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   https://nypost.com/2021/02/14/hundreds-of-thousands-without-power-after-   
   oregon-ice-storm/   
      
   LAKE OSWEGO, Ore. — A winter storm blanketed the Pacific Northwest with   
   ice and snow Saturday, leaving hundreds of thousands of people without   
   power and disrupting travel across the region.   
      
   Freezing rain left roads, power lines and trees coated in ice in the   
   Portland, Oregon, region, and by Saturday morning more than 270,000 people   
   were without power. The extreme conditions, loss of power and   
   transportation problems prompted Oregon Gov. Kate Brown to declare a state   
   of emergency Saturday afternoon.   
      
   “Crews are out in full force now and are coordinating with local emergency   
   response teams on communications for emergency services, such as warming   
   centers,” Brown said in a statement. “I’m committed to making state   
   resources available to ensure crews have the resources they need on the   
   ground.”   
      
   Winter storms and extreme cold affected much of the western U.S.,   
   particularly endangering homeless communities. Volunteers and shelter   
   staffers were trying to ensure homeless residents in Casper, Wyoming, were   
   indoors as the National Weather Service warned of wind chill reaching as   
   much as 35 degrees below zero over the weekend. Authorities in western   
   Washington and western Oregon opened warming shelters in an effort to   
   protect homeless residents from the wet and cold.   
      
   The power outages in the Portland region could extend throughout the   
   weekend for some, said Elizabeth Lattanner, a spokeswoman for PGE, one of   
   the major electricity providers in the region.   
      
   “In storms like these, restoration takes time given all of the challenges   
   our crews face in getting to restoration sites and repairing those   
   outages,” Lattanner said. “We have more than 600 PGE and contract   
   personnel responding to the storm — it’s all hands on deck.”   
      
   Many ice-laden trees snapped under the weight, falling on power lines and   
   causing transformers to blow out in showers of blue and orange sparks. By   
   noon Saturday, more than 1,200 PGE power lines were down, Lattanner said.   
      
   Brian Zevenbergen watched Saturday as a crew sawed up two large, ice-   
   covered trees that had crashed across his driveway overnight, narrowly   
   missing two cars parked there. His house in Lake Owego had also lost power   
   overnight. Just around the corner, another massive tree blocked the street   
   in the suburb south of Portland and had taken out a city street light.   
      
   “Last night, everything was standing, and this morning the two trees had   
   me blocked in the driveway and were blocking at least half the street,” he   
   said. “Friends on the lower levels have power so I have invites to go hang   
   out there.”   
      
   The ice and lost power didn’t stop children from rejoicing at a second   
   straight day of sledding in a place that rarely sees sustained snowfall.   
   Residents blocked streets with cones and shooed snowplows away so kids   
   could sled down ice-slicked hills.   
      
   The ice and snowfall caused treacherous driving conditions, forcing Oregon   
   transportation officials to close Interstate 84 in the Columbia River   
   Gorge, and the regional transit agency TriMet suspended all bus and train   
   service in the region.   
      
   TriMet spokesperson Tia York asked people to avoid all travel unless it’s   
   an emergency. “It is too dangerous out there,” York wrote in a statement.   
      
   Police in Salem, Oregon, also warned residents in Marion and Polk counties   
   to watch for downed power lines and falling tree limbs, and the Oregon   
   State Police said fallen trees blocked several roads across the region.   
      
   Some Washington state residents were also socked in by the weather, with   
   snow falling throughout the Seattle region on Saturday morning and   
   freezing rain falling along the coast in Grays Harbor County. The city of   
   Seattle activated its Emergency Operations Center Saturday morning to   
   coordinate the city’s winter storm response.   
      
   Heavy snowfall also led to dangerous driving conditions in parts of   
   eastern Oregon and southwestern Idaho, with Malheur County, Oregon, and   
   Boise, Idaho, expected to get as much as 6 inches of snow by Saturday   
   afternoon.   
      
   The National Weather Service said all three states should brace for   
   another surge of winter moisture to hit the Northwest Sunday night,   
   potentially leading to more heavy snowfall through Monday. The “unsettled   
   winter conditions” would likely continue throughout the week, the National   
   Weather Service said Saturday morning.   
      
   Western Washington was expected to get an additional 3 to 6 inches of snow   
   on Saturday, with another 2 inches possible on Sunday and Monday. Rain   
   falling on accumulated snow raised the possibility of urban flooding   
   happening Sunday night or Monday in some areas, according to the National   
   Weather Service.   
      
   The heavy snow made for dangerous avalanche conditions in the many areas   
   across the Olympics and Cascades mountain ranges, with large avalanches   
   possible. Officials with the Payette Avalanche Center in west-central   
   Idaho also warned of increasing avalanche risk in the days ahead.   
      
   Idaho’s neighbors to the east were blasted by brutally frigid weather,   
   with the National Weather Service warning of dangerous wind chills in   
   Montana and Wyoming. The wind chills were expected to reach as low as 50   
   degrees below zero in Billings and near Missoula, Montana, and nearly as   
   low across parts of Wyoming.   
      
   Wind chills that low can cause frostbite on exposed skin in just a few   
   minutes. The bitter cold was expected to last throughout the weekend.   
      
   The National Weather Service warned that the wind chill could be dangerous   
   for pets and young livestock, at a time when calving season is beginning   
   for many cattle ranchers.   
      
   The Colorado Avalanche Information Center also warned of dangerous   
   avalanche conditions in zones around Aspen, Steamboat and Flat Tops, Grand   
   Mesa and Gunnison. Frigid temperatures with lows below zero were expected   
   to last through Monday morning in Denver and across the Colorado plains,   
   according to the National Weather Service.   
      
      
      
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