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Article Source: The Seattle TimesFlash back to 4 a.m. Thursday morning, when things were looking relatively good. Though 160,000 customers had been out of power after the first heavy punch, crews had managed to whittle that down to just 15,000 customers.
Then the ice storm hit.
By late Thursday, that 15,000 had ballooned to 280,000 without power. PSE called in crews from seven states and British Columbia. With the ice storm causing more outages, some crews stayed in the field for 40 hours before taking a mandatory break.
By late Thursday, that 15,000 had ballooned to 280,000 without power. PSE called in crews from seven states and British Columbia. With the ice storm causing more outages, some crews stayed in the field for 40 hours before taking a mandatory break.
What a mess, and now the wind is starting up again.
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