Wind Returns Wednesday, More Outages Could Result

King County Journal has the rundown of which areas are still without power, and when they're likely to get it.

But more outages could be on the way.

A relatively mild storm is expected Wednesday , and the Times gets this dire prediction from a City Light spokesperson:

"If we get even moderate winds, we may find quite a few of those trees that were just on the edge may tip over, and we may have a bunch of additional outages."

--More deaths from people trying to keep warm--four people died in a Burien home because they kept their generator running in an attached garage.

--If you are in one of the mystery pockets of powerless homes, the P-I explains why.

--The Times provides an example of the challenges electrical crews--this one from 1300 miles away--are dealing with:

In Bellevue, where about 40 percent of the power remains out, a 14-strong crew worked all day Monday to fix several hundred feet of fallen power lines near Bellevue Community College. Most of the crew was from Hamlin Electric Co., based in Fort Morgan, Colo., and arrived in town with their trucks Sunday.

The work would normally have taken two hours, but the fallen wires connected to an underground line that snaked under the street and to a substation nearby, said Rich Adams, a Puget Sound Energy engineer. The crew spent hours reconnecting the line and placing plastic pipe over three aluminum cables that run from a utility pole to the ground.

"This is an extra-messy job," Adams said.

Remember those carefree days when our biggest problem was holiday trees at the airport?