Thought you might enjoy our latest Oregon Coast weather. Wind gusts recorded Sunday up to 129 mph in Bay City, with similar all along the northern Oregon Coast. Two large storms have converged to produce a nearly perfect Sebastian Junger scenario. Coastal towns are mostly without power. (Dave Kruger, do you still have internet service in Astoria?) Highway 6 between Portland and Tillamook: closed. Highway 18 between Portland and Lincoln City: closed. Coastal winds diminishing today to 80-90 mph. Wilson River RV Park being evacuated. Rivers rising all around us. Motorists advised to stay home due to high standing water, downed trees, and power lines. Reporter Kimberly Moss had an oak tree crash down on her house at 1:00 am. The combination of high tides and storm surge may push surf and logs over the coast highway 101 today. We'll see later. Schools closed along the coast. Tourists and locals at the coast are mostly without power and could be temporarily trapped in homes and motels. Casino in Lincoln City has generator power, but portion of building has blown away. Supposed to calm down Monday night. -- Bradford R. Crain *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Bradford R. Crain wrote: > Thought you might enjoy our latest Oregon Coast weather. Wind gusts > recorded Sunday up to 129 mph in Bay City... Coastal winds > diminishing today to 80-90 mph.....The combination of high tides and > storm surge may push surf and logs over the coast highway 101 today. That wooshing sound you're hearing in Washington is not storm wind, it's Doug headed south. ;) Steve -- Steve Cramer Athens, GA http://www.savvypaddler.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Let me add to that some of what's happening in Washington: US Hiway 2 over Steven's Pass is closed due to heavy snow and slides. High winds everywhere including where I live. We were on a generator for 3 hours yesterday in an area where there are damn few trees to fall on power lines. Wind here is 25-30 with stronger gusts. Temp is quite warm - over 40F suddenly which means all our snow (3-inches) melted overnight adding to water levels in streams. For everyone living east.... it's headed YOUR way. :P Craig Jungers Moses Lake, WA On Dec 3, 2007 8:55 AM, Bradford R. Crain <crainb_at_pdx.edu> wrote: > Thought you might enjoy our latest Oregon Coast weather. > Wind gusts recorded Sunday up to 129 mph in Bay City, with similar > all along the northern Oregon Coast. Two large storms have converged > to produce a nearly perfect Sebastian Junger scenario. Coastal towns > are mostly without power. (Dave Kruger, do you still have internet service > in Astoria?) Highway 6 between Portland and Tillamook: closed. Highway 18 > between Portland and Lincoln City: closed. Coastal winds diminishing > today to 80-90 mph. Wilson River RV Park being evacuated. Rivers rising > all around us. Motorists advised to stay home due to high standing water, > downed trees, and power lines. Reporter Kimberly Moss had an oak tree > crash down on her house at 1:00 am. The combination of high tides and > storm surge may push surf and logs over the coast highway 101 today. > We'll see later. Schools closed along the coast. Tourists and locals > at the coast are mostly without power and could be temporarily trapped > in homes and motels. Casino in Lincoln City has generator power, but > portion of building has blown away. Supposed to calm down Monday night. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Thanks Brad for the heads up, I just checked one of the data bouys out there: http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=46089 46' significant wave ht, that's big. -mike > Thought you might enjoy our latest Oregon Coast weather. > Wind gusts recorded Sunday up to 129 mph in Bay City, with similar > all along the northern Oregon Coast. Two large storms have converged > to produce a nearly perfect Sebastian Junger scenario. Coastal towns > are mostly without power. (Dave Kruger, do you still have internet service > in Astoria?) Highway 6 between Portland and Tillamook: closed. Highway 18 > between Portland and Lincoln City: closed. Coastal winds diminishing > today to 80-90 mph. Wilson River RV Park being evacuated. Rivers rising > all around us. Motorists advised to stay home due to high standing water, > downed trees, and power lines. Reporter Kimberly Moss had an oak tree > crash down on her house at 1:00 am. The combination of high tides and > storm surge may push surf and logs over the coast highway 101 today. > We'll see later. Schools closed along the coast. Tourists and locals > at the coast are mostly without power and could be temporarily trapped > in homes and motels. Casino in Lincoln City has generator power, but > portion of building has blown away. Supposed to calm down Monday night. > > -- > Bradford R. Crain > *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
