Wind damage was much worse over here on the hill in Astoria than down on the flats where Tyboo is. Here is a summary:
Astoria got beat up pretty well. Hit the Daily Astorian web site for limited photos. Never had a blow like this before. 80-100 mph winds in town, as __recorded__ at several locations, not estimated. Lotta houses lost roofs, partial or total. About 1/5th of houses had roofing damage. Lots of houses with trees on them. A few big pole barns crushed, lots of metal roofs took off, etc. About one third to one quarter of the large spruces in town are down. Lots of glass blown out downtown. Couple brand new commercial buildings near Englund Marine lost the exposed side roofing -- sheets still wrapped around telephone poles yesterday. Cannery Pier Hotel (brand new) lost roof ove the lobby -- it now has a "water feature."
Power gone here from 4 am Mon to 2 pm today (Thurs). Many pockets in town still without power, and most outlying areas also. Wind took out the major feeder to town along Youngs Bay (100 foot poles, about 40 of them), and did damage to main BPA trunk to this area. All phone service in/out of the area, even between local towns, down because the optical fiber ring was cut in four places. Just got LD phone service last night; ditto cell service. I think the cell people were using the same fiber link. All 911 service was out, also.
We lost a few shingles and a fence pole. No big deal. Neighbor shared use of his generator to help folks keep their freezers cold. Irony is that we have power now; he does not, so I am running an extension cord over there off a 20 A service!
Many others had it much worse than we did.
