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December 18, 2006
The Damage Doesn't Seem As Bad From Out Here...
Got in to work today without incident - lighter traffic than normal, and little sign of the major trauma that the region had just undergone.
Further east power still hasn't been restored, and no ETA. More news and information is making it's way online. It's not all "rural" areas either - a big stretch of the I-90 from Mercer to Lake Sammamish is still dark.
Hotel rooms are still scarce (well, if you want ones with power and water) and according to co-workers some are cranking up prices to double or more their normal rates. Always nice to make a buck on the back someone else's misery.
50 hours without power was unpleasant, but seems we got lucky.
Posted by dberger at December 18, 2006 8:27 AM