Everyone in the county should have electricity by Thanksgiving if not sooner, said Clallam County Public Utility District spokesman Jeff Beaman.
Beaman said that the PUD was aiming to have resolved every power outage by noon Sunday, but those efforts were delayed because of another night of windy weather Saturday that put another 500 customers in the dark.
“We were hit again by another series of outages over in the West Sequim Bay area,” he said Sunday.
“Last night shows how fragile predictions can be.”
About50 customers were expected to be without power today.
Barring unanticipated delays or further outages, Beaman said everyone should have power no later than Tuesday night.
The people without power today would be affected by the smallest outages scattered around the county, he said.
For those with family visiting for Thanksgiving, Tuesday may be too late.
Alan Thomas said Sunday morning that if he doesn’t have power by Tuesday, he is going to have to tell a friend of his coming from Spokane for the holiday to cancel his travel plans.
Thomas, who lives off of Ramapo Road near state Highway 112 and about 11 miles west of Port Angeles, has been without power since Wednesday.
“It’s frustrating but it’s survivable,” he said.
Beaman said the PUD is aware of some people’s frustration.
“We do realize people do get frustrated during times like this, but we hope people can understand but we have a lot of trees in our area, a large service area and a lot of power lines,” he said.
“Crews are moving as fastly as they can while maintaining the right attention to safety.”
Beaman said as of Sunday morning there were about 1,000 customers without power.
That included some residents west of Lyre River, on Eden Valley Road, Bell Hill, Happy Valley Road and East Beach Road.
Power was restored to about 1,500 customers in the Joyce area Sunday.
Beaman said the weather over the next few days should be easier for PUD crews to work in.
There are no further wind warning or advisories for Clallam County, though Forks and Neah Bay could have gusts over 30 mph today.
Winds are expected to remain calm for the rest of the week except for Neah Bay, which will also have gusts of about 30 mph Tuesday.
Wednesday was the day when the most people were without power because of the storms.
About 16,846 Port Angeles and PUD power customers were without electricity that night.
Reporter Tom Callis can be reached at 360-417-3532 or at tom.callis@peninsuladailynews.com.
