Power was expected to be restored to all areas of East Jefferson County today after wind gusts of up to 60 mph hammered the area on Monday.
The early-morning storm knocked trees into power and fiber optic lines and disrupted service from Brinnon to Discovery Bay and Port Townsend.
Some of OlyPen’s DSL customers remained off-line Monday evening.
Other Internet and cell phone services for OlyPen’s 10,000 customers in Jefferson and Clallam counties were restored Monday afternoon, said Dana Dyksterhuis, a Qwest spokeswoman in Seattle.
The storm had sent a tree onto power lines and a fiber optic cable at Eaglemount Road on state Highway 20 near Discovery Bay, crippling Qwest’s long-distance and digital service across the North Olympic Peninsula.
Qwest repair crews had to wait until utility workers could clear electric lines at the site Monday morning.
They were working to splice the fiber optic line Monday afternoon.
Puget Sound Energy spokeswoman Dorothy Bracken said that electricity was expected to be fully restored to 13 east county locations this morning.
