Tens of thousands of people are without power after a rare October storm dumped several inches of snow on the Inland Northwest. Spokane police said tree branches fell on power lines. Signals at many traffic intersections are not functioning. Fallen tree limbs have also left many roads impassable. More than 20,000 Avista customers in Spokane County and North Idaho are without power, according to the outage map. Avista crews are on their way to fix the outages. Some of the outages could be restored between 5:30 and 6:30 a.m. on Wednesday, while an estimated time of restoration is not listed for others. @50% >> [link to hisz.rsoe.hu]

We got hit by snow about 7pm last night. I still have power, but Spokane is a mess, I guess.