SPOKANE, Wash – 10 years ago Monday, people throughout the Inland Northwest were told to shelter in place, as a dangerous windstorm was moving in.
By the time it was over, two people were dead, thousands of trees uprooted and power was out to much for the community. For some, power was not restored for several weeks.
The windstorm of 2015 brought gusts of more than 70 miles an hour. Then-Governor Jay Inslee declared a state of emergency.
The National Weather Service called the windstorm one of the largest natural disasters in Spokane history…