16 years ago, the Hanukkah Eve Wind Storm struck western Washington. On the evening of Dec. 14 into early Dec. 15, the storm plowed through the region with wind gusts up to 100 mph.
Thousands of trees were blown down, knocking out power to over 1.5 million people and producing hundreds of millions of dollars in damage. The storm destroyed about 70% of Puget Sound Energy’s infrastructure and inflicted considerable damage to Seattle City Light, Tacoma Power, and other area utilities and PUDs.
Strong winds, snow cuts power to thousands in Puget Sound area
With the forecast of strong winds, many of these utilities asked in advance for help
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