goods, batteries and top-off your vehicle's tank on the way back home.
If doom fails, you're no worse off.

Here we fucking go.

imperial county, California. lost power today too

[link to www.ivpressonline.com]

its back on now

Last Edited by Polo on 11/08/2013 10:34 PM