Puget Sound Energy (PSE) has been working diligently to restore electricity to tens of thousands of residents in western Washington following the destructive bomb cyclone that caused destruction and hurricane-like winds. Significant damage to PSE’s infrastructure prompted the utility company to delay its early projections for power restoration, extending uncertainty and darkness for those impacted into the originally projected Saturday noon, according to KOMO News.
Despite their promises, PSE stated that as of Saturday night, some 58,000 customers were still without power, forcing them to face the possibility of spending the weekend without the contemporary comforts that electricity provides. Particularly in regions like the Eastside and the southern end of Lake Sammamish, crews found more electrical system issues that were first obscured by the storm’s chaos, according to KOMO News.
PSE is working to restore some sort of normalcy by restoring power to schools and repairing distribution-level outages by going through areas one after the other, with the damaged infrastructure taking precedence. According to FOX 13 Seattle, there are currently more than 150 line crews working on these projects, in addition to 70 tree crews clearing hazardous debris.
In the meantime, people who are affected by outages are trying to find a place to stay and rest. With Melanie Coon, a PSE representative, admitting to FOX 13 Seattle the irritation experienced over this prolonged period without power, PSE had established up a Community Response Trailer in Maple Valley, providing a location for locals to charge electronics and collect information.
“We are working as hard as we can to get power restored to you sooner than the times listed above,” PSE said in an attempt to reassure customers amid worries about the restoration delays, as reported by KIRO 7a. We will update the outage map with a more precise time as our field personnel obtain more particular information about your outage.” Customers were also urged by the PSE to be informed by using their outage map and community updates, and to be ready for the potential of a second windstorm.
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