Everett Daily Herald, November 19, 2015

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Close call as tree just misses driver By Julie Muhlstein Herald Writer

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Allen Pinkham’s wrecked Honda Civic was still parked at Everett’s Legion Park on Wednesday, a day after being smashed by the windstorm. The Everett man was sitting in the car watching the storm whip the waterfront when a massive tree came down on his car. He escaped uninjured.

EVERETT — Allen Pinkham found a spot to watch Tuesday’s storm whip the waterfront. Sitting in his Honda Civic at Legion Park, he watched churning waves, listened to howling winds, and then heard a terrifying crack.

“It was a huge tree,” the 53-year-old Everett man said. “I saw it coming at me, directly at the windshield. I guess it was like a deer in the headlights. I just froze.” On Wednesday, Pinkham’s smashed 1989 Honda was still in the Legion parking area. Pinkham left a note duct-taped to the steering wheel, alerting anyone with

questions that he’d be taking care of the vehicle. “I feel lucky. I’m happy to be up and around,” he said. Three people died, one in Sultan and two others in Spokane, when they were struck by falling trees. A massive uprooted tree, ripped from the earth by winds that approached 60 miles an hour, still lay near

Pinkham’s car Wednesday. Branches that had covered the Honda had been cut away. He said he was waiting for a friend to finish a class at Everett Community College when he drove to the park around 4:30 p.m. Tuesday. See CLOSE, Page A6

Power Rivers flooded, roads blocked Cleanup could take days as storm spared few places from damage still out for 45K It could be the weekend before full service is restored for everyone after Tuesday’s windstorm, which was one of the worst in PUD’s history. By Dan Catchpole Herald Writer

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Hey kid, be careful Paging Irwin Mainway: A group called World Against Toys Causing Harm has issued a list of what it says are the 10 most dangerous toys (Page A8). One of the toys is Poo-Dough, a Play-Doh-like substance that’s supposed to look like excrement. The group says the stuff contains Dear Abby. . . .D5 Horoscope . . . B3

EVERETT — People across Snohomish County woke Wednesday morning to the roar of chain saws clearing fallen trees, while volunteers elsewhere filled sandbags and braced for the worst of the flooding. The day after Tuesday’s severe storm saw flood waters rise and recede. Roads remained closed, with toppled trees, downed powerlines and small lakes over the pavement. Power outages persisted in homes, businesses and schools, though Snohomish County PUD cut the

wheat gluten and could sicken kids with allergies. Come to think of it, glutenfree goop that looks like excrement would be a good fit with gluten-free bread, which only tastes like excrement. It’s also a Dylan song, you dummies: A store in Denver called Isis Books & Gifts has been struck more than once

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by vandals who think it’s a front for terrorists instead of a New Age shop named for an Egyptian goddess (Page A8). The Buzz can think of a name for both the terrorists and the doofuses who throw rocks at stores: Daesh-bags. Plop, plop, fizz, fizz: Oh, what a relief it would be for pizza chains subject to Short Takes . . .D6 Sports . . . . . . . C1

number from 150,000 to 45,000 by Wednesday evening. The storm had a little bit of everything: heavy rain, whipping wind, swollen rivers, even a blast of hail. One man was killed Tuesday when a tree fell on his car while he was driving near Monroe. Few communities from Index to Stanwood were spared damage. Cleanup could take several days. Wednesday was a time of phone calls to insurance agents for crumpled cars and battered roofs. For those without power, it meant cleaning out fridges of spoiling meat and milk, filling See STORM, Page A6

government calorie labeling rules if legislation sponsored by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rogers, R-Wash., becomes law (Page A8). Although that relief would not allow Pizza Hut to list the calorie count on its BBQ Bacon Cheeseburger pizza as “You really don’t want to know.”

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Jubenal Cruz sweeps flood water out of his garage at the Sky River Apartments in Monroe on Wednesday. Cruz and other residents of the complex spent Tuesday night battling rising waters from the nearby Skykomish River, which crested at 22.23 feet, its third-highest level on record.

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EVERETT — The afternoon surge in Tuesday’s windstorm sent debris, branches and even whole trees crashing into power lines around Snohomish County, plunging more than 150,000 customers into darkness. The storm was one of the most devastating in Snohomish County PUD’s history. Public Utility District crews responding to downed lines found “total chaos,” one PUD worker said. Dozens of utility crews and support teams have been working to repair damaged equipment and downed lines since the windstorm started Tuesday. Many worked 24-hour-long shifts before stopping to rest. By late Wednesday afternoon, the PUD had restored power to all but about 45,000 customers. It could take to the weekend to get power back to everyone, district spokesman Neil Neroutsos said. “It is our intention to restore power as quickly and safely as possible,” he said. At first, the storm knocked out power in relatively small pockets, mostly between Lynnwood and Marysville.

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