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Thursday, June 4, 2009

Dorothy! Dorothy!

From the looks of things, it could be a rough evening.

Posted at 4:40 PM | Permalink

Comments (23)

Toto's already under the couch.

Posted by David E Gilmore | June 4, 2009 4:43 PM

The Rose Festival is now officially under way.

Posted by Jack Bog | June 4, 2009 4:45 PM

Bojack Storm Center ... officially open.

Posted by got logic? | June 4, 2009 4:56 PM

When can we expect a Bojack Storm Center photo from the aerial tram? I hear it's shut down due to the high winds. They should charge a higher fee and treat it like one of the thrill rides in the Stun Center.

Posted by NW Portlander | June 4, 2009 5:21 PM

.91 inches of rain in 30 minutes in N. Salem. Wind not so bad.

Posted by mp97303 | June 4, 2009 5:22 PM

First Thursday, anyone?

Posted by Jack Bog | June 4, 2009 5:24 PM

We're not sure the Bojack Storm Center ever opens when there's actually a serious storm.

Posted by Jack Bog | June 4, 2009 5:27 PM

BUT OMG! I saw two branches come down on the neighbors' tree!

Posted by Alan Cordle | June 4, 2009 5:31 PM

Hang on to your hats!

Posted by Dave | June 4, 2009 5:47 PM

You guys take care of yourselves. Considering that I actually started to get homesick for torrential thunderstorms when I was living in Portland, this can't bode well.

Posted by Texas Triffid Ranch | June 4, 2009 6:03 PM

Looks like it's over in Portland. Didn't amount to much here.

Posted by Jack Bog | June 4, 2009 6:11 PM

Wow (yawn) that was impressive. Did Kroger announce a press conference during the storm or anything?

Posted by BobM | June 4, 2009 6:15 PM

Well, hell. As a general rule, I see a radar signal like that, and I run like hell for shelter before the golfball-sized hail hits. You guys get all the luck.

Posted by Texas Triffid Ranch | June 4, 2009 6:24 PM

The mere mention of Bojack Storm Center 9000 turned the tornado gods off.

Posted by Jack Bog | June 4, 2009 6:27 PM

Sounds like the Salem/Keizer area was hit pretty good compared to Portland.

Posted by WestsideGuy | June 4, 2009 6:31 PM

Awww geeee. I was hoping for at least enough rain to water the garden.

Although, I have NEVER seen a dust front move in like that from the south. It looked like rain in the distance, but was yellowish and when it hit we were all sneezing and coughing outside. Like a big wind scoured out the dust and pollen from the valley. Kind of nice now, though.

Posted by PDX Native | June 4, 2009 6:33 PM

Don't worry. Even thought the threat has been downgraded our local TV stations promise to keep us updated with a plethora of viewer-generated scenes of standing water and bad photographs of lightning plus repeatly playing footage of the single car nailed by a tree on I-84.

Posted by NW Portlander | June 4, 2009 6:39 PM

I miss real meteorologists. Was it Jack Cappelle(?)

Posted by PDX Native | June 4, 2009 7:27 PM

I miss Rod on KATU 2. Why did they let him go for a new lady that has a grating voice and little weather knowledge?

Posted by lw | June 4, 2009 7:44 PM

Rod Hill was let go at KATU about a week ago. Dave Salesky from KGW will be taking over at KATU in the evenings in Oct. Until then KATU's weather coverage will be pretty bad!

Posted by westsideguy | June 4, 2009 8:53 PM

Reminded me of the legendary Columbus Day storm of '62 ... in that the center of the low pressure was off the coast and the winds whipped 'up' the Valley, south to north ... doing actual damage, unlike this dark-doing thing today ... but it all got upstaged and forgotten 2 years later when a monster Alaskan earthquake flooded the coast with a 20-foot tsunami ... heck, Columbus Day itself is forgotten ....

Posted by Tenskwatawa | June 4, 2009 8:57 PM

The thunder and lightning out in eastern Oregon this afternoon and evening have been spectacular. Great wind, too. We love it!

Posted by Cynthia | June 4, 2009 9:25 PM

Last few days some areas of Mendocino and Humboldt counties in NW California have been hammered by LOTS of lightning, marble to golf ball sized hail and tons of rain.
Buddy in Medford says they've been getting nailed as well.

Posted by paul | June 4, 2009 10:38 PM

In Vino Veritas

Charamba, Douro 2008
Horse Heaven Hills, Cabernet 2010
Lorelle, Horse Heaven Hills Pinot Grigio 2011
Avignonesi, Montepulciano 2004
Lorelle, Willamette Valley Pinot Noir 2011
Villa Antinori, Toscana 2007
Mercedes Eguren, Cabernet Sauvignon 2009
Lorelle, Columbia Valley Cabernet 2011
Purple Moon, Merlot 2011
Purple Moon, Chardonnnay 2011
Abacela, Vintner's Blend No. 12
Opula Red Blend 2010
Liberte, Pinot Noir 2010
Chateau Ste. Michelle, Indian Wells Red Blend 2010
Woodbridge, Chardonnay 2011
King Estate, Pinot Noir 2011
Famille Perrin, Cotes du Rhone Villages 2010
Columbia Crest, Les Chevaux Red 2010
14 Hands, Hot to Trot White Blend
Familia Bianchi, Malbec 2009
Terrapin Cellars, Pinot Gris 2011
Columbia Crest, Walter Clore Private Reserve 2009
Campo Viejo, Rioja, Termpranillo 2010
Ravenswood, Cabernet Sauvignon 2009
Quinta das Amoras, Vinho Tinto 2010
Waterbrook, Reserve Merlot 2009
Lorelle, Horse Heaven Hills, Pinot Grigio 2011
Tarantas, Rose
Chateau Lajarre, Bordeaux 2009
La Vielle Ferme, Rose 2011
Benvolio, Pinot Grigio 2011
Nobilo Icon, Pinot Noir 2009
Lello, Douro Tinto 2009
Quinson Fils, Cotes de Provence Rose 2011
Anindor, Pinot Gris 2010
Buenas Ondas, Syrah Rose 2010
Les Fiefs d'Anglars, Malbec 2009
14 Hands, Pinot Gris 2011
Conundrum 2012
Condes de Albarei, Albariño 2011
Columbia Crest, Walter Clore Private Reserve 2007
Penelope Sanchez, Garnacha Syrah 2010
Canoe Ridge, Merlot 2007
Atalaya do Mar, Godello 2010
Vega Montan, Mencia
Benvolio, Pinot Grigio
Nobilo Icon, Pinot Noir, Marlborough 2009
Portuga, Rose 2011
Revelation, Chardonnay, Pays d'Oc 2010
Beaulieu, Cabernet, Rutherford 2005
Monte Alto, Tinto Reserva 2005
Chateau Ste. Michelle, Cabernet, Indian Wells 2009
Espiral, Vinho Rose
Vin-Koru, Pinot Gris 2011
14 Hands, Hot to Trot Red 2009
Rodney Strong, Cabernet, Sonoma 2009
Abacela, Vintner's Blend #11
Portuga, White 2010
La Bourgeoisie, Red 2009
Januik, Red 2009
Three Rivers, River's Red 2008
Kirkland, Alexander Valley Merlot 2008
Muga, Rioja Rose 2010
Quinta das Amoras, Vinho Tinto 2009
Mauro Molino, Barbera d'Alba 2009
Garda Chiaretto Rose
Columbia Crest, Two Vines Vineyard 10 White
Chateau Ste. Michelle, Pinot Gris, Columbia Valley 2009
L'Hortus, Rose de Saignee 2010
Maculan, Pino & Toi 2008
McKinley Springs, Bombing Range Red 2008
Trader Joe's Pinot Gris 2009
Montes Alpha, Cabernet 2007
Gran Sasso, Sangiovese, Terre di Chieti 2009
Garda, Classico Chiaretto Rose
Beaulieu, Cabernet, Rutherford 1999
Picos del Montgo, Tempranillo 2008
Chateau de Montmirail, Vacqueyras 2008
La Granja 360, Syrah 2009
Montgras, Carmenere Reserva 2009
Lange, Pinot Gris 2009
Columbia Crest, Horse Heaven Hills Cabernet 2008
Kirkland, Pinot Grigio 2010
Trader Joe's Coastal Syrah 2009
Columbia Crest, Horse Heaven Hills Merlot 2008
Trader Joe's Coastal Chardonnay 2009
Vieux Papes Red
Domaine de l'Aujardiere, Chardonnay 2009
Santa Rita, Cabernet, Medalla Real 2007
Penfold's, Koonunga Hill Shiraz Cabernet 2008
Guild, Red, Lot #02 2008
Dievole, Dievolino Sangiovese 2008
Laforet, Burgogne Chardonnay 2009
Columbia Winery, Merlot 2007
Bonterra, Cabernet 2008
Elk Cove, Pinot Gris 2009
Maquis Lien 2006
Scott Paul, Pinot Noir, Le Paulee 2007

The Occasional Book

Hope Larson - A Wrinkle in Time, the Graphic Novel
Rudyard Kipling - Kim
Peter Ames Carlin - Bruce
Fran Cannon Slayton - When the Whistle Blows
Neil Young - Waging Heavy Peace
Mark Bego - Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul (2012 ed.)
Jenny Lawson - Let's Pretend This Never Happened
J.D. Salinger - Franny and Zooey
Charles Dickens - A Christmas Carol
Timothy Egan - The Big Burn
Deborah Eisenberg - Transactions in a Foreign Currency
Kurt Vonnegut Jr. - Slaughterhouse Five
Kathryn Lance - Pandora's Genes
Cheryl Strayed - Wild
Fyodor Dostoyevsky - The Brothers Karamazov
Jack London - The House of Pride, and Other Tales of Hawaii
Jack Walker - The Extraordinary Rendition of Vincent Dellamaria
Colum McCann - Let the Great World Spin
Niccolò Machiavelli - The Prince
Harper Lee - To Kill a Mockingbird
Emma McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus - The Nanny Diaries
Brian Selznick - The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Sharon Creech - Walk Two Moons
Keith Richards - Life
F. Sionil Jose - Dusk
Natalie Babbitt - Tuck Everlasting
Justin Halpern - S#*t My Dad Says
Mark Herrmann - The Curmudgeon's Guide to Practicing Law
Barry Glassner - The Gospel of Food
Phil Stanford - The Peyton-Allan Files
Jesse Katz - The Opposite Field
Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited
J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
David Sedaris - Holidays on Ice
Donald Miller - A Million Miles in a Thousand Years
Mitch Albom - Have a Little Faith
C.S. Lewis - The Magician's Nephew
F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby
William Shakespeare - A Midsummer Night's Dream
Ivan Doig - Bucking the Sun
Penda Diakité - I Lost My Tooth in Africa
Grace Lin - The Year of the Rat
Oscar Hijuelos - Mr. Ives' Christmas
Madeline L'Engle - A Wrinkle in Time
Steven Hart - The Last Three Miles
David Sedaris - Me Talk Pretty One Day
Karen Armstrong - The Spiral Staircase
Charles Larson - The Portland Murders
Adrian Wojnarowski - The Miracle of St. Anthony
William H. Colby - Long Goodbye
Steven D. Stark - Meet the Beatles
Phil Stanford - Portland Confidential
Rick Moody - Garden State
Jonathan Schwartz - All in Good Time
David Sedaris - Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
Anthony Holden - Big Deal
Robert J. Spitzer - The Spirit of Leadership
James McManus - Positively Fifth Street
Jeff Noon - Vurt

Road Work

Miles run year to date: 29
At this date last year: 66
Total run in 2012: 129
In 2011: 113
In 2010: 125
In 2009: 67
In 2008: 28
In 2007: 113
In 2006: 100
In 2005: 149
In 2004: 204
In 2003: 269