Bombogenesis aka Bomb Cyclone

[Norseman]

true color from earlier this evening:

[donutlynx]

Pretty dang windy here in SW OR. Super calm this morning before it started blowing. Love it.

Precip has started, but nothing crazy at the moment. Parked the vehicle away from tree failure zones. Waiting to see how this storm affects the forest infrastructure...

[KQ]

Seems like the wind might finally be dying down a bit. Anxious for the sun to come up so we can survey the damage. Probably shouldn't have put the garbage bin out last night for collection this morning and I know there are a few buckets I forgot and left out around the barn that are probably in the next county by now.

Power stayed on for me (so far) but lots of reports on SM of outagages and fires.

How'd everyone else do?

[MagnificentUnicorn]

[emoji639]” of wet snow in Wenatchee, no wind. About what I expected. Looks like King and Snohomish counties took the brunt of the wind last night.


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[LegoSkier]

Holy shit! According to the pse map there is basically no power between lake Washington and the cascade crest. https://www.pse.com/en/outage/outage-map

I am out but am Seattle City Light which is in better shape than PSE.

[MagnificentUnicorn]

Dumping giant wet snowflakes now



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[SorryBro]

Well, lost power at 6:30pm last night and listened to wind nail the neighborhood all night.
Roads in southern Issaquah are mostly blocked by large, downed trees. Going to be a few days with no power most likely.
Getting out of Tiger Mt. area is down to one road only. Going to be a long couple days...

[nickwm21]

I enjoyed sitting in my hot tub with a beer in WS last night watching the transformer light show in the distance. I hope those without power get resolution quickly.


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[PNWbrit]

Lost power at hotel in Eastgate around 6.30.

It was scary windy when I took the dog out for his last pee at 10.30.

Checked back in on the house this morning no trees down, and obviously no power.

House a couple of blocks away got nailed with a Doug fir hitting the length of its roof ridge, house has collapsed through the middle of its second floor.

[AK47bp]

Enjoying the beautiful hum of my generator. Last number I saw was close to 500,000 without power.


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[The AD]

I lost power for about 12 hours. Luckily it came on a few minutes before my alarm went off this morning. Hopefully this cleared out a lot of debris in the trees that has accumulated since last winter and the next system won't cause as much damage. This one had more of an effect on Seattle proper than I thought it would.

[Yonder_River]

It didn't amount to much around my neighborhood. Just some gusts here and there. In the last 18 years, probably have only lost power three times and for no more than a few hours.

[Cisco Kid]

Drove home to NB at 7 pm as the bomb hit. White knuckle all the way on 90 with 45mph gusts from right and then left. Power was out all night but came back at 11 after I bade bacon and eggs on the Coleman 2 burner.

Tuned in to a Seattle talk radio station last night for any updates and they were replaying a show from a dead broadcaster. Civil Defense communications as a function of government responsibility is so 1970.

[Ted Striker]

Similar story up here in the ham. In-town neighborhoods were on the lee side of Lookout Mountain (Galby) and were mostly unscathed. We never even lost power. But on the windward side, several houses were completely destroyed by downed trees.

[KQ]

Mercer Island ain't doing too well. I remember how scary it was when I lived there and these big wind storms would hit. This sounds crazy:


- URGENT UPDATE | 11/20/24 12:15pm –

?? Mercer Island residents that live along East Mercer Way between the 4200 to 4600 blocks and Island Crest Way between 7400 to 7800 blocks should stay home and shelter in place due to hazardous road conditions. ??

It is unsafe to drive through these sections of East Mercer Way and Island Crest Way due to significant downed power lines, hazardous trees, and dangerous debris blocking the roadway. A CodeRed emergency alert with this message is also being sent to residents in these areas.

Residents in these areas (4200 to 4600 blocks of East Mercer Way and 7400 to 7800 blocks of Island Crest Way ONLY) who are at home should remain at home. Residents who are away should not return to these neighborhoods until further notice is given. Continue to call 911 in the event of an emergency while sheltering in place. Do not leave your residence unless it is a life-threatening emergency.

?? It is unsafe to walk, bike, or drive these roads. Do not recreate in these areas. ??

