'Doesn't make any sense': Skykomish residents decry increased outages

SKYKOMISH — A winter storm knocking out power in Skykomish doesn’t surprise anyone. In fact, residents expect it.

But in recent years, the loggers and retirees who have escaped to the woods to live here say the power will go out after some light wind and sprinkling rain, or even on clear sunny days like last June or earlier this fall.

“I moved up here 20 years ago, and the last few years it seemed to me we’ve had more and longer power outages,” Mayor Henry Sladek said. “It went out a few times this summer when it was beautiful weather, so we only imagined what it would be like later in the year.”

Lack of communication from Puget Sound Energy, the regional utility company that covers this town of 160 or so people, has left community members frustrated and concerned. And with winter weather around the corner, anxieties are only growing.

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