An <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_13,_1979_windstorm" id="mw_Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="February 13, 1979 windstorm">intense windstorm</a> strikes western Washington and sinks a <span about="#mwt79" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"convert","href":"./Template:Convert"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"0.5"},"2":{"wt":"mi"},"3":{"wt":"km"},"adj":{"wt":"on"}},"i":0}}]}' id="mw_g" typeof="mw:Transclusion">0.5-mile (0.80</span><span about="#mwt79" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><span about="#mwt79">km)</span> long section of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hood_Canal_Bridge" id="mw_w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Hood Canal Bridge">Hood Canal Bridge</a>.