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Coastal Storm
Coastal Storm
ALL IS FINE HERE IN EASTERN OREGON....BRUNT OF STORM WAS ON THE OR/WASH COAST AND INLAND...PORTLAND TO SEATTLE....BIG BLOW 129 MPH GUST RECORDED AT BAY CITY, OR...UP TO 10 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN 24 HRS....
Coastal Storm
ALL IS FINE HERE IN EASTERN OREGON....BRUNT OF STORM WAS ON THE OR/WASH COAST AND INLAND...PORTLAND TO SEATTLE....BIG BLOW 129 MPH GUST RECORDED AT BAY CITY, OR...UP TO 10 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN 24 HRS....
hensylee
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I heard this morning on news that this is the biggest rescue effort since Katrina. I am so sorry for all who are going through this. Seems Mother Nature is mad at the U.S. this year. All over the country there has been some sort of tragedy. Floods, fires, droughts.
Marguerite53
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I am completely spared, living in the hills in the south metro area. We have a creek behind us and it was a raging torrent for 2 days. Luckily the Portland area was spared the ferocious wind that the coast received. Had the wind impacted us as significantly as it did the coastal towns, we'd be a real mess.
They have had to close part of Interstate 5 which runs from British Columbia to Mexico so that will be a major upset to traffic and hauling of goods for awhile. The road and surrounding town are way deep under water and it is a very sad thing. The front page of the Oregonian shows this Washington town of Chehalis where the I-5 is underwater. Our Oregon town of Vernonia was completely marooned. The wind gusts toppled a "famous" 700 year old Sitka Spruce tree that was somewhat beloved around here. There has been significant damage to roads and homes.
Because of all our hills, and the very shallow root sytem of Douglas Firs, the true impact of such a soaking is often staggered over the next few months. We will get random landslides, odd toppling of trees whose roots have then rotted. It's the next storm that will have many of us nervous.
There are many, many families who have damaged and lost possessions. They are hurting, now, for sure. And there have been some heart warming and daring rescues. I don't know what the news programs are "spinning", but this is not Katrina.
But it was one heckuva storm and it is headed east in some form.
I hope our Washington friends are doing all right. I think Washington really got the brunt of the inland storm.
Thank you for asking, Bonnie!
Marguerite
They have had to close part of Interstate 5 which runs from British Columbia to Mexico so that will be a major upset to traffic and hauling of goods for awhile. The road and surrounding town are way deep under water and it is a very sad thing. The front page of the Oregonian shows this Washington town of Chehalis where the I-5 is underwater. Our Oregon town of Vernonia was completely marooned. The wind gusts toppled a "famous" 700 year old Sitka Spruce tree that was somewhat beloved around here. There has been significant damage to roads and homes.
Because of all our hills, and the very shallow root sytem of Douglas Firs, the true impact of such a soaking is often staggered over the next few months. We will get random landslides, odd toppling of trees whose roots have then rotted. It's the next storm that will have many of us nervous.
There are many, many families who have damaged and lost possessions. They are hurting, now, for sure. And there have been some heart warming and daring rescues. I don't know what the news programs are "spinning", but this is not Katrina.
But it was one heckuva storm and it is headed east in some form.
I hope our Washington friends are doing all right. I think Washington really got the brunt of the inland storm.
Thank you for asking, Bonnie!
Marguerite
Marguerite53
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Awesome Front Page photo in the Oregonian today by Bruce Ely / The Oregonian
"Massive flooding of the Chehalis River this week forces closure of Interstate 5 from exit 68 to exit 81, cutting off the primary route between Portland and Seattle. The on- and off-ramps at exit 79 near the center of Chehalis can be seen in this view looking toward the southwest."
"Massive flooding of the Chehalis River this week forces closure of Interstate 5 from exit 68 to exit 81, cutting off the primary route between Portland and Seattle. The on- and off-ramps at exit 79 near the center of Chehalis can be seen in this view looking toward the southwest."
hensylee
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No, they didn't mean it's like Katrina, just the rescue efforts to help people get out of homes and to safe places.
Glad to know you are ok. Thanks for your descriptions. What we hear on the news often is much worse than the actual event. We learn that from hurricane TV reports. Stay safe and warm. Such a bad time of year for people having to find places away from their own homes.
