Winds from the Pacific accelerated Saturday evening, knocking out electricity for tens of thousands and whipping cities from Washington’s coastline to Puget Sound.
The National Weather Service upgraded earlier predictions to a wind warning around Grays Harbor, with a steady range of 50 to 65 mph winds blowing. A 77 mph gust was recorded at Hoquiam Airport shortly before 8 p.m., and another gust hit 71 mph in Westport, where the city’s downtown live cam showed a steel flagpole swaying like a noodle — until the camera feed abruptly went offline.
In all, over 254,000 customers lost power by Saturday night, as a storm continued to roll into Seattle…