2nd dog suffered shock on holiday; this one wasn't fatal

On the same day a dog on Queen Anne was electrocuted after stepping on a metal plate at the foot of a Seattle City Light lamppost, a dog in the Greenwood neighborhood was shocked, but survived, after stepping on a similar plate emitting even higher voltage.

A woman reported the Greenwood incident to City Light on Wednesday. Crews have turned the power off at the plate while they investigate what caused the problem, said City Light spokeswoman Suzanne Hartman. Both incidents happened on Thanksgiving Day.

The "contact voltage" in the Greenwood incident was 120 volts. In the Queen Anne case, the electricity registered at 90 volts. The Greenwood incident occurred just north of 85th Street on Greenwood Avenue. The dog was shocked but otherwise unhurt.

The Greenwood case is just the latest in a series of light-pole problems plaguing City Light.

Earlier this week, three more potentially dangerous poles were found on Capitol Hill, First Hill and the Central District. Last week frayed wires were found in a light pole in the High Point neighborhood.

City crews plan to inspect all 20,000 of the city's metal light poles to make sure they're safe. That work is expected to be done by this spring.

Susan Gilmore: 206-464-2054 or sgilmore@seattletimes.com