Glad to know you are ok. Thanks for your descriptions. What we hear on the news often is much worse than the actual event. We learn that from hurricane TV reports. Stay safe and warm. Such a bad time of year for people having to find places away from their own homes.
My daughter Danielle lives on the coast of NW Oregon in the city of Astoria. Astoria and surrounding towns got hit hard. Winds of up to 120 miles an hour. Some areas/roads are impassable and devastated. Power lines down, trees down and some areas are flooded. Astoria was saved from floods because they are further in land.
I had been calling her since Sunday but wasn't able to get through. The recording said that all the circuits were busy. She finally was able to get a hold of us late yesterday and told us the whole story and said that she's never been that scared. It was a hurricane, she said and it sounded like a freight train coming. Very loud.
A miracle happened though and I know God was with her during the storm and protected her. It can't be anything else. Listen to this.
She lives on the 2nd floor of a house. Bottom floor is a basement and all the plywood on the foundation (holding up the 1 and 2nd floors) was all ripped away by the winds and strewn all over the neighborhood. All the windows of the basement and first floors were shattered by the winds but the 2nd floor where my daughters apartment is not one window was broken during the storm.
First floor is a day car during the week (no kids there on Sundays, and that's when the storm hit) and every window in the building was broken she said.
She was able to get through to us again this afternoon (Verizon) and said that they still don't have any power, no heat (and it is very cold) no gasoline transported in (lucky for her that she had just filled her tank Saturday night) She cannot work because the bank where she works has no power so no computers. They did open the drive through yesterday but everything had to be done manually. Today they were sent home because there is nothing to do at the moment. Just waiting for the power to come back on. She's been taking cold showers (brrrrr) and eating cold food because there is no electricity but were told it might be restored in certain areas as of tomorrow night.
I had been calling her since Sunday but wasn't able to get through. The recording said that all the circuits were busy. She finally was able to get a hold of us late yesterday and told us the whole story and said that she's never been that scared. It was a hurricane, she said and it sounded like a freight train coming. Very loud.
A miracle happened though and I know God was with her during the storm and protected her. It can't be anything else. Listen to this.
She lives on the 2nd floor of a house. Bottom floor is a basement and all the plywood on the foundation (holding up the 1 and 2nd floors) was all ripped away by the winds and strewn all over the neighborhood. All the windows of the basement and first floors were shattered by the winds but the 2nd floor where my daughters apartment is not one window was broken during the storm.
First floor is a day car during the week (no kids there on Sundays, and that's when the storm hit) and every window in the building was broken she said.
She was able to get through to us again this afternoon (Verizon) and said that they still don't have any power, no heat (and it is very cold) no gasoline transported in (lucky for her that she had just filled her tank Saturday night) She cannot work because the bank where she works has no power so no computers. They did open the drive through yesterday but everything had to be done manually. Today they were sent home because there is nothing to do at the moment. Just waiting for the power to come back on. She's been taking cold showers (brrrrr) and eating cold food because there is no electricity but were told it might be restored in certain areas as of tomorrow night.
joy
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yeah, I live about 30 miles north of Seattle, I guess where I-5 was/is underwater might be damaged, and there are a lot of sink holes and roads washed away. We didn't get hit as bad as we were supposed to, and we never lost power. I was glad for that. Strange weather here though, it can snow one day and be almost 60 the next day, and pouring down rain. We live in the puget sound convergence zone, so that will happen here!
hensylee
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Christina, as mother, I know you must be very concerned for your daughter. I'd hate for mine to be staying home, taking cold showers, etc. Hurricanes are bad, but at least it's warm when they hit us. But you are right about the miracle. God was with her.
Joy, so good to see you. You sound good. Merry Christmas!
Joy, so good to see you. You sound good. Merry Christmas!
hensylee said:
Hi Ann,
You are right, I was very concerned but also knew that she's a strong young woman and that she wasn't made of sugar. I just needed to hear something but when that wasn't possible because of the power outage I felt a lot more anxiety. I just wanted my mind at ease and when that happened I was okay.
She called us last night and the power has been back on since yesterday afternoon. She said she had to clean out her freezer because everything had thawed and she had to throw away about $100.00 worth of meat. She didn't want to take a chance eating it. Smart girl. She was raised right!
