1.0Salish Currenthttps://salish-current.orgAmy Nelsonhttps://salish-current.org/author/amyn/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Y6bUOGV9qP"><a href="https://salish-current.org/2022/02/02/blockbuster-year-for-power-outages-pushes-need-to-plan/">Blockbuster year for power outages pushes need to plan</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://salish-current.org/2022/02/02/blockbuster-year-for-power-outages-pushes-need-to-plan/embed/#?secret=Y6bUOGV9qP" width="600" height="338" title="“Blockbuster year for power outages pushes need to plan” — Salish Current" data-secret="Y6bUOGV9qP" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),l=0;l<n.length;l++)n[l].style.display="none";for(l=0;l<i.length;l++)if(r=i[l],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=d.createElement("a"),a=d.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,!o.test(a.protocol));else if(a.host===s.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> http://salish-current.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/WADOT-PUD-crew-treefall-900x900-copy.jpg900900Electrical power was out due to severe weather almost three times more hours in 2021 than in 2020 for customers of one of the state's largest utilities, prompting some customers to look at fallback plans — and for insights as to how outages are managed.