Good morning, Seattle.

Update: The Seattle bureau reports large sections of Seattle and suburbs dark since Thursday night with scattered exceptions - some gas stations still operating, some Starbucks stores still open, so at least the essentials of life are still available. But lines at Starbucks run to 100 long as people wake up to the horrible reality they can't make coffee at home. Bummer. Need fix. Hand-cranked cell phones. No YouTube. Primative primitive [see rule 4 - Ed]. Seattle PI misses first day in 70 years - Saturday edition available free online here (web version here). Guessing power may be back by Tuesday [unless FEMA gets involved - Ed.].