Hurricane Sandy is going to do so much damage & devastation to the northeast that it's going to be hard to believe. These pictures are coming in on Twitter from Atlantic City, New Jersey--a full 12 hours before landfall is expected along the New Jersey Coast. T The strongest winds? Still … [Read more...]
How Pacific Northwest Dodged Tsunami Trouble After 7.7 Earthquake
This map shows how Oregon, Washington & Alaska missed getting hit by a significant tsunami after a 7.7 magnitude quake off the coast of British Columbia last night. Tsunami experts track what they call the beam of energy after a major earthquake like this. That beam was aimed away (mostly) … [Read more...]
Hurricane Sandy, The “Frankenstorm” Aiming For Major East Coast Cities
Honestly, it's looks beautiful from space in this NOAA Imagery. Doesn't it? But Hurricane Sandy will combine with another one as it approaches the Northeast early next week to create what's been nicknamed the "Frankenstorm" that's due to make landfall just before Halloween 2012. As of early … [Read more...]
Race To Beat A Hurricane – The Sussman Family Cruise
It was a gorgeous day in Long Beach as we woke up ready for our 7 Day Carnival cruise to mexico with a first stop in Cabo San Lucas & then a second stop in Puerto Vallarta. Look at the blue sky over our ship as we set sail on Sunday October 14, 2012. Only problem with these pictures? I knew the … [Read more...]
Record Breaking Start To Northwest Rainy Season
Is this crazy or what? I mean--we had .25" of rain in 3 months and next thing you know it's rainy cats and dogs and doesn't stop. In the graphic you can see that Portland, Vancouver and Salem all smashed rainfall records for October 12th. And there are two more amazing things, to me, … [Read more...]
Portland’s Record Dry Stretch Finally Over
Did you catch KOIN Local 6 at 11 last night? Anchor Jeff Gianola sang "Turn out the lights, the party's over..." And that has to mean our record dry stretch is ending. Some of the facts about it are in this graphic. Who knows how long it will be until we see something like this again in the … [Read more...]
Portland In October: “Like A City In The Desert Southwest”
Here's a crazy one. On the afternoon of Friday October 5, 2012--Portland's air was almost exactly as dry the air in Phoenix, Arizona and Las Vegas, Nevada! You can see the comparison of relative humidity to the right. It's a comparison I might possibly get to make on a rare 100 degree day in … [Read more...]
First Chilly East Wind Event Of Fall
It's the annual 'thinning of the herd' in our area. That is, the first round of gusty east wind is already bringing down the weakest of our trees. As you can see, my KOIN Local 6 colleague Sally Showman was on the scene with this one. As of late morning, PGE is already reporting scattered power … [Read more...]
All Across Portland-Vancouver: Living Like We’re Part Of The 1%
Ah yes. Life as the privileged one percent. I've always wondered what that would be like. Now lots of us know! 80s In October: 1% Of The Time I went digging into the Portland record books and over the last 20 years (1992-2012) we've had just 9 days in October where highs have reached … [Read more...]
Record Dry Stretch Hits Portland, Willamette Valley
There are really only two phases in northwest weather: the rainy season...and road construction! And based on months of driving through detours -- all under blue skies -- we can safely say road construction won this time around! This chart to the right is proof that Portland has just finished … [Read more...]
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