No breaks for Spokane

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Joe Copeland Jan 12, 2018

Jan 12, 2018

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                <h1>No breaks for Spokane</h1>
                <h2><p>There are still 33,000 customers without power in Spokane in the wake of last Tuesday's wind damage, CBS News reports. Avista, the power company, says it is doing all it can making repairs but some customers won't have power back until late Wednesday. But a</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/joe-copeland-crosscut-com/">Joe Copeland</a></p> 
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            <p>There are still 33,000 customers without power in Spokane in the wake of last Tuesday's wind damage, <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/news/northwest-storms-33000-shivering-without-power-for-week-in-spokane-washington/?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">CBS News reports.</a> Avista, the power company, says it is doing all it can making repairs but some customers won't have power back until late Wednesday. But a snowstorm could hit tonight.</p><p>At a press briefing broadcast live by at least two Spokane TV stations, <a href="http://www.khq.com/?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">KHQ</a> and <a href="http://www.krem.com/?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">KREM2</a>, Ed Lewis of Spokane County Emergency Management said, "Utility crews will continue to work through this event, as conditions allow." But he warned that the new storm's winds could cause particular problems with trees already weakened by the first storm. Officials spent considerable time telling people without power that they understand how stressed they must be.</p><p>"Spokane is a resilient community," Mayor David Condon said.</p><p>The city itself has been particularly hard hit. Spokane Public Schools has been shut because so many of its building were without power; there are reports the schools could reopen Tuesday.</p>
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There are still 33,000 customers without power in Spokane in the wake of last Tuesday's wind damage, CBS News reports. Avista, the power company, says it is doing all it can making repairs but some customers won't have power back until late Wednesday. But a snowstorm could hit tonight.

At a press briefing broadcast live by at least two Spokane TV stations, KHQ and KREM2, Ed Lewis of Spokane County Emergency Management said, "Utility crews will continue to work through this event, as conditions allow." But he warned that the new storm's winds could cause particular problems with trees already weakened by the first storm. Officials spent considerable time telling people without power that they understand how stressed they must be.

"Spokane is a resilient community," Mayor David Condon said.

The city itself has been particularly hard hit. Spokane Public Schools has been shut because so many of its building were without power; there are reports the schools could reopen Tuesday.

By Joe Copeland

Joe Copeland is the former senior editor&nbsp;for Crosscut, where he has been an editor since 2010. Before that, he was an editorial writer and columnist for the Seattle P-I and editorial page edi