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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,035 posts) Fri Apr 7, 2017, 08:39 PM Apr 2017

Commuter alert: Windstorm delays trains, could cancel ferries

A windstorm bearing down on the Puget Sound region has delayed all Sounder north line trains.

Sound Transit said all trains will slow to 40 mph north of Edmonds due to high winds. This is expected to cause 10-minute delays to Everett.

Sound Transit said south corridor trains are operating as scheduled as of about 3:30 p.m.

On Washington State Ferries, meanwhile, captains will consider whether to cancel trips, but had not done so as of about 3:50 p.m.

The Seattle Department of Transportation closed the Seward Park Upper Loop Road ahead of the storm. The city warned residents to stay inside during high winds, stay out of wooded areas and use extreme caution outdoors, particularly around trees.

http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2017/04/07/commuter-alert-wind-storm-delays-trains-could.html?ana=e_sea_bn&u=ColXVN5SPzQtLHFP87ho2w07857290&t=1491607868&j=77882071

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Commuter alert: Windstorm delays trains, could cancel ferries (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2017 OP

I'm kind of afraid to step outside of my building. LisaM Apr 2017 #1

Probably a good idea Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2017 #3

I don't mind a little rocking and rolling (actually, I like it!) LisaM Apr 2017 #4

So far, my area of the South Sound is doing OK GP6971 Apr 2017 #2

Think I'll go HeiressofBickworth Apr 2017 #5

LisaM

(27,813 posts)

1. I'm kind of afraid to step outside of my building.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri Apr 7, 2017, 08:40 PM

Apr 2017

Thank goodness we decided not to go to Lopez Island tonight.

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,035 posts)

3. Probably a good idea

Reply to LisaM (Reply #1)

Fri Apr 7, 2017, 08:48 PM

Apr 2017

Took the Lopez ferry back to Anacortes three weeks ago when the wind was blowing though not quite as bad as today..

https://www.facebook.com/KING5News/videos/10154511161156476/

LisaM

(27,813 posts)

4. I don't mind a little rocking and rolling (actually, I like it!)

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Reply #3)

Fri Apr 7, 2017, 09:00 PM

Apr 2017

But when they're talking about cancelling service, it must be bad.

GP6971

(31,168 posts)

2. So far, my area of the South Sound is doing OK

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri Apr 7, 2017, 08:43 PM

Apr 2017

no power outages here yet. The generator is ready though as there are outages all around us.

HeiressofBickworth

(2,682 posts)

5. Think I'll go

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri Apr 7, 2017, 09:11 PM

Apr 2017

make my dinner and a thermos of tea -- just in case the power is out for a while. I'm in Snohomish County. We used to get a lot of power outages and some lasting for quite a while, but my little town went on a tree-trimming program and the number and duration of power outages is significantly lower. Other areas have had outages when we didn't. But a thermos of tea will be good, whether the power it out or not.

So, batten down the hatches me hardies. It seems it will be a windstorm like we usually get in October. Climate change????

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