Power and phone have been out to many rural areas for over a week. The towns just got limited power back.
The PUD estimates it will require many hundreds, if not thousands of new poles to get power/phone back to all customers (who's homes still exist)
2008 F350SD V10 with an 2012 Arctic Fox 29-5E
When someone tells you to buy the same rig they own, listen, they might be right. When they tell you to buy a different rig then they own, really pay attention, they probably know something you don't.