Business as usual for most services

As utility crews struggled to restore power, most businesses and services in the area were back to normal Monday.

Most banks and credit unions were open regular hours and expected to be open regular hours today, with only a few exceptions. For example, Watermark Credit Union's Bellevue branch at 15015 Main St. was still closed because of a lack of power. But all Bank of America and US Bank branches were open.

Three KeyBank branches — Snoqualmie Ridge, Woodinville and the Inglewood Forest branch between Kenmore and Kirkland — were closed Monday. All of KeyBank's ATMs were operating except at those three locations.

Post offices are open, even though nearly two dozen were still on generator power Monday. Mail delivery is on schedule.

"If we can get there, we will get it delivered," Postal Service spokesman Ernie Swanson said Monday.

On Monday, only one Seattle Public Library branch, the Madrona-Sally Goldmark branch at 1134 33rd Ave., was closed because of a lack of power. Another branch, in Columbia City, was closed because of a boiler problem. All other branches and the downtown central library are open regular hours.

On the other hand, nearly a dozen King County library branches were closed Monday because of power outages: Bothell, Carnation, Fairwood in Renton, Fall City, Issaquah, Muckleshoot near Auburn, Newport in Bellevue, North Bend, Skyway in South Seattle, Snoqualmie and Woodinville. Duvall may remain closed today.

"We are at the mercy of the power company just like everyone else," said Carol Beckwith, the library system's administrative assistant for facilities.

Sno-Isle libraries — 15 in Snohomish County and five on Whidbey Island — all are open.

Government offices are open regular hours. So are stores in downtown Seattle and shopping malls, including Northgate, Alderwood, Bellevue Square and the Southcenter mall.

Metro Transit was mostly back to normal Monday morning. However, many routes still have detours because of road closures.

All state ferries were running on regular schedules. The Point Defiance terminal in Tacoma was without power and heat Monday, but the ferry system planned to bring in a generator.

Transfer stations around King County are open, except for the Cedar Falls station in North Bend, which was closed Monday because of lack of power. The Houghton station in Kirkland was still on generator power Monday and planned to close at dusk until power is restored.