— from Suzanne Olson —

Orcas Island and Shaw Island OPALCO members reported power outages due to wind damage starting at 11am this morning. OPALCO crews were dispatched to multiple locations, and as of 1:45pm most services were restored on Orcas Island with the exception of the Highlands to Youngren corner. Estimated time for restoration of that area is approximately 3pm.  Crews continue to work to restore power on the eastside of Shaw. There were isolated outages reported on Lopez and San Juan Islands.

OPALCO maintains an outage phone line for reporting current outages. Dial 376.3599, and press 1 to hear about outages underway, or press 2 to report an outage.

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