windstorm update

Last night the 520 eastbound backup nearly met the 520 westbound backup. As I would generally prefer to noodle away on the net (or even work) rather than sit in my car for hours, I arranged to have dinner near work with skydancer and kept working away.

Then a coworker came by. "Kate just called me to say our parking lot is flooded and she barely got out you better get going or you'll have to spend the night!"

( I made it out )

( Power out in Redmond, South Kirkland, North Bellevue, and probably lots more... )

but the area near Overlake Hospital is up. I ended up having breakfast at the new Marriott Courtyard on NE 8th and 110th. Which is where I'm typing this, using the 1-day-free wireless. The Bellevue Library has power too, but it doesn't open til 10. And according to our IT guy, work has (temporary) power at least...so I'm off to the monthly all-hands meeting (if they're having it). I'm still tired, but at least I had planned to take a half-day of vacation today anyway...

Hope all is well with y'all! No trees falling on houses!

work is officially closed

So ...um... home to candlelight and, potentially, sleep ... or ... hm ... decisions, decisions ....

Local: WA & King county road closures

OK, this even more local that my last update. King County's official road closure list, which is no doubt a bit incomplete: http://www.metrokc.gov/kcdot/roads/roadalert/

The local NBC affiliate has been tracking info here, including:

• 520 bridge closed in both directions
• I-90 HOV lanes shut down due to power problems with the reversible lane gates
  
• SR 405 closed northbound at the West Valley Highway
  
• Highway 99 closed at Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, northbound at 112th in Everett
  
• Southbound I-5 closed south of Chehalis
  
• Highway 12 closed in both directions in Rochester, Thurston Co.
  
• Deception Pass Bridge closed at the north end of Whidbey Island
  
• SR 6 closed in both directions in Lewis County between MP 30 and 51
  
• SR 101 multiple lane closure along west bank of Hood Canal
  
• SR 11 (Chuckanut Drive) closed in both directions at MP3
  
• Sea-Tac airport is without power in the A concourse; many flights delayed or canceled.
  

And, of course, I have no idea if anyone local can even read this!