ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – Strong winds in the Anchorage area took out trees and were responsible for multiple power outages on Thursday. Several trees were reported down in the Turnagain neighborhood. A Sand Lake resident who woke to find a huge tree on her front lawn was advertising free firewood for anyone willing to bring a chainsaw and cut it themselves.
The National Weather Service issued a wind advisory that went into effect Wednesday evening through Thursday afternoon. Winds were clocked at up to 53 miles per hour on some sections of the Hillside and up to 47 miles per hour at the Anchorage Airport. By late Thursday afternoon they had started to die down.
The winds were enough to keep some pilots on the ground at Lake Hood, including Gerry Moriarty who was checking the tiedowns on several planes there…