We got our power back last night. Cable even came back online. We took a trip just into Monroe last night. The air quality was bad in town, so we went ahead and let our fire die.
This morning the rain started the air quality seemed alot better, so I will probably start the fire back up later. I was surprised to see the epa never put out a burn ban. Guess they were afraid folks would not use them for warmth with the power out??
I took Suzi to the Bus in Monroe this morning, and decided to top off the gas tank, and found a hard time finding a gas station that had gas, the 7th one I checked had gas. So I grabbed the truck and gas cans and topped everything off.
There seems to be a bit of an epidemic of folks making deadly mistakes by not venting their generators, and bringing their charcoal bbq's inside. Evidently part of the problem is in other countries the homes are not sealed as well as here, and they can get away with charcoal inside, not so here.
Still alot of folks without power. Woodinville, North Bend, Carnation, Issaquah, and even Bellevue have been hit particularly hard. They say those ares may not get their power back until after Christmas.
Traffic into/ out of Monroe going towards Seattle is hit hard again. first the floods closed surrounding roads, then the snow closed roads on the steep hills, now the down trees have closed major roads making traffic divert to Hwy 522. Hopfully the new year will bring calmer weather.
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