PSA: Centurylink outage

Last night around 11pm I was awakened by an alert on my phone telling me that 911 service was down, and giving me an alternat number to call. By morning, it was clear that it wasn't a local problem. A quick search showed that the problem was caused by CenturyLink, which tweeted, blaming it on a a network element that was impacting customer services and saying that they estimated it would be fixed in about four hours.

It was more like twelve here on Whidbey Island, and some parts of the country are still (as of 2pm) offline, according to Outage.Report. The FCC is investigating.

If you live in Washington, king5.com has a handy list of numbers to call, by county. (The news article also has auto-playing video - you may want to mute your speakers.)

( Notes & links, as usual )

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PSA: WA Emergency Numbers

From king5.com :

In case of an emergency and you can't get through by dialing 911, you can dial the following numbers for dispatch centers:

Chelan/Douglas County 911 Countywide 911 Center for Police and Fire (509) 663-9911 Clallam County 911 Countywide 911 Center for Police and Fire 360-417-2259/2459 or 360-417-4970 Grays Harbor 911 Countywide 911 Center for Police and Fire (800) 281-6944 Island County 911 Countywide 911 Center for Police and Fire (360) 678-6116 Jefferson County 911 Countywide 911 Center for Police and Fire 360-385-3831 or 360-344-9779 EXT. 0 or text 911 King County 911 Bothell Police (425) 486-1254 Enumclaw Police (360) 417-2259 Lake Forrest Park Police (425) 486-1254 Issaquah Police (425) 837- 3200 Redmond Police (425) 556-2500 Snoqualmie Police (425) 888-3333 Seattle Police (206) 625-5011 Seattle Fire (206) 583-2111 Norcom (425) 577-5656 Fire Departments – Bellevue FD, Bothell FD, Duvall FD, Eastside Fire and Rescue, Fall City FD, Kirkland FD, Mercer Island FD, Northshore FD, Redmond FD, Shoreline FD, Skykomish FD, Snoqualmie FD, Snoqualmie Pass Fire and Rescue and Woodinville Fire and Rescue Police Departments – Bellevue PD, Clyde Hill PD, Medina PD, Kirkland PD, Mercer Island PD and Normandy Park Police. Valley Com (253) 852-2121 Fire Departments - Valley Regional Fire Authority (Algona, Pacific and Auburn), South King Fire and Rescue (Federal Way and Des Moines), Puget Sound Regional Fire Authority (Kent, Seatac, Covington and Maple Valley), Tukwila FD, Renton FD, Burien /Normandy Park FD, Skyway Fire, Mountain View Fire and Rescue, Palmer Selleck Fire Districts, Vashon Island Fire and Rescue, Enumclaw FD, King County Airport (Boeing Field) and King County Medic One Police Departments - Algona PD, Pacific PD, Auburn PD, Des Moines PD, Federal Way PD, Kent PD, Renton PD and Tukwila PD. King County Sheriff’s Office (206) 296-3311 Town of Beaux Arts, City of Burien, City of Carnation, City of Covington, City of Kenmore, King County Airport Police (Boeing Field), City of Maple Valley, King County Metro Transit, Muckleshoot Indian Tribe, City of Newcastle, City of Sammamish, City of Seatac, City of Shoreline, Town of Skykomish, Sound Transit and City of Woodinville. Kitsap County 911 Countywide 911 Center for Police and Fire (360)-308-5400 Kittitas County 911 Lower County: 509 925 8534 Upper County: 509 674 2584, select 1, then select 1 for KITTCOM Lewis County 911 Countywide 911 Center for Police and Fire (360) 740-1105 Mason County 911 Countywide 911 Center for Police and Fire (360) 426-4441 Pacific County 911 Countywide 911 Center for Police and Fire (360) 875-9397 Pierce County 911 Countywide 911 Center for Police and Fire (253) 798-4722 *Except Tacoma, Fircrest, Fife and Ruston - call Tacoma Fire Dispatch (253)627-0151 San Juan County 911 Countywide 911 Center for Police and Fire (360) 378-4151 Skagit County 911 Countywide 911 Center for Police and Fire (360) 428-3211 Snohomish County 911 Countywide 911 Center for Police and Fire (425) 407-3999 Thurston County 911 Countywide 911 Center for Police and Fire (360) 704-2740 Whatcom County 911 Whatcom County Fire (360) 676-6814 Whatcom County Sheriff (360) 676-6911

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