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| The Northern Lights power outage map as of 6 a.m. today. |
According to secretary Stephanie Merino, who was exceptionally bright and cheerful this morning in spite of the 4 a.m. start time for she and her c-workers, this storm has downed or severely damaged tons of trees county road, with hundreds in or across roads, posing the greatest current hazard to motorists.
Please have patience and realize that just because you haven't seen a county plow, crews aren't sitting idle. They were out late last night, and back at it at early today, so if you see them and you are able to get to them, take them out a thermos of hot coffee or cocoa and tell them thanks!
State maintained highways in most of North Idaho from Coeur d'Alene north to the Canadian border have been upgraded in condition from "difficult" to "fair." Idaho State Police report that condition on I-90 are not so good, and they have been out on several collisions and slide offs for much of the morning.
On power, Northern Lights crews are gaining, but there are still widespread outages with 6,313 members without power.
Crews will continue to work around the clock to restore service as quickly as possible.
City electric crews were able to restore power after a massive city-wide outage last night; dispatchers have received no reports as of 7 a.m. today of any new outages.
If you lose city power, call the city office at (208) 267-3105 during office hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Outside office hours or on holidays, call sheriff's dispatch at (208) 267-3151, extension 0. If you are on Northern Lights and lose power, call 1-866-665-4837.