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Comments (17)
"Dicey"
Has Rod Hill taken over Storm Center 9000.2?
Posted by itsnotcomcastic | January 11, 2011 9:32 PM
I knew I'd get a nice chuckle here tonight. We're staring down death.
Posted by Megan | January 11, 2011 9:33 PM
Was out in it. Terrifying. Large drops of water. Massive PDOT truck catching them. I felt safer...
Posted by Bark Munster | January 11, 2011 10:07 PM
You being connected with Mattress World, perhaps you can tell us when they are having their next sale? I hope the storm clears in time for me to get there before the savings end.
Posted by Abe | January 11, 2011 10:40 PM
I assume the .001 inch is a negative db (Logarithmic)scale?
Posted by dman | January 11, 2011 10:42 PM
While it would certainly seem that cooler NE has a deeper accumulation than densely populated SE, ".001" taxes the imagination: the act of measurement must surely obliterate the snow being measured.
Posted by Gardiner Menefree | January 11, 2011 11:24 PM
It looks as though we will have weather all winter and it may carry over to spring too. More at 11:00!!!!
Posted by Bob S | January 11, 2011 11:53 PM
Man, it's cold outside.
"How cold is it?"
It's so cold that the steam coming out of Randy Leonard's ears has turned to ice crystals.
Posted by Bill McDonald | January 12, 2011 12:09 AM
I walked 10 blocks about 2 hours ago, and, kid you not, it is actually very darn dangerous out there, especially crossing roads. About 1/2 inch of ice in places.
Posted by PJB | January 12, 2011 1:01 AM
It's deteriorating over here. Raining fairly hard, on and off, and still 30 degrees. Pretty soon the tree limbs are going to start accumulating ice, and coming down.
Posted by Jack Bog | January 12, 2011 2:00 AM
We had a Live Report on TV News this AM from where the Ice had been last night. It was impressive.
Posted by Abe | January 12, 2011 6:30 AM
Trust me on this one. The sled dog running through your back yard isn't a problem. It's the Norwegians in the helicopter, shooting and dropping grenades on the dog, are an issue.
Posted by Texas Triffid Ranch | January 12, 2011 6:42 AM
Mr Bog, the threat that trees present to human life is well-documented and does not need repeating here, in the midst of crisis.
Posted by Gardiner Menefree | January 12, 2011 10:06 AM
Do those trees have proper City permits to break off and fall down?
Posted by umpire | January 12, 2011 11:37 AM
Just for a different perspective, here in Cincinnati there are signs all over the western hills that declare "No Parking during snow emergency" because they want to be able to get the plows through without dodging curbside parked cars.
When they declare a snow emergency, the first thing they do is send a radio car up and down the streets with these signs stroking tickets onto cars.
Portland is missing out on a real opportunity for car-hate and revenue enhancement! One flake starts falling, you declare a "snow emergency" and start papering cars!
Posted by MachineShedFred | January 13, 2011 7:52 AM
Another victim of a falling tree:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/theweatherbeat/2013961043_dotidentifiesworkerkilledbyfallingtreenearcarnation.html?syndication=rss
Premeditated? The silent enemies in our midst? Just a coincidence that this worker was located where he was when this tree fell? What are the odds?
Posted by Gardiner Menefree | January 17, 2011 2:04 PM
And consider this fatality-by-tree from August, 2009, when there was neither snow nor ice:
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/08/forest_service_worker_fatally.html
"The accident is under investigation by federal, state and local authorities."
Posted by Gardiner Menefree | January 17, 2011 2:51 PM