75mph
We had a peak gust of 75mph on my roof mounted anemometer during the storm. Although our power flickered enough to reset some clocks, it never went completely out, and we have been lucky enough to maintain a relatively normal life. We live in West Seattle, across the bay from downtown, and many/most of the homes near us maintained power. As mentioned, many, many trees and branches downed. I was able to drive to Renton on Friday morning - the storm was just subsiding around 5:30 am when I travelled. Just a few trees across roads, but easy detours for me. Lots of stories at work of people much more impacted than we were. Went down to check on April IV and retrieve my portable generator for my folks - who live in Issaquah and will probably be without power for several more days. Boat looked perfect. Only thing I noticed was one fender missing, and spotted it on the next dock over. I walked over to get it and saw that the plastic retaining clip had snapped. Overall, little damage was seen at shilshole. Took a drive over to the Factoria area - across the I-90 floating bridge and Mercer Island (which was completely dark) to deliver the generator and a wind up radio - and encountered huge traffic jams - people trying to get into the few gas stations that 1) had power and 2) had gas remaining. I suppose we're lucky that I 1) listened to the forecast and filled my vehicles before the storm, and 2) was able to fill the generator and it's gas can in Ballard at a station in an area not as hard hit. Anyway, 75mph winds can do a whole lot of damage to an area that 1) seldom gets winds over 50mph, and 2) that received 2 inches of rain earlier that day. Good Luck! Tim Brogan April IV C350 #68 Seattle
We had a peak gust of 75mph on my roof mounted anemometer during the storm. Although our power flickered enough to reset some clocks, it never went completely out, and we have been lucky enough to maintain a relatively normal life. We live in West Seattle, across the bay from downtown, and many/most of the homes near us maintained power. As mentioned, many, many trees and branches downed. I was able to drive to Renton on Friday morning - the storm was just subsiding around 5:30 am when I travelled. Just a few trees across roads, but easy detours for me. Lots of stories at work of people much more impacted than we were. Went down to check on April IV and retrieve my portable generator for my folks - who live in Issaquah and will probably be without power for several more days. Boat looked perfect. Only thing I noticed was one fender missing, and spotted it on the next dock over. I walked over to get it and saw that the plastic retaining clip had snapped. Overall, little damage was seen at shilshole. Took a drive over to the Factoria area - across the I-90 floating bridge and Mercer Island (which was completely dark) to deliver the generator and a wind up radio - and encountered huge traffic jams - people trying to get into the few gas stations that 1) had power and 2) had gas remaining. I suppose we're lucky that I 1) listened to the forecast and filled my vehicles before the storm, and 2) was able to fill the generator and it's gas can in Ballard at a station in an area not as hard hit. Anyway, 75mph winds can do a whole lot of damage to an area that 1) seldom gets winds over 50mph, and 2) that received 2 inches of rain earlier that day. Good Luck! Tim Brogan April IV C350 #68 Seattle
