The earthquake alerts I have set-up went crazy as I was finishing my forecast for the 5 o'clock news. A Magnitude 8.0 Major Earthquake hit an island chain in the south Pacific at 5:12pm Portland time on Tuesday February 5, 2013. Weird, second quake in the last week that's disrupted my weather … [Read more...]
Rare “Green Flash” Appears Off The Oregon Coast
It happened during the sunny part of our weekend just off Rockaway Beach, along the Oregon Coast. I'm talking about the elusive and tough to see let alone photograph, "Green Flash". But Don Best got it. Can you see the green at the top of this image, appearing on both sides and possibly in … [Read more...]
Thousands in Portland & Vancouver Area Feel Washington Earthquake
A funny thing happened on my way to doing the 5 o'clock weather forecast: an earthquake hit a single mile northeast of Amboy, Washington and was felt as far away as Vernonia in the Coast Range, Sherwood on the metro area's west side and Oregon City on the metro area's east side. I sure didn't see … [Read more...]
Tuesday Earthquakes: Beaverton And Off The Oregon Coast
Let's go in chronological order on this one. At 7:14pm, on Tuesday January 29, 2013, a magnitude 5.3 earthquake happened under the waters of the Pacific Ocean. This quake was only about six miles deep--much shallower than most of the quakes we've seen in recent times off the Oregon Coast. It … [Read more...]
Incredible Cold, Leads To Incredible Ice After Chicago Fire
It looks like something from a movie set. I mean, this picture of ice coating a truck and barrels in Chicago must be a work of photoshop, right? Apparently not. It's a Reuter's photo in the aftermath of a fire in Chicago where the firefighters water froze into an unbelievable scene. … [Read more...]
Portland Dry Stretch Ended, Willamette Valley Inversion Broken Up
It's in the books: Portland's longest January dry stretch in five years. Seven dry days in a row may not sound like much, but in Portland, it's rare. I wrote about Portland's January dry stretches earlier this month. The rain on Wednesday January 23rd also did something else: it brought in … [Read more...]
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