I spoke with my father earlier today (12/15) who lives in southern Pierce County. He was without power (since about 10pm Thursday) but otherwise doing fine. He mentioned that there was a fatal accident on hwy 7 near his place .. a tree fell from the wind and a driver, trying to avoid the tree, hit another tree .. at about 50 MPH.
So one reason we're not hearing from many people is that they may be without power. They probably have power for their scanners, but not their computers and the 'net.