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I'm in Lebanon, OR and the winds died down today and had just a few showers most of the big damage has been our beautiful coast and many are without power and will be for several days because of so many downed trees that the power companies can not get in faster.

I will try to keep you all posted to our corner of the world.

D

Thanks Denise. I was just so surprised. Its just that this is something you usually hear happens in the southeast. Never thought it would happen out west, and especially almost Christmas. Pretty scary, and sad.

Shadow

Denise,

How is the crop?

Best wishes in trying times.

Walter Moores

Walter
So far as much as we can tell the crops are find. Spoke with others and they too are on high enough land they seem OK as well.

The coast and the routes to them are in big time trouble.

I-5 the main freeway in OR and WA is under water at Chelahalis in WA to get to Seattle you must go around robinhoods barn and many miles. Hopefully if no more rain it will reopen on Thurs or Fri.

Catch is they are staying more rain is due.

Vernonia a little town north west of Portland is an island now, no store, no hospitial...many homes LOST. Might be months.

Both Gov. of WA and OR have declared most of areas as disaster areas.

I feel for our lovely coast and all those who now are without homes or homes so damaged they can not live in their homes.

D

Sounds like Katrina on our MS Gulf Coast. It will be years before things down there are back to normal. What vegetation wasn't killed by the winds suffered terribly from salt water damage. Thousands of people are still living in FEMA trailers. Houses are being rebuilt with concrete walls inside and out and trees are being replanted. Some houses are being built on stilts or pilings so future storm surges won't do so much damage.

Walter Moores