High Winds, Snow Stir Trouble In Western Washington
Posted: 12:27 pm PDT March 31, 2009Updated: 6:06 pm PDT March 31, 2009
SEATTLE -- High winds around Western Washington canceled ferries, caused power outages, and knocked down trees Tuesday. In the Cascades, they’re not dealing with winds, but with new snow.Two teens, Liz Barnes and Kenny Clark, were inside a Bothell home when high winds toppled an evergreen tree onto it.
VIDEO: Tree Topples Onto Bothell Home
"It sounded like a train was coming toward you and just everything started shaking like an earthquake," Barnes said.She said it happened so suddenly, she was confused at first and didn't fully comprehend what was going on."It was just scary, heart pounding, you know. ‘I hope it doesn't fall on me, hope it's done falling’ you know," Barnes said. She nor Clark were hurt in the incident.Clark has lived there for 15 years and doesn’t know if it can be saved. Firefighters also told the family that it's not safe inside the building."I don't know if we can even save it. From what I saw when I was in there it was completely tweaked. Like I don't know if there's anything possibly to do to save it," Clark said.A little farther down Filbert Road, a carport blew over into a ditch. Trees fell on the Ben Howard Road near Monroe, stopping traffic and cutting a few power lines. Traffic lights were also out on Highway-9 near Lake Stevens causing backups.The Snohomish County PUD said approximately 2,500 customers were without power from Everett to eastern Snohomish County Tuesday.Puget Sound Energy reported scattered outages in King, Snohomish and Thurston counties.Seattle City Light did not have any outages to report.Several ferry runs from Port Townsend/Keystone were canceled Tuesday morning due to high winds and heavy seas.The National Weather Service issued a wind advisory for eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca and Admiralty Inlet area through Tuesday afternoon.A wind advisory was also in effect until 5 p.m. for Seattle. Forecasters said west winds of 25 to 40 mph with gusts up to 50 mph persisted throughout the afternoon.The weather has also been causing trouble in the mountain passes. Heavy snow and multiple accidents had all three mountain passes shut down at midday.Live Snoqualmie Pass CamA winter storm warning is in effect Tuesday night for the Central and North Cascades, with as much as two feet of fresh snow by the end of day.
VIDEO: Tree Topples Onto Bothell Home"It sounded like a train was coming toward you and just everything started shaking like an earthquake," Barnes said.She said it happened so suddenly, she was confused at first and didn't fully comprehend what was going on."It was just scary, heart pounding, you know. ‘I hope it doesn't fall on me, hope it's done falling’ you know," Barnes said. She nor Clark were hurt in the incident.Clark has lived there for 15 years and doesn’t know if it can be saved. Firefighters also told the family that it's not safe inside the building."I don't know if we can even save it. From what I saw when I was in there it was completely tweaked. Like I don't know if there's anything possibly to do to save it," Clark said.A little farther down Filbert Road, a carport blew over into a ditch. Trees fell on the Ben Howard Road near Monroe, stopping traffic and cutting a few power lines. Traffic lights were also out on Highway-9 near Lake Stevens causing backups.The Snohomish County PUD said approximately 2,500 customers were without power from Everett to eastern Snohomish County Tuesday.Puget Sound Energy reported scattered outages in King, Snohomish and Thurston counties.Seattle City Light did not have any outages to report.Several ferry runs from Port Townsend/Keystone were canceled Tuesday morning due to high winds and heavy seas.The National Weather Service issued a wind advisory for eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca and Admiralty Inlet area through Tuesday afternoon.A wind advisory was also in effect until 5 p.m. for Seattle. Forecasters said west winds of 25 to 40 mph with gusts up to 50 mph persisted throughout the afternoon.The weather has also been causing trouble in the mountain passes. Heavy snow and multiple accidents had all three mountain passes shut down at midday.
Live Snoqualmie Pass CamA winter storm warning is in effect Tuesday night for the Central and North Cascades, with as much as two feet of fresh snow by the end of day. Copyright 2009 by KIROTV.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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