The whole thing started innocently enough. With snow showers and sun breaks right down to the waters of the Pacific Ocean...and the Willamette River...and the Columbia River. Don Best took this picture of Rockaway Beach, Oregon on January 16th after an early morning snow shower. There's just … [Read more...]
Incredible Rain, More Flood Potential Ahead
While digging through the record books, I discovered something quite crazy about the rain over the last 7 days in Portland. 27% of the rainy season's total (this starts with our water year on October 1 each year) fell during the last 7 days. Isn't that a crazy statistic? It's certainly … [Read more...]
Blogging From Along The Flooding Willamette River
I'm not sure how this blog post will look in the site because I'm posting this one on the road from my iPhone. But you can sure see how the Willamette River looks in Oregon City on Saturday January 21, 2012. Check out the shelter that's under water. When we pulled up our six year old said, "Daddy, … [Read more...]
Daring Llama Rescue In Willamette Valley Flooding
Can you see the llamas in this picture? Probably not, because they suddenly found themselves up to their necks in water during flooding in McMinnville, Oregon, on Friday January 20, 2012. Heidi sent us a series of pictures--and told the story of what she witnessed: "On Riverside loop rd. in … [Read more...]
Oregon Flooding And The Story Of How Fast Willamette Valley Rivers Can Rise
I cannot believe this shot. You're looking at feet of water racing through a street in downtown Salem on Thursday night January 19, 2011. This was the overflow of Mill Creek and it's created something you could go whitewater rafting on. The water was racing into a parking garage. I home nobody … [Read more...]
Final-Major Winter Storm To Hit Parts Of Oregon & Washington Tonight
Updated Wednesday Morning January 18, 10am Well--we know which forecast tools came around to be right. Our in house RPM and the GFS were closest on timing and snow amounts. And the biggest thing is, after a high of 40 degrees, we did see sticking snow on the valley floor and more than 30,000 PGE … [Read more...]
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