UPDATE, 12:36 p.m.: City Light reports that power has been restored! Too late, Ed.
Power has been restored to downtown Seattle. Crews are still investigating the cause.
— Seattle City Light (@SEACityLight) May 25, 2016
I activated the Seattle Emergency Ops Center in response to DT power outage. Updates coming as available.
— Ed Murray (@MayorEdMurray) May 25, 2016
UPDATE, 12:33 p.m.: And you can’t even blame it on Bertha.
Tunneling is not responsible for the power outage. Check @SEACityLight for updates.
— Bertha (@BerthaDigsSR99) May 25, 2016
UPDATE, 12:28 p.m.: Light rail is back. Just some delays. Whew.
Just in – normal Link services resuming to all stations. Expect some delays as we catch up.
— Sound Transit (@SoundTransit) May 25, 2016
UPDATE, 12:26 p.m.: Light rail is down. Dammit!
UPDATE, 12:25 p.m.: Here’s where the lights are out.
All power is lost in the following area. Waterfront to I-5, and Pike to Jackson. Treat all signals as all ways stops pic.twitter.com/79O5KByFmp
— seattledot (@seattledot) May 25, 2016
UPDATE, 12:19 p.m.: KING 5 reports that power’s back on at City Hall.
Power now back on at #Seattle City Hall, and street lights appear to be working again.
— Chris Daniels (@ChrisDaniels5) May 25, 2016
UPDATE, 12:04 p.m.: City Light now says they estimate that power will be restored by 12:40.
Equipment failure at Massachusetts and Union substation. Estimated time of restoration is 12:40 pm.
— Seattle City Light (@SEACityLight) May 25, 2016
Power has been knocked out all over downtown Seattle since 11:30 a.m. The outage was caused by an “equipment failure” at a Seattle Light substation at Massachusetts Street, according to the utility.
#SeaOutage area: appx Elliott Bay to I-5, Virginia to Jackson St. https://t.co/GyCDRVZi2c
— Seattle Police Dept. (@SeattlePD) May 25, 2016
Traffic lights are out:
Large power outage in downtown Seattle. Remember, treat dark traffic signals as 4-way stops, and work together! https://t.co/XnfU8zG8bj
— Washington State DOT (@wsdot) May 25, 2016
There are reports of people stuck in elevators:
UPDATE: @SeattleFire responding to numerous calls for people stuck in elevators due to #SeaOutage: https://t.co/XbNs4OL1H7
— John de Leon (@DeLeon_Times) May 25, 2016
Seeing 1st signs of major power outage in downtown Seattle. Traffic lights dark @ 1st & Union. Reports of peeps stuck in elevators #komonews
— Mark Miller (@MarkMillerKOMO) May 25, 2016
But the stairs also look like a problem for some:
Do I walk down the 40 floors to get lunch or wait until the power comes back on @seacitylight ? #seattle
— David (@WillyWonkaEyes) May 25, 2016
When the power goes out in all of Seattle downtown and you are trapped on the 34th floor with no internet.
— Amy T Falcone (@AmyTFalcone) May 25, 2016
Flights have not yet been affected:
Big Seattle power outage not affecting flight ops at Sea-Tac but some landline phones are down pic.twitter.com/wNx9LqNNPb
— Sea-Tac Airport (@SeaTacAirport) May 25, 2016
But ferries are:
.@wsferries says customers may experience delays departing from the Seattle due to a power outage which has affected Colman Dock.
— KIRO 7 (@KIRO7Seattle) May 25, 2016
And it could take two hours for power to come back online, City Light says:
Equipment failure at Massachusetts Street Substation has caused a large outage. ETOR a couple hours. Updates to come.
— Seattle City Light (@SEACityLight) May 25, 2016
We’ll be updating this as we hear more. Send tips to sydney@thestranger.com, particularly if you are stuck in an elevator.
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