I'm running to dinner with my family right now--but when I'm back, I'll write a full post on what I expect this week. Here's my quick heads up on possibilities: wettest week in years for inland areas heavy mountain snow heavy Coast Range and Cascade mountain rain days of high winds along … [Read more...]
Famous Vermont Ski Resort Damaged By Hurricane, Tropical Storm Irene
By the time Hurricane Irene Slammed Vermont, it was Tropical Storm Irene. Or as I hear people say way too often, "It's JUST a tropical storm now." That Tropical Storm created Vermont's worst flooding in 83 years! This incredible satellite picture from Digital-Globe Imagery shows the power … [Read more...]
Columbia River Hits Flood Stage, Expect More Bridge Lifts Between Portland and Vancouver
Imagine this: two hours worth of bridge lifts in a single day. At a single spot crossing over a local river. On the highway that is a lifeline between three states and three different countries. I'm talking about Interstate 5 as it crosses the Columbia River between Portland, Oregon and … [Read more...]
Mississippi River Flood: Images From Space Show Area Around New Orleans
It's a battle of rural versus urban. Country life versus city living. And man versus nature. You're looking at an incredible (and brand new) satellite view of the NOCO Levee near New Orleans, Louisiana. A company named Digital Globe takes images like these. In this particular picture … [Read more...]
Weather On The Other Side Of The World Impacts The Pacific Northwest
What in the world could a picture of a stranded kangaroo have to do with the Northwestern U.S.? More than most of us realize. More than I realized until visiting with another dad at a recent kids birthday party. He's a lumber broker and he's seeing first hand how the 50 years floods in Australia … [Read more...]
Like a Hurricane on Mt. Hood
"Huge logs are floating past and we can hear what sounds like thunder but are the boulders being pushed by the rushing water."That's what Michele Veenker wrote when she sent this video of the normally tranquil Sandy River. The river runs down the slopes of Mt. Hood. Downriver, near the town of … [Read more...]