scatterbunny
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Thursday we had a huge windstorm that knocked out power to all 26,000
residents of Tillamook County, Oregon. Actually, what I heard is that
the entire north/central Oregon coast, from Astoria to Depoe Bay, had
no power, and lots of Portland-area residents had no power, either. Our
local radio station said Friday morning there were over 1 million
Oregonians without power.
We only have electric heat, so we FROZE Thursday night. Friday we went
to a friend's house (they have wood heat) with all our camping gear and
we did fine Friday/Friday night. Power returned today, yay! We've all
been sick for over a week, so dealing with the frigid cold and no power
sucked.
But some friends had it worse. They live in a trailer park and decided
to weather the storm at another friend's house, but Thursday before
power went out they decided to go up to the trailer and get some
clothes and things. While they were inside the wind picked up one end
of the trailer and then flipped it numerous times. They had furniture,
appliances, silverware and everything else bouncing around, and in some
cases ON them. When it finally stopped rolling it was in another lot.
They had to climb out through a broken window and drive to the ER.
They're so bruised up, even their faces, and they have little cuts all
over. They are so lucky they didn't die!
Our laundry room windows are broken and the top 6 feet of the
neighbor's tree ended up in our yard, but other than that we are okay.
I got some pictures of the damage done at the city park, all kinds of
trees uprooted and blown over.
residents of Tillamook County, Oregon. Actually, what I heard is that
the entire north/central Oregon coast, from Astoria to Depoe Bay, had
no power, and lots of Portland-area residents had no power, either. Our
local radio station said Friday morning there were over 1 million
Oregonians without power.
We only have electric heat, so we FROZE Thursday night. Friday we went
to a friend's house (they have wood heat) with all our camping gear and
we did fine Friday/Friday night. Power returned today, yay! We've all
been sick for over a week, so dealing with the frigid cold and no power
sucked.
But some friends had it worse. They live in a trailer park and decided
to weather the storm at another friend's house, but Thursday before
power went out they decided to go up to the trailer and get some
clothes and things. While they were inside the wind picked up one end
of the trailer and then flipped it numerous times. They had furniture,
appliances, silverware and everything else bouncing around, and in some
cases ON them. When it finally stopped rolling it was in another lot.
They had to climb out through a broken window and drive to the ER.
They're so bruised up, even their faces, and they have little cuts all
over. They are so lucky they didn't die!
Our laundry room windows are broken and the top 6 feet of the
neighbor's tree ended up in our yard, but other than that we are okay.
I got some pictures of the damage done at the city park, all kinds of
trees uprooted and blown over.