If You Are Reading This, You Have Power

Another beautiful photo from Seattlest Flickr contributor Tim Willis

Yesterday's stormy weather left over 35,000 homes in Western Washington without power. Nearly 20,000 of the homes affected were in Seattle and South King County. The National Weather Service warned of gusts of over 55 mph yesterday and, while it's no scientific measure, the windows of our house were rattling and the power flickered more than once last night. Thankfully, it never went out. The Washington State Ferry Service reported "steady winds at nearly 40 mph" off Alki Beach, which must have made for some unpleasantly rough weather on the Sound.

Looking out our rattling windows, watching garbage cans that had been freed by the wind to roll in the streets, we wondered if somehow we fast-forwarded through spring and summer. It certainly looks and feels more like November than June. The summer solstice is in just over ten days, yet we've counted roughly five days of sunny, spring-like weather. Thing is, we could deal with one or the other--unseasonably cold or power-outage stormy--but both is just cruel.

Hopefully the weather is a little calmer today, when Seattle City Light and PSE crews will be out trying to restore power to their customers. The day's forecast calls for more clouds, rain, and temperatures in the low 50s.