Saturday, December 01, 2007
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| HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY FOR THE CENTRAL OREGON COAST, COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE CENTRAL OREGON COAST | |
| Issue Time: 2:08 PM PST Saturday Dec 1 2007 | |
| Valid Until: 4:15 AM PST Sunday Dec 2 2007 | |
| HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY FOR THE CENTRAL OREGON COAST UNTIL 4:15AM PST Urgent - Immediate Broadcast Requested Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Portland OR 208 PM PST Sat Dec 1 2007 Central Oregon Coast- 208 PM PST Sat Dec 1 2007 ...High Surf Advisory In Effect From 6 AM To 10 PM PST Sunday For The Central Oregon Coast... ...Coastal Flood Watch In Effect From Sunday Evening Through Monday Afternoon For The Central Oregon Coast... The National Weather Service In Portland Has Issued A High Surf Advisory...Which Is In Effect From 6 AM To 10 PM PST Sunday. A Coastal Flood Watch Has Also Been Issued. This Coastal Flood Watch Is In Effect From Sunday Evening Through Monday Afternoon. The Initial Portion Of A Very Strong Pacific Storm Will Move Into The Central Coast On Sunday. Seas As Measured By Buoys Just Offshore Will Top 20 Feet After Daybreak On Sunday And Rise To Around 25 Feet By Midday. Seas May Drop Off A Few Feet Late Sunday Afternoon And Early Evening Before Seas Build Again With The Stronger Portion Of This Storm. Seas Will Build To Near 40 Feet Early Monday Morning And May Top 45 Feet By Later Morning. These Seas Combined With Very Strong Winds And High Tides Have The Potential To Push The Ocean Into The Land Causing Damage And Flooding. High Tide On Monday Morning Will Be 745 AM Along The Central Oregon Coast. A High Surf Advisory Means That High Surf Will Affect Beaches In The Advisory Area...Producing Localized Beach Erosion. Seas Of This Magnitude Are Capable Of Rolling And Moving Large Logs In The Beach Area. Persons Near The Beaches Need To Use Caution Near These Logs Or Beach Debris. A Coastal Flood Watch Means That Conditions Favorable For Flooding Are Expected To Develop. Coastal Residents Should Be Alert For Later Statements Or Warnings...And Take Action To Protect Property. |
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Friday, November 30, 2007
High Winds Forecast in County
LCSD has taken part in a briefing with Lincoln County Emergency Services regarding strong damaging winds that are probable along the coast and in the Coast Range Sunday and Monday, December 2 and 3, 2007. Winds on Sunday have a potential of 50 mph with gusts to 70. On Monday, 65 mph sustained winds are predicted, with gusts to 100.
If it is determined that schools and buses will operate as usual on Monday, no statement will be issued from the District. If buses and schools are impacted, information will be provided in the following ways:
►By 6:00 a.m. local radio stations and major Portland TV news stations will be
notified and will begin making announcements.
►A message will be recorded on the LCSD 24-hour information line: 265-4437.
►By 6:30 a.m., the LCSD website www.lincoln.k12.or.us will be updated with the
current school closure/delay information.
►If local radio stations are off the air, please tune your radio to channel a.m. 1110
out of Bend.
Power outages and/or downed power lines may make Internet access and phone messaging systems unavailable. Because of isolated inclement weather situations, some areas might close or have a two-hour delay, while other unaffected areas will remain open.
From Dan Wilson in an email.... on The storm
Hi folks:
I just returned from a National Weather Service briefing at the court house. I Want to make sure you all have as much info as possible. Ron, will you pass along on the web and other sources you have. This is a summary of this weekend's forecasted activities:
Winds: Southerly, starting Saturday and becoming stronger until they attain sustained winds of 50 mph w/gusts on 70 Sunday afternoon. By Sunday midnight and into Monday morning winds will increase to 60-65` mpg and gusts 80-100 mph.
Rain: Sunday and Monday rain accumulations on the coast should be about 2-3 inches. No river flooding is anticipated along the coast, even with heavy snow in the mountains.
Snow: Expect 1" on the valley floor, 2-4 inches in the gorge, 2-3" in the coast range and 12-18" in the cascades. Travel over the mountains will be bad, to say the least
Surf: Expect 36-40 ft surf. The beaches will be extremely dangerous.
Temperatures: Temps will remain in the 40's locally
Emergency information: KYTE, 102.7, is the official emergency radio station. If power is out and KYTE can no longer transmit, Bend station 111.0 can be received here and will broadcast information about the coast.
Let's hope this storm is not as wicked as predicted, but you should all have your emergency kits handy (water, light, foods, etc) if or when the power goes out.
Spread the word and be careful out there.
Dan
An Email from Milt about the PUD house heating check....
As near as we know, 4 homes in L V H have now been tested. Two of the four tested O K. Two others required a bit of help. The owners of all four were impressed. We can personally recommend the testing. It saved us a trip under the house. And so far as we have heard, there is no charge unless the cross over duct has to be replaced. Sounds too good to be true?? Well, if any unpleasant sounds reach us, we'll let you know. Meanwhile, this may be the first time that something which sounded too good, actually turned out to be true. The test crew which came here was the epitome of efficiency---they came, tested, and were gone in 25 minutes. If work needs to be done, their stay could be 2 hours. Better think about it. Milt
As near as we know, 4 homes in L V H have now been tested. Two of the four tested O K. Two others required a bit of help. The owners of all four were impressed. We can personally recommend the testing. It saved us a trip under the house. And so far as we have heard, there is no charge unless the cross over duct has to be replaced. Sounds too good to be true?? Well, if any unpleasant sounds reach us, we'll let you know. Meanwhile, this may be the first time that something which sounded too good, actually turned out to be true. The test crew which came here was the epitome of efficiency---they came, tested, and were gone in 25 minutes. If work needs to be done, their stay could be 2 hours. Better think about it. Milt
Monster storm heading our way
A system to arrive Sunday may prompt Oregon's first hurricane wind warning
Friday, November 30, 2007
STUART TOMLINSON
The Oregonian To the extent forecasting the weather is like playing music, Oregon meteorologists Thursday were cranking up the volume.
Forecasters from the public and private sector, as well as the media, were scrambling to get their arms around a double-whammy of winter weather barreling toward the region. They expect a rare Willamette Valley snowstorm Saturday, followed by what some predict will be a once-a-decade storm packing high winds and heavy rains early next week.
The National Weather Service has said it might issue its first hurricane wind warning for Oregon in advance of the second storm.
"Everything points to this being a very strong, prolonged event," said the weather service's Ira Kosovitz. "We could see sustained winds of 90 miles per hour, if not 100."
The ingredients for snow Saturday at the lower elevations in northwest Oregon and southwest Washington are coming together, with the highest likelihood of accumulations in the area from Salem in the south to Olympia in the north.
"I think we'll see snow starting around 10 or 11 a.m. lasting for a couple of hours but with not a lot of accumulation," said Clinton Rockey of the National Weather Service in Portland. "It should change over to rain by midafternoon, but snow throughout the day in the Columbia River Gorge and the Cascades."
As noteworthy as that forecast is -- snow being rare around here -- the biggest news Thursday at the National Weather Service offices in Portland was the approaching "monster" Pacific storm that's going to bring potentially damaging winds and widespread flooding to the region Sunday into Monday and Tuesday.
The size and scope of the storm -- which has tapped into the energy of typhoons Mitag and Hagibis -- may prompt the first hurricane force wind warning, which would mean sustained winds of 74 mph or higher on the Oregon and Washington coasts.
That's a big deal, but not quite as big as the "first in history" designation might suggest.
Bill Schneider, the science and operations manager for the weather service, said the agency was given the go-ahead by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration only five years ago, in 2002, to issue such a warning "to highlight the extreme nature of rare storms that may only occur once every 5 to 10 years."
Schneider said such storms -- extratropical cyclones -- don't have the structure of a hurricane, and shouldn't be confused with an actual hurricane, but they are, in fact, larger and have a broader impact zone.
After the wind comes the rain. George Taylor of the Oregon Climate Service characterized the looming storm as a "hybrid," with traits similar to the damaging windstorm of December 1995 and the flooding rains of November 1996.
Forecast models show a plume of moisture extending from Oregon to Hawaii by late Sunday, a classic Pineapple Express that's been called an atmospheric river.
"The intensity of the winds followed by intense rains makes it a very significant storm with big-time rain," Taylor said. "We could see three to four inches (of rain) in the valley, and even more at higher elevations."
The storm is expected to combine rising snow levels with heavy rains, a recipe responsible for damaging floods.
Snow levels -- which have been below pass level this week, allowing Timberline to go to full operations, and Mt. Hood Meadows, Mt. Bachelor and Mt. Hood Skibowl to open additional lifts -- will begin to rise Sunday.
Matt Zaffino, meteorologist for KGW (8) in Portland, said the storm's deep area of low pressure is one of the strongest he's seen in recent memory, even stronger than the Columbus Day Storm of October 1962. He predicted that this storm, however, won't be as damaging as that storm because it will stay farther offshore.
Even so, Zaffino said, "This thing is an absolute monster -- it covers the entire Northeast Gulf of Alaska.
"It's huge."
Stuart Tomlinson: 503-221-8313; stuarttomlinson@ news.oregonian.com
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Wayne Hill Shares ThisWith US.......Most of you know I am a huge Duck fan but that has nothing to do with this article. You need to click on and go to this article. Check out Brandon Hill who is the son of our own Wayne Hill. Way to go Brandon!!!!
Here is a news story on Channel 16 in Eugene and saw a like story in the
Eugene Register Guard and on Channel 12 in Portland. The story is of my son
Brandon Hill in Iraq. Just click the link below. This came from my
daughter Heather.
Wayne
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Heather saw "Soldiers divided on Oregon's Civil War" on NewsSource16 and
thought you'd be interested in it too.
Here's what they wrote to you about it:
Too cool!
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Wednesday, November 28, 2007
TRUFFLES TODAY
COME HELP MAKE TRUFFLES FOR THE DESSERT AT TRIM-A-TREE SATURDAY EVENING..JOIN US THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29 AT 10AM IN THE KITCHEN AT THE CLUBHOUSE.. FUN & GOOEY!!!!!!!!
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
C.E.R.T. PHOTO OP.
C.E.R.T. TEAM members
at the LVH clubhouse on Tuesday evening, November 27, 2007, modeling their new official C.E.R.T. jackets. In addition to the LVH C.E.R.T. team, there were also members from the greater Newport area in attendence. Even though this seems like alot of members, there were about 30 or so that were unable to make it for the photo op.
In an emergency or catastrophic event affecting our park or general vacinity, these are the people DEDICATED to helping us and others survive the event. If you see them around, SAY HELLO!
at the LVH clubhouse on Tuesday evening, November 27, 2007, modeling their new official C.E.R.T. jackets. In addition to the LVH C.E.R.T. team, there were also members from the greater Newport area in attendence. Even though this seems like alot of members, there were about 30 or so that were unable to make it for the photo op. In an emergency or catastrophic event affecting our park or general vacinity, these are the people DEDICATED to helping us and others survive the event. If you see them around, SAY HELLO!
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Google's cheaper-than-coal target
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Google's cheaper-than-coal target: "'With talented technologists, great partners and significant investments, we hope to rapidly push forward,' said Larry Page, Google co-founder. 'Our goal is to produce one gigawatt of renewable energy capacity that is cheaper than coal. We are optimistic this can be done in years, not decades.' One gigawatt can power a city the size of San Francisco, one of California's biggest cities. Google is already backing fuel-efficient cars. Google.org is giving out grants to help commercialise plug-in hybrids and fully electric vehicles. The company itself has a 1.6-megawatt solar panel system installed at its headquarters in Mountain View, California. Google said it expected to focus its early efforts on solar thermal technology, and would be spending 'tens of millions' of dollars in 2008 on the RE < C initiative. In the future, however, this support should grow considerably."
Monday, November 26, 2007
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NewsGator Online: "Dave Barry 11/25/2007 5:00:00 PM [rss@quotationspage.com (Quotes of the Day)] 'We Americans live in a nation where the medical-care system is second to none in the world, unless you count maybe 25 or 30 little scuzzball countries like Scotland that we could vaporize in seconds if we felt like it.'"
Confessions of a tow truck driver - CNN.com
Confessions of a tow truck driver - CNN.com: "Repossession and impound business Dan worked as a part-time driver for five years and gave us some insight into how the repossession business works. The first step is simply getting the address of the car. It doesn't matter how they find out where the person lives, they just need to have that address. Dan said that some finance companies give them an address, but if it's the wrong one, 'They might have someone call the guy and tell him something stupid like he's won tickets to something and they want to know where to send them -- anything sneaky so they get the guy's address,' he said. 'Some people are so dumb that that they give their address and their car is just sitting there.'"
At 97, ham radio operator still scanning the airwaves - News - TriCities.com
At 97, ham radio operator still scanning the airwaves - News - TriCities.com: "SPECIAL TO THE HERALD COURIER BRISTOL, Tenn. – At 97, Margaret Roberts is lucid and lively and the owner of a new pacemaker. “The doctor said they normally wouldn’t give a pacemaker to someone her age,” said her niece-in-law, Linda Bowers. “But he checked her out and said she was a good candidate.” Roberts has more than just her good health to surprise people. She has been a licensed amateur radio operator, a “ham,” since 1947 and still broadcasts today. "
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