Seventeen power outages reported in Whatcom County Friday evening
Seventeen power outages were reported in Whatcom County just after 6:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 15, according to the Puget Sound Energy outage map. More than 16,500 customers were impacted before most power was restored by 9 p.m.
A pole near Sumas and Lynden broke, causing the outage, a PSE spokeswoman said Saturday morning, Oct. 16. Power to all but several hundred customers was restored by 5 a.m., she said.
One of the outages, in Lynden, impacted 2,450 customers. In Bellingham’s Silver Beach area, more than 5,000 customers were impacted.
Power returned in the Barkley neighborhood just before 8 p.m.
Power was also reported out at the Mount Baker High School football stadium. About 250 people were gathered for the Mount Baker-Blaine game when the power failed 25 minutes before kickoff. The Mount Baker Sports Updates Facebook page posted that the game was rescheduled for 6 p.m. Saturday.
The areas impacted were from Geneva and Wickersham in the south, Lynden and Bellingham’s Barkley neighborhood on the west, Glacier on the east and Sumas to the north.
This story was originally published October 15, 2021 at 7:03 PM.
