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Floating Bridge Closed Due to High Winds

Paul Constant
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Holy shit, that video is scary.

The outage map at Seattle City Light looks like half of Seattle north of the ship canal is without power right now, and they expect to be out for most of the afternoon. I lost power, and left to go find someplace dry with wifi.

This day officially sucks.
Reverse Polarity on November 2, 2013 at 12:41 PM Report this
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Over in Leschi - power was out for about an hour, but came back 15 minutes ago. A friend in Cap Hill said there was a big tree down at Thomas and 17th.
yelahneb on November 2, 2013 at 12:42 PM Report this
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I was here for the 1992 Inaugural Day windstorm. 100 mph wind right in Seattle. The white picket fence on the house across the street uprooted and got blown down.
Supreme Ruler Of The Universe on November 2, 2013 at 1:18 PM Report this
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big tree down across Marion between 9th & Terry (north side of St James). Amazingly, seems to have missed all the cars parked there.
slugbiker on November 2, 2013 at 1:36 PM Report this
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Eh, I'd drive across it. Really, is your car actually going to blow off the road? If not, what's the big deal? Drive slow, you'll be fine. Wimps.
schmacky on November 2, 2013 at 1:41 PM Report this
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They should close it only for unarmed citizens. The gun rights crowd should be able to cross safely.
seatackled on November 2, 2013 at 1:54 PM Report this
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@5: Okay, you first.
raindrop on November 2, 2013 at 2:25 PM Report this
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I was the last person eastbound across 520 during the Thanksgiving Day storm of 1983. Massive waves crashing over the side, and it felt like driving through a major earthquake with flooding. I wouldn't do that again, so be my guest schmacky - you've got more machismo than I do!
sperifera on November 2, 2013 at 2:31 PM Report this
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January of 1993...now THAT was a storm.
very bad homo on November 2, 2013 at 2:42 PM Report this
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We drove to Bellevue via i-90 this morning and there was quite a bit of water on the roadway and some serious looking whitecaps. However the craziest part of the morning was later when we were driving through Auburn. We noticed a branch had fallen on the power lines and was burning and just as we drove past the transformer blew, followed by two more further down the road. This is one nasty wind storm.
cjb5 on November 2, 2013 at 3:23 PM Report this
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Did Richard Conlin use his nefarious powers to create a Weather Event to keep followers from those 1000 Rallies for Sawant?
Supreme Ruler Of The Universe on November 2, 2013 at 3:59 PM Report this
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Get used to it.
monkey on November 3, 2013 at 6:51 AM Report this
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A chair flew off the 11th story balcony of the building next to where I work. It hit a car and smashed in the rear window!! It almost hit a lady!
grumpymuppet on November 3, 2013 at 10:06 AM Report this

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