PUD Responds to South Beach Outage

After a week-plus of rain predicted by weather.com here:

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Nov 27

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Winners of Monday night’s contest: Ricki (8:22), Shadow (8:55) Kelly (9:47), Dave (10:18) and Bob (10:32) all tied; power went out at various times. Hopefully, there will be some consistency this afternoon/tonight. As a tiebreaker, guess the time of the outage, and time it comes back on. Note that in the event of a power outage, northcoastnews.com will not be available; I am lobbying for a wind-powered Internet, gigantic Wi-fi blasters and laptop batteries that are recharged by key strokes.

Due to the high winds and power outages, Grays Harbor Emergency Management is releasing this information to make the citizens aware of the hazards of power outages.
Avoid carbon monoxide poisoning
Carbon monoxide is an odorless, invisible gas that can kill. Carbon monoxide comes from burning fuels such as gasoline, propane, oil, kerosene, natural gas, coal or wood. Carbon monoxide poisoning is preventable:
Only use a generator outdoors and far from open windows and vents.
Never use a generator indoors, in garages or carports.
Never use a gas or charcoal grill, hibachi, or portable propane heater to cook indoors or heat your home.
Avoid combustion “space heaters” unless there is an exhaust vent. Never fill a Space Heater indoors!
Carbon monoxide poisoning can strike suddenly and without warning. Physical symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning may include splitting headache, nausea, vomiting, lethargy and fatigue. If you or a family member believes that they could be experiencing carbon monoxide poisoning, get out of the property and call 911 immediately from a neighbor’s home.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE CENTRAL AND NORTH COAST… WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM PST THURSDAY.

STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE NORTH AND CENTRAL COAST THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. PEAK SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH. WINDS WILL EASE AFTER THE FRONT MOVES INLAND AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHt

In Copalis Beach, no initial reports of major injuries after this happened, last night:

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Grays Harbor PUD crews are continuing to work to restore power …:

Northwest part of the District north of Hoquiam: 3565 customers impacted. Outage occurred at about 6pm. …

All of Ocean Shores, Oyhut and Ocean City: Power has been restored to about 2666 in the Ocean Shores, Oyhut and Ocean City areas. Crews are still working to restore power to the remaining approximately 3899 customers in Ocean Shores. The estimated time for restoration of power is about noon today.

Grays Harbor City west of Hoquiam: Approximately 200 customers impacted. Outage occurred at about 9pm. Cause of the outage is a downed power line. Estimated time for restoration is noon today.

Today: Showers. High near 50. Breezy, with a southwest wind between 23 and 29 mph, with gusts as high as 44 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%.

Tonight: Occasional showers. Low around 41. Breezy, with a southwest wind between 17 and 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Wednesday: Rain. High near 49. Windy, with a south southwest wind 21 to 24 mph increasing to between 37 and 40 mph. Winds could gust as high as 60 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Wednesday Night: Rain. Low around 45. Windy, with a south wind between 39 and 41 mph, with gusts as high as 60 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%.

I’ll start it off: 9:33 p.m.

I’m probably being an optimist, from NOAA:

Hoquiam, Bowerman Airport
Last Update on 16 Nov 18:30 PST

From Tony Byers, today near Damon Point, high tide:

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