May
28
This is Willamette National Cemetery in Portland.
Volunteers put up thousands upon thousands of these flags the Thursday evening before Memorial Day.
Part way through that big job of honoring those who served our country the sky turned dark and downpours moved in.
But instead of quitting–these people put up their hoods and popped open umbrellas then kept quietly adding flag after American… Read more
May
26
In this picture from the Timbers Facebook page you can see the storm clouds.
Dark.
Ominous.
And about to unload right near the end of the first half during the Timbers versus Vancouver match on Saturday night May 26, 2012.
@jakellyspecial tweeted this incredible shot of lightning over Jeld-Wen field between halves. The lightning delayed the start of the second… Read more
May
26
This is how the light show ended: with spectacular bolts of lightning over Salem.
But all the thunder and lightning actually got its start over the Washington Cascades–and with intense lightning around Battle Ground, Washington.
After the storms refused to move much, they finally started heading south into Vancouver at about the time we were starting our 6pm newscast.
That’s when a huge bolt slammed this tree!
This tree basically exploded when the bolt… Read more
May
22
It seemed like it couldn’t be real.
But the devastation caused by the Joplin Missouri tornado was real.
And since May 22, 2011 when this picture was taken, the people and the city of Joplin have been busy rebuilding.
Here’s a story I ran across on YouTube that shows a year’s worth of progress. It seems like hope is rising from the tragedy.
And below, links to the stories… Read more
May
21
Here’s how the partial eclipse of 2012 looked above New Mexico. Wow, the ring of fire! Thanks to Robert Ball for posting this shot on my favorite sky watching site.
NewMexico was in the path to see a views like this. Here in northwest Oregon and Southwest Washington the eclipse was less spectacular but still very cool.
But there was one-tiny-little-problem: most places clouds were too thick to see anything!
Oregon And Washington Photos Of… Read more
May
21
The chance to travel the world? Yep.
The chance to be on CBS-TV across the country including KOIN Local 6? Yep.
The opportunity to do something few ever will? Yep.
And on this rainy Sunday morning–that Amazing Race journey started in Beaverton! Here’s the behind the scenes scoop on what happened in the tryouts and how they worked.
Amazing Race Tryouts — Big Al’s In Beaverton, Oregon
This first photo (to the right) shows some… Read more
Bruce Sussman has been forecasting Northwest weather since 1994. He is the Chief Meteorologist at Koin Local 6 News in Portland, Oregon and a member of the American Meteorological Society. Bruce graduated from University of Missouri and completed advanced Meteorology studies at Mississippi State ....
