Brrrrrrrrrrr!! Believe me...this is downright cold for this part of the country. With all the snow & ice & wind (30-45 mph...60+ in the gorge)...many highways are closed down. Chains are required on the greater Portland/Vancouver area streets. I-84, the main east/west freeway is closed for a 50 mile stretch on the Oregon side...and the same distance on the Washington side for Hwy. 14. The Portland International Airport is shut down as is the train (Amtrak) & bus (Greyhound) stations. The airport has facilities for overnighters...but the Amtrak station is the pits. Their concession stand was shut down last summer, so there's no food whatsoever for stranded passengers. There's no grocery stores near there also. Their plight was aired on one of the local TV stations & the viewing public came through with several boxes of food. Good on them! Let's hope the weathermen are wrong when they say this is going to be a problem for over a week. YUCK!!
Brrrrrrrrrrr!! Believe me...this is downright cold for this part of the country. With all the snow & ice & wind (30-45 mph...60+ in the gorge)...many highways are closed down. Chains are required on the greater Portland/Vancouver area streets. I-84, the main east/west freeway is closed for a 50 mile stretch on the Oregon side...and the same distance on the Washington side for Hwy. 14. The Portland International Airport is shut down as is the train (Amtrak) & bus (Greyhound) stations. The airport has facilities for overnighters...but the Amtrak station is the pits. Their concession stand was shut down last summer, so there's no food whatsoever for stranded passengers. There's no grocery stores near there also. Their plight was aired on one of the local TV stations & the viewing public came through with several boxes of food. Good on them! Let's hope the weathermen are wrong when they say this is going to be a problem for over a week. YUCK!!
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A big hello from Dave and Cheryl.
I haven't been to your web site for a while, it was great to catch up. So far we are doing great. Lost power just once on Saturday night. Dave is removing the snow from our driveway, we have about 3-4 feet. We've taken the ATV out and down to Wash.River rd and up to Bear praire. Hope to see you soon. Cheryl
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