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Not that I have much choice, but even if I did, staying holed up.
Lots of snow (for here, anyway) - several inches. And then over it, sleet/freezing rain so it's slick-coated. Entirely possible the earlier precipitation from Friday had frozen under it also, but it's hard to know. In any case, not what I want to go out in.
There are roads outright closed (not just 84 in the Gorge which sometimes closes, but some of the steeper or otherwise-problematic surface streets), there are chain requirements, and it is in general ugly out...if you have to go out. From in here, if I'm being literal, it's kinda pretty, but....
There's a road in the West Hills that's closed due to 8 feet of snow drifts. I wonder what the geography is there, because I don't think even the West Hills have gotten more than a couple feet of snow.
So far, no power outages. However, the freezing rain may continue into this morning (it's not right now), and enough ice will take out power lines, so they are a very real possibility. Hopefully we won't have one, tho.
The Oregon Department of Transportation traffic cameras are interesting. My favorite one so far is easily I-5 at Miles, where the camera itself has iced up. I'm not sure what the road conditions are, but the lens condition is thoroughly blocked. :) Hmmm. I-5 at Brier Place is similar; 99W at Bertha appears to have been the victim of either a bad setting or high winds (parts of the area have had those too) and is now showing a shot of some trees.
As usual, Portland Metro and the Gorge appear to have gotten some of the worst of it. (The Gorge is good for those lovely east winds, and right on into Portland.)
Lots of snow (for here, anyway) - several inches. And then over it, sleet/freezing rain so it's slick-coated. Entirely possible the earlier precipitation from Friday had frozen under it also, but it's hard to know. In any case, not what I want to go out in.
There are roads outright closed (not just 84 in the Gorge which sometimes closes, but some of the steeper or otherwise-problematic surface streets), there are chain requirements, and it is in general ugly out...if you have to go out. From in here, if I'm being literal, it's kinda pretty, but....
There's a road in the West Hills that's closed due to 8 feet of snow drifts. I wonder what the geography is there, because I don't think even the West Hills have gotten more than a couple feet of snow.
So far, no power outages. However, the freezing rain may continue into this morning (it's not right now), and enough ice will take out power lines, so they are a very real possibility. Hopefully we won't have one, tho.
The Oