What is a Bomb Cyclone??? A “bomb cyclone” slammed the Pacific Northwest earlier this week, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands in Washington state, killing two people and injuring two others. A bomb cyclone is akin to a winter hurricane, with wind gusts of up to 70 mph, and it brings a slew of dangers. Washington State took the brunt of this last bomb cyclone on Tuesday night. Power went out in the Issaquah, Bellevue, Sammamish, Fall City, Maple Valley area. Issaquah suffered the extensive damage with over 100 fallen trees on homes, cars and across streets. Powerlines, cell towers, and repeaters were wiped out. Cars and homes crushed by heavy tree limbs and entire trees. As of Thursday 11am, the Eastern King County area had 400,000 without power.
As I type this, I’m sitting in the Issaquah Senior Center which is currently operating as a “Warm & Charging Shelter” for impacted residents. We’ve got no power, no data / wi-fi and very unstable cell service. We resorted to setting up our camping stove to make coffee in the morning, fried eggs, soups and simple dinner. Thank god we’re geocachers!! I’m sure we’re not alone as this area has many geocachers living nearby. I’m going to try to update this website as often as I can, but not having data service makes that very difficult. Please follow us on Facebook and our Discord Server. Those links will be listed below. I’m also adding links to the National Weather Service, PSE’s Restoration webpage and Washington Weather Chasers out of Lake Stevens. If you need anything, please send an email at president@wsgaonline.org or text me.
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