Car Crash Causes Power Outage Affecting 3,200 People in Central Seattle

On the plus side, think of all the romantic candlelight dinners this might provide.

It appears that a car crashed into a utility pole in the ID, causing power outages throughout Chinatown, Pioneer Square, and whatever you're now meant to call the stadium district. No estimates yet about how long before service is restored.

If I were a proper Stranger writer I would now insert a wry aside about how this never would have happened if the person driving this car had been riding the light rail instead, which is certainly true, but not very sympathetic or realistic about the convoluted entanglements of chance, destiny, and utility pole placement. Anyway, it's probably useful to experience a literal, circumscribed version of powerlessness every so often. I mean, probably.

Crews are responding to a reported outage in the Chinatown-International District affecting about 3,200 customers. https://t.co/Vc5ALpcyzy

— Seattle City Light (@SEACityLight) February 13, 2017