So much for the "rainy northwest," eh? Our summer dry stretch in Portland usually lasts a few weeks. But this time, we outdid ourselves! We went dry on July 21st and stayed dry until September 10, 2012, when a summer cold front blew through and dropped a whopping .04" in about an hour. Even the … [Read more...]
Friday Night Earthquake Shakes Willamette Valley
Here's the electronic seismograph from Mt. Hood on Friday night September 7, 2012--at 9:57. The bright red squiggle shows energy from the Willamette Valley 3.5 earthquake as it passed under the mountain. Next, here's the actual map of the epicenter--between Woodburn & Molalla! This … [Read more...]
Dust Devil Video – Great Movie Of One In The Willamette Valley
Rachel says she was driving down Highway 18 on the way to the Oregon Coast when she came upon this massive dust devil in a farm field very close to Dayton, Oregon. We have dust devils each summer (and even during stretches of dry weather not in the summer) that put on a show. But this is the … [Read more...]
Back To School, Now Back To 90 Degrees?
I need to do some more research on this. But it's my general belief that as soon as the kids go back to school, mother nature turns the temperature back up! Whoops, she's doing it again. Wednesday: A couple of places in the south Willamette Valley could hit 90. Thursday: A number of places … [Read more...]
August 2012: A Blue Moon And Record Dry Weather For Portland & Seattle
If you only do things 'once in a blue moon' -- then you should've gotten them done on the last day of August 2012! Thanks to Ray W. who sent in this spectacular shot of the Blue Moon over Portland. You've probably heard that a Blue Moon does not mean the moon's actually blue (although in rare … [Read more...]
Southern California Quake Swarm: 300 Earthquakes — And Counting
My dad used to call this the 'land of shake and bake.' And on Sunday August 26, 2012 the name fit. Highs were in the 100s. And the USGS say it's the biggest southern California earthquake swarm since 1981! This map only shows the quakes bigger than 2.0 around Brawley, California as of early … [Read more...]
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