Will Mother Nature Rest?
4 Dead and Million Without Power as Fierce Storms Hit Pacific Northwest
Dec 15 – The Pacific Northwest was devastated
Thursday night and Friday morning by a storm that knocked out a total of 64 major electrical feeders, wiping out power for millions. Four have died in the storm, including one woman who drowned in her basement. The storm brought with it winds reaching 69 mph in the Seattle area and 113 mph throughout the Cascade Range along with heavy rain. Many roads and a bridge across Lake Washington were closed for safety precautions. The bridge had been damaged by oncoming waves. Numerous houses were struck by trees causing extensive damage. This is not the first severe weather that the area has experienced this year. The month of November was one that will not soon be forgotten. Previous records were broken when rainfall flooded much of the Pacific Northwest with harsh cold streak following it. However, that was not the end of it, unpredicted snow and ice blanketed the region.
Businesses have been immensely affected by storm. Alan Johnson, store director of the Quality Food Center has been forced to keep perishables in other shops do to faulty coolers. A local power company, Puget Sound Energy, has announced that an estimated 700,000 of its consumers have lost power. Puget Sound Energy has only one million clients. Spokesman for the company, Martha Monfried, stated yesterday, “Our system was really hit, probably harder than it ever has been.”
Dean Custis, 62, is an inhabitant of Seattle and had this to say about his experience, “The top of my hot tub blew off, so I just went out and sat in it.”
These storms, although not as harsh, can be related to Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast and was recorded as one of the deadliest hurricanes in the US killing more than 1,800 people. Due to the flooding, which engulfed nearly 80% of New Orleans, millions of citizens lost their homes and were forced to evacuate. The reconstruction of New Orleans and other cities is still ongoing. Hurricane Katrina is without a doubt on a much larger scale than the recent events in northwest; however, the past two months must have seemed apocalyptic to the residents.
4 Dead and Million Without Power as Fierce Storms Hit Pacific Northwest
Dec 15 – The Pacific Northwest was devastated
Thursday night and Friday morning by a storm that knocked out a total of 64 major electrical feeders, wiping out power for millions. Four have died in the storm, including one woman who drowned in her basement. The storm brought with it winds reaching 69 mph in the Seattle area and 113 mph throughout the Cascade Range along with heavy rain. Many roads and a bridge across Lake Washington were closed for safety precautions. The bridge had been damaged by oncoming waves. Numerous houses were struck by trees causing extensive damage. This is not the first severe weather that the area has experienced this year. The month of November was one that will not soon be forgotten. Previous records were broken when rainfall flooded much of the Pacific Northwest with harsh cold streak following it. However, that was not the end of it, unpredicted snow and ice blanketed the region.
Businesses have been immensely affected by storm. Alan Johnson, store director of the Quality Food Center has been forced to keep perishables in other shops do to faulty coolers. A local power company, Puget Sound Energy, has announced that an estimated 700,000 of its consumers have lost power. Puget Sound Energy has only one million clients. Spokesman for the company, Martha Monfried, stated yesterday, “Our system was really hit, probably harder than it ever has been.”
Dean Custis, 62, is an inhabitant of Seattle and had this to say about his experience, “The top of my hot tub blew off, so I just went out and sat in it.”
These storms, although not as harsh, can be related to Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast and was recorded as one of the deadliest hurricanes in the US killing more than 1,800 people. Due to the flooding, which engulfed nearly 80% of New Orleans, millions of citizens lost their homes and were forced to evacuate. The reconstruction of New Orleans and other cities is still ongoing. Hurricane Katrina is without a doubt on a much larger scale than the recent events in northwest; however, the past two months must have seemed apocalyptic to the residents.
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