Emergency personnel are closely monitoring the situation. An update will be shared when it is safe to end the shelter in place emergency.

Additionally, all Island residents should avoid area parks and open spaces due to unknown hazards in these areas.

The City will continue to provide updates throughout the day.

[The AD]

Yikes. I have a friend who's just south of there off East Mercer Way. I could see how that area would be dangerous. Lots of trees and lots of potentially unstable hills. I'm confident this will be the first and only time I'll say I'm glad I don't live there.

[AK47bp]

Seems to be a lot of people without cell service too. Couple neighbors had to drive elsewhere to use their phones.



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[Bronco]

Kind of strange but the upper Methow was pounded by snow last night. Over a foot from Winthrop north.

[Dhelihiker]

We had one in Sacramento in 2021. 5.9 inches of rain in 24 hours the day of the California Ironman that I was supposed to race. They cancelled the race the morning of and in protest I rode 42 miles during the storm. That was a doosy of a ride.

[PNWbrit]

Seems to be a lot of people without cell service too. Couple neighbors had to drive elsewhere to use their phones.



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Yep, nonexistent cell service in Bellevue last night.

None at home in Issaquah most of the day for the Mrs.

Strangely better this evening.

[KQ]

Here comes round two!

https://www.facebook.com/share/joeEPB9qRJgYNLmX/

[AK47bp]

Estimated power restoration for me is now Saturday. My dishwasher is full, am I really going to have to hand wash this shit. Fark’in’a man.


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[GoldMember]

I was in Bellevue for the Inauguration Day storm in 1993. What a mess. I was stuck in a hotel with no power, no food, and nearly every restaurant was closed. 90+ mph winds, 600,000 without power, six deaths. You couldn't drive anywhere for a day. I finally was able to get out of town and home. It's not fun.

[abraham]

Woman a couple streets from my mom got hit by a tree and died.

Funny to see Tesla's with smug license plates in line to get gas for the generators.
Less funny to see how many Tesla drivers don't understand that you don't just get to drive though without braking when the stoplights aren't working.

I was in Bellevue for the Inauguration Day storm in 1993. What a mess. I was stuck in a hotel with no power, no food, and nearly every restaurant was closed. 90+ mph winds, 600,000 without power, six deaths. You couldn't drive anywhere for a day. I finally was able to get out of town and home. It's not fun.

The monkeybars in the yard saved my parents bedroom during that storm. Not sure how they dealt with a tree hanging in the air afterwards but the monkey bars got pretty bent to shit.

Mercer Island ain't doing too well. I remember how scary it was when I lived there and these big wind storms would hit. This sounds crazy:


- URGENT UPDATE | 11/20/24 12:15pm –

?? Mercer Island residents that live along East Mercer Way between the 4200 to 4600 blocks and Island Crest Way between 7400 to 7800 blocks should stay home and shelter in place due to hazardous road conditions. ??

It is unsafe to drive through these sections of East Mercer Way and Island Crest Way due to significant downed power lines, hazardous trees, and dangerous debris blocking the roadway. A CodeRed emergency alert with this message is also being sent to residents in these areas.

Residents in these areas (4200 to 4600 blocks of East Mercer Way and 7400 to 7800 blocks of Island Crest Way ONLY) who are at home should remain at home. Residents who are away should not return to these neighborhoods until further notice is given. Continue to call 911 in the event of an emergency while sheltering in place. Do not leave your residence unless it is a life-threatening emergency.

?? It is unsafe to walk, bike, or drive these roads. Do not recreate in these areas. ??

Emergency personnel are closely monitoring the situation. An update will be shared when it is safe to end the shelter in place emergency.

Additionally, all Island residents should avoid area parks and open spaces due to unknown hazards in these areas.

The City will continue to provide updates throughout the day.

I drove through MI as they lost power last night.

[The AD]

Less funny to see how many Tesla drivers don't understand that you don't just get to drive though without braking when the stoplights aren't working.

I drove through an intersection with a dark signal yesterday and the guy in the next lane was just sitting there while everyone else was treating it like a four-way stop. Not sure how long it took him to realize he was never going to get a green light.