It now appears that highways 6, 18, 26, 30 from Portland to the northwest Oregon coast are all closed, effectively cutting off that corner of Oregon from the rest of the state. Wilson River is 10 feet above flood stage. People are hunkered down in the casino at Lincoln City. The casino has generator power for three days. Seventy foot waves were reported at sea, but can't verify. The largest Sitka spruce in Oregon, in Kloochy Creek Park, estimated to be about 750 years old, has snapped in half. No word from Dave in Astoria...I presume no power. BRC Quoting mike dziobak <mdziobak_at_mtu.edu>: > Thanks Brad for the heads up, I just checked one of the data bouys out there: > http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=46089 > > 46' significant wave ht, that's big. > -mike > >> Thought you might enjoy our latest Oregon Coast weather. >> Wind gusts recorded Sunday up to 129 mph in Bay City, with similar >> all along the northern Oregon Coast. Two large storms have converged >> to produce a nearly perfect Sebastian Junger scenario. Coastal towns >> are mostly without power. (Dave Kruger, do you still have internet service >> in Astoria?) Highway 6 between Portland and Tillamook: closed. Highway 18 >> between Portland and Lincoln City: closed. Coastal winds diminishing >> today to 80-90 mph. Wilson River RV Park being evacuated. Rivers rising >> all around us. Motorists advised to stay home due to high standing water, >> downed trees, and power lines. Reporter Kimberly Moss had an oak tree >> crash down on her house at 1:00 am. The combination of high tides and >> storm surge may push surf and logs over the coast highway 101 today. >> We'll see later. Schools closed along the coast. Tourists and locals >> at the coast are mostly without power and could be temporarily trapped >> in homes and motels. Casino in Lincoln City has generator power, but >> portion of building has blown away. Supposed to calm down Monday night. >> >> -- >> Bradford R. Crain *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Our sympathy to all the friends in Oregon. Lets pray and hope for the best and fast recovery of water level, so that reconstruction can begin. Any help, any suggestions of solidarity, let us know. Best Regards, Rafael Mexico. -----Mensaje original----- De: owner-paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net [mailto:owner-paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net] En nombre de Bradford R. Crain Enviado el: Lunes, 03 de Diciembre de 2007 01:31 p.m. Para: mdziobak_at_mtu.edu CC: paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net Asunto: Re: [Paddlewise] Local Forecast It now appears that highways 6, 18, 26, 30 from Portland to the northwest Oregon coast are all closed, effectively cutting off that corner of Oregon from the rest of the state. Wilson River is 10 feet above flood stage. People are hunkered down in the casino at Lincoln City. The casino has generator power for three days. Seventy foot waves were reported at sea, but can't verify. The largest Sitka spruce in Oregon, in Kloochy Creek Park, estimated to be about 750 years old, has snapped in half. No word from Dave in Astoria...I presume no power. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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This message came through to paddlewise empty twice, though it got through to Brad OK... here it is again... at 1800 this evening Solander was reporting 79 knots, gusting 94! ------------------------------------------- Check out the West Coast Vancouver Island North forecast... Solander Island had gusts to 86 knots this morning >Winds southerly 30 to gales 40 knots rising to southerly gales 40 to >storm force 50 this afternoon then veering to northwest 25 Tuesday >morning. Rain. Seas 5 to 6 metres building to 6 to 8 this afternoon >then to 8 to 10 this evening. >Outlook. Strong northwest winds easing to moderate. not a good day to be paddling around the Brooks! *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Mike Jackson wrote: > This message came through to paddlewise empty twice, though it got > through to Brad OK... > here it is again... at 1800 this evening Solander was reporting 79 > knots, gusting 94! Seventy foot waves recorded at the mouth of the Columbia during this thing. -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Check out the weather map on that storm: http://www.latitude38.com/lectronic/lectronicday.lasso?date=2007-12-03&dayid=41 > brad crain wrote: > Thought you might enjoy our latest Oregon Coast weather. > Wind gusts recorded Sunday up to 129 mph in Bay City, with similar > all along the northern Oregon Coast. Two large storms have converged > to produce a nearly perfect Sebastian Junger scenario. Coastal towns > are mostly without power. (Dave Kruger, do you still have internet service > in Astoria?) *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Bradford R. Crain wrote: > Thought you might enjoy our latest Oregon Coast weather. (Dave Kruger, > do you still have internet service in Astoria?) Not then. Do now (three days later). Summary of how it went here: We are in the center of the wind damage here, but have not had much flooding. Here is the summary I have been sending out, sans bad words: Town got beat to pieces by the wind. Hit the Daily Astorian web site for photos. Never had a blow like this before. 80-100 mph winds in town, as __recorded__ at several locations, not estimated. Lotta houses lost roofs, partial or total. About 1/5th of houses had roofing damage. Lots of houses with trees on them. Big pole barns crushed, etc. About half the large spruces in town are down. Lots of glass blown out downtown. Major flooding near Westport, OR. Still got 4 feet of water on I-5 at Chehalis; Oregonian says the trucking loss is about $4,000,000/day. Power gone here from 4 am Mon to 2 pm today (Thurs). Many areas of town still without power, and most outlying areas also. Wind took out the major feeder to town along Youngs Bay (100 foot poles, about 40 of them), and did damage to main BPA trunk to this area. All phone service in/out of the area, even between local towns, down because the optical fiber ring was cut in four places. Just got LD phone service last night; ditto cell service. I think the cell people were using the same fiber link. We lost a few shingles and a fence pole. No big deal for us. Many others in town not so lucky. During the worst of it, Fred Meyer and Safeway kept their doors open for nonperishable food items; a few gas stations in town on generators pumped small rations of gas so folks could go get food. We parsed out hot showers (gas hot water heater) to the neighborhood and relatives; we let folks from Becky's work use our toilet (they had an electric sewer pump at EM, so no #2 use!!!). Guy across the street shared out his generator so we lost only a little of our frozen food. Folks down here worked together and showed a lot of pluck. But, the big bummer was I did not get a lick of work done on my boat! -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Hi Dave, Thursday, December 6, 2007, 7:38:13 PM, you wrote: >> Thought you might enjoy our latest Oregon Coast weather. (Dave >> Kruger, do you still have internet service in Astoria?) > Not then. Do now (three days later). Summary of how it went here: And here, a bit further up the coast... Though there was extensive damage from fallen trees and power lines, I only heard of 2 roofs being blown off locally. We also lost the main BPA feed, so now that it's back, we're starting to get power back to the various communities here. My power came back on late last night (off since just before midnight Sunday), but many others still have a few days to wait for local power restoration. My cell phone never stopped working, but the land lines were down until yesterday. I'm still having some funky problems with the land line here, but the phone company claims that it's not their problem. Since this house gets its water from an individual well, and it takes electricity to run the pump, I've had no running water all week, until the power came back on last night. I had to collect water from the creek that runs along the beach for toilet flushing water. My cat loved this quiet week (and I didn't mind it either), as he enjoyed, as usual, curling up by the fireplace, with no noise other than the surf and occasional raindrops on the roof. I had stocked up on plenty of drinking/cooking water, ice, candles, and other necessities, so my experience was more like "camping in", which wasn't so bad at all. Cooking on the wood stove and outdoor grill was fine. After the first couple of days, I got in touch with a friend down the coast a bit who didn't lose water pressure, and he also had a propane "on demand" water heating system, so for the past few days, I've at least been able to go over there for hot showers. On Sunday night/Monday morning there were some terrible traffic accidents, and the local grocery store (one of the very few businesses open at all...running on generators) did have a problem with carbon monoxide from their generators, and 20 people were sent to hospital for treatment. The main highways and roads to and from this coastal area were closed for the first few days, due to all sorts of things; downed trees and power lines, landslides, flooding, etc. For those who did need special assistance, shelter, hot food, etc., they got help from neighbors, firehouses, and a couple of churches. The larger firehouse at Pacific Beach hosted breakfast, lunch, and dinner every day, and even provided activities/entertainment for kids (movies, etc.). I volunteered to cook meals at that firehouse, so that kept me busy for a couple of days. Besides sitting by the fireplace, reading by candlelight, and a bit of paddling, there wasn't much else to do around here. At least I got to paddle! I didn't, however, get to work on re-varnishing the wooden boat. All things considered, I do feel fortunate to have had all the supplies I needed, and I really didn't mind the quiet, slower pace of the week. Now I have a lot of catching up to do (lots of laundry and dishes as well), so this coming week won't be so quiet...unfortunately. -- Melissa *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Hi Dave, Thursday, December 6, 2007, 7:38:13 PM, you wrote: >> Thought you might enjoy our latest Oregon Coast weather. (Dave >> Kruger, do you still have internet service in Astoria?) > Not then. Do now (three days later). Summary of how it went here: And here, a bit further up the coast... Though there was extensive damage from fallen trees and power lines, I only heard of 2 roofs being blown off locally. We also lost the main BPA feed, so now that it's back, we're starting to get power back to the various communities here. My power came back on late last night (off since just before midnight Sunday), but many others still have a few days to wait for local power restoration. My cell phone never stopped working, but the land lines were down until yesterday. I'm still having some funky problems with the land line here, but the phone company claims that it's not their problem. Since this house gets its water from an individual well, and it takes electricity to run the pump, I've had no running water all week, until the power came back on last night. I had to collect water from the creek that runs along the beach for toilet flushing water. My cat loved this quiet week (and I didn't mind it either), as he enjoyed, as usual, curling up by the fireplace, with no noise other than the surf and occasional raindrops on the roof. I had stocked up on plenty of drinking/cooking water, ice, candles, and other necessities, so my experience was more like "camping in", which wasn't so bad at all. Cooking on the wood stove and outdoor grill was fine. After the first couple of days, I got in touch with a friend down the coast a bit who didn't lose water pressure, and he also had a propane "on demand" water heating system, so for the past few days, I've at least been able to go over there for hot showers. On Sunday night/Monday morning there were some terrible traffic accidents, and the local grocery store (one of the very few businesses open at all...running on generators) did have a problem with carbon monoxide from their generators, and 20 people were sent to hospital for treatment. The main highways and roads to and from this coastal area were closed for the first few days, due to all sorts of things; downed trees and power lines, landslides, flooding, etc. For those who did need special assistance, shelter, hot food, etc., they got help from neighbors, firehouses, and a couple of churches. The larger firehouse at Pacific Beach hosted breakfast, lunch, and dinner every day, and even provided activities/entertainment for kids (movies, etc.). I volunteered to cook meals at that firehouse, so that kept me busy for a couple of days. Besides sitting by the fireplace, reading by candlelight, and a bit of paddling, there wasn't much else to do around here. At least I got to paddle! I didn't, however, get to work on re-varnishing the wooden boat. All things considered, I do feel fortunate to have had all the supplies I needed, and I really didn't mind the quiet, slower pace of the week. Now I have a lot of catching up to do (lots of laundry and dishes as well), so this coming week won't be so quiet...unfortunately. -- Melissa *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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