What just hit us?
The devastating storm that dropped snow mixed with rain on Portland this afternoon has temporarily ceased its fury. As cautious residents begin the arduous task of digging out, meteorologists warn that more precipitation is on the way. And it is only 38 degrees outside, meaning that if the temperature drops another six degrees, wet surfaces will freeze. Freeze -- leaving deadly black ice, ice that is so black that it looks like wet pavement, and it is, only frozen, and treacherous. Remain calm. Stay tuned to bojack.org Storm Center 9000.2 for all the latest updates. We remain on high alert.
File photo.
Tyree Wilde, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Portland, said cold temperatures and moisture are the ingredients for snow.And don't you forget it!
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Comments (8)
Jack,
Looks like you are preparing to be Mayor.
Don't think Mayor Adams will like you taking the attention away
from his winter press conferences!
Posted by clinamen | November 21, 2010 5:53 PM
I think it would be best if we all get on the aerial tram and stay there until the crisis is past.
Posted by Allan L. | November 21, 2010 9:18 PM
Keep up the good work.
Just re-read the post
"Special Report: It still might snow"
from 11/20 and agree it is one of the best.
You need a "CLASSICS" section in your archive for one like this.
Posted by pdxmick | November 21, 2010 9:21 PM
Mayor Creepy tell TV News his effort to prepare the City for this impending snow disaster "is all about saving lives."
Help me here as I can't recall how many thousand Portlandites died in that last horrendous snow event?
Posted by Abe | November 21, 2010 10:15 PM
SNOW?!?! Holy crapitola! Say it ain't sow!
Posted by Cousin Jim | November 21, 2010 11:55 PM
This just in: Tri-Met has chained up its entire bus fleet so they may more easily - and much more slowly - navigate Monday morning's wet pavement.
Posted by John Fairplay | November 22, 2010 7:10 AM
It all depends on where you are and wher you are going.
I have to pick up some folks at the airport tomorrow night, who are coming in from Hawai'i for Thanksgiving, and then we drive to the TriCities early Wednesday morning.
I'm not looking forward to I 84, either in the Gorge, or especially up on the plateau east of Blalock Canyon / Arlington to Umatilla, or over the Horse Heaven Hills.
Posted by Nonny Mouse | November 22, 2010 7:23 AM
"I have to pick up some folks at the airport tomorrow night, who are coming in from Hawai'i for Thanksgiving, and then we drive to the TriCities early Wednesday morning."
Wowweeee, they must have been very, very bad. That is some serious punishment, trading Hawai'i for Mordor.
Posted by George Anonymuncule Seldes | November 22, 2010 7:51 AM