I assume you’re referring to the night they left the plug out? Or did something else happen during the Inaugaral Day windstorm in 1993?
For non-locals: Seattle is separated from the Eastside, the suburbs to the East, by Lake Washington. That lake is deep enough that the two bridges crossing it float on giant pontoons. In the early 90s, they were replacing the old Interstate 90 bridge, and doing some work on the old span in preparation. Someone decided that waste water from the process could be safely stored in those pontoons, so they removed the watertight caps. There was a big storm in late November 1990 which flooded the pontoons and sank the bridge. IIRC, that also damaged the cable supports for the replacement bridge, closing it down for a while.
I am, and I appreciate the correction to my dates. I really have it etched in my mind that the bridge sinking (you could see it from my home at the time, in Leschi) was tightly coupled to election stuff.
For non-locals: Seattle is separated from the Eastside, the suburbs to the East, by Lake Washington. That lake is deep enough that the two bridges crossing it float on giant pontoons. In the early 90s, they were replacing the old Interstate 90 bridge, and doing some work on the old span in preparation. Someone decided that waste water from the process could be safely stored in those pontoons, so they removed the watertight caps. There was a big storm in late November 1990 which flooded the pontoons and sank the bridge. IIRC, that also damaged the cable supports for the replacement bridge, closing it down for a while.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacey_V._Murrow_Memorial_Bridg...