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Storm rocks county; 1 dead High winds knock out power to 100,000; and heavy rains swell Sky, Stilly rivers By Noah Haglund and Eric Stevick Herald Writers
MONROE — A man died when a tree fell on his car while he was driving near Monroe on Tuesday as high winds and heavy rain battered the region, knocking out power to more than 100,000 customers in Snohomish and Island counties. The accident happened around 1:10 p.m. in the 28800 block of Ben Howard Road, Sultan Fire Chief Merlin Halverson said. Trees also fell on two houses in Everett during the storm without causing any injuries. And trees were falling in Arlington and Marysville area. A wind gust of 58 mph was recorded at Paine Field in the early afternoon. Snohomish County sheriff’s deputies had trouble reaching the crash scene near Monroe because of all the downed trees and power lines, sheriff’s spokeswoman Shari Ireton said. The driver, a man in his 20s, died at the scene, she said. No one else was in the vehicle. East Snohomish County was particularly hard hit by the storm. Water was spilling over Culmback Dam, north of Gold Bar, but the dam was not in danger of failing, according to the Snohomish County Public Utility District. “Lots of trees down, a lot of power out,” said Gold Bar Fire Chief Eric Andrews. Thousands of houses and businesses lost power early in the day as PUD crews rushed to restore electricity. Then a second wave of high wind hit, and by evening the PUD reported 111,000 customers without power. Power outages occurred between Lynnwood and Everett, in eastern parts of the county including Snohomish and Gold Bar, and in the Tulalip area, said Neil Neroutsos, a spokesman for the utility. Contract utility crews are out helping the district’s regular crews.
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Meggie Young crawls under branches, insulation and her crushed roof after a tree fell on her house on Rosewood Avenue in Everett on Tuesday. She and her husband, Bill, were in the kitchen when the 100-foot tree fell. They were going to make the final payment on the house next month.
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when a tree toppled, taking down power lines as it fell in Spokane on Tuesday afternoon. Fire crews were unable to resuscitate the woman. Puget Sound Energy reported over 214,000 customers without power in its Western Washington region Tuesday evening as trees toppled onto roadways and power lines. An electrical power
At least two people have died and hundreds of thousands had no power Tuesday as a severe storm packing high winds unleashed across the Northwest. In addition to a man’s death near Monroe, police said a woman in her 50s was killed
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failure at a Tacoma sewer treatment plant resulted in waste water sewage discharging for a short time into the lower Puyallup River. The Washington State Patrol closed I-90 between the towns of George and Vantage in central Washington after winds whipped up a dust storm that blotted out any visibility.
The National Weather Service issued a windstorm warning that began noon Tuesday and ran until midnight for most of Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho. The Weather Service said a Pacific storm system arrived Tuesday afternoon, with See STATE, Page A6
Unions, bus firms were big backers of CT levy The political committee behind Community Transit’s successful sales tax measure received the bulk of its funding from companies and unions likely to benefit most when the new tax dollars start rolling in. Community Transit Now raised $93,545 in cash contributions for its campaign to pass Proposition
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1 that will boost the sales tax by 0.3 percent throughout the transit district’s jurisdiction. That increase will go into effect next April and generate about $25 million a year for Community Transit to spend on expanding existing service and adding new buses and routes. “We are about to embark on one of the most exciting times in this agency’s history, and every one of us is an essential part of it,”
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Chief Executive Officer Emmett Heath wrote in a Nov. 10 memo to Community Transit employees. “Whether you voted for the proposition or not, and whether you use public transit or not, we plan to deliver a better transportation experience for all residents.” They’ve reached this moment in part because of the campaign bankrolled by the builders and drivers of the district buses, and the firms involved in planning
AdBan Ask your doctor how it can help you: Citing rising costs and unrealistic patient expectations, the American Medical Association on Tuesday called for a ban on advertising for prescription drugs and medical devices (Page A2). Side effects of a prescripDear Abby . . . B5 Food . . . . . . . . B1
routes and maintaining commuter services. Alexander Dennis, Inc. builders of the Double-Tall double-decker buses, and Gillig Corp., manufacturers of the 30-foot buses, each contributed $25,000, according to reports filed with the state Public Disclosure Commission. First Transit, which does commuter service planning, donated $15,000 and Parsons Brinckerhoff, an engineering firm which
tion drug ad ban may include pharmaceuticalindustry lobbyist expense account inflammation syndrome, and job losses for voice actors who can speak the words “Do not take this drug if you are pregnant” in 0.66 seconds. Paging Dr. Zuckerberg: Facebook CEO and co-
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founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, a pediatrician, have given $75 million to San Francisco General Hospital, which will now be called Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital (Page A9). The thing is, some patients will probably assume that Zuckerberg refers to the chief doctor. Short Takes . B12 Sports . . . . . . C1
conducted a feasibility study for a second Swift bus rapid transit line, gave $5,000 to the campaign, records show. Workers put up money too. Two locals of the Amalgamated Transit Union – which represents the bus drivers – provided a total of $9,500. And Community Transit employees put in at least $4,250; See LEVY, Page A2
Surfing the vast cultural wasteland: A show tonight on Lifetime called “People’s Sexiest Man Alive 2015: 30 Years of Sexy” explains how the magazine chooses the year’s hottest hunks (The Clicker, Page B12). Presumably, the process includes measuring chin stubble with a micrometer.
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