Update 7:00pm Jan. 14

Most of the major outages were taken care of but just over 1000 City Light Customers were stiil struggling without electricity as of 7pm on Thursday night. It was spotty however and all across the City Light Service area. Most were predicted to be resolved before midnight. While City Light customers were faring a bit better PSE customers outside the city limits were still out with 37,000 waiting for restoration.

Update 7:30am Jan. 14

Persistent outages are awaiting restoration, the largest being one near Bonair Drive Pl in West Seattle where 313 homes were still with out electricity. Another 44 were out centered on Cambridge Street SW north of Roxbury Street SW between 25th and 28th street SW. The projected restoration is 6:15pm. The area in Seahurst near Burien remained down as well affecting 100 homes. Restoration was expected before 6pm.

Update 9:30pm Jan. 13

While the vast majority of City Light customers have had their power restored, persistent areas of outage persist. 31 homes near SW Manning east of California Ave SW in West Seattle were still out and the restoration time was not clear. Further north in West Seattle 491 customers were still out from SW Pritchard to Bonair Pl. SW with restoration not expected till late afternoon on Thursday. An area centered on SW Cloverdale and Delridge Way with 241 still out was also unclear as to restoration time with City Lights outage map saying they would be back on by 2pm. Seola Lane with 24 homes in the dark was expected to get power back on Thursday before 1pm. An area near Seahurst had 100 home out with an indeterminate time of restoration. 

In Burien right around 156th SW 1770 customers were coping without power and again, no word on when it might be back. 

Spotty outages were seen across the Seattle map all the way up through Ballard on Wednesday night.

Update 3 pm Jan. 13

Some power has been restored, notably near Three Tree Point in the Normandy Park/Burien area. Sporadic pockets remain in Seahurst, Shorewood, and along Walnut Ave SW in North Admiral. Estimated restoration was around 8pm.

Original Post

High winds were the primary reason behind a large number of power outages across the Seattle area with numbers topping 71,000 as crews made their way to the various sites to repair. As of 6 am that number was down to less than 58,000. PSE reported many more outages around Puget Sound topping half a million.

The Three Tree Point area extending into Normandy Park in the southern part of City Light service area extending north through the White Center area with more in North Admiral. Restoration times varied from early morning to mid morning but some extended out to 8pm.

According to the National Weather Service "Winds have peaked but will remain gusty (up to 30-40 mph) thru the AM. This may hamper restoration efforts as crews continue to work. There are nearly 560,000 outages across the area"

Consult http://www.seattle.gov/light/sysstat/ for updates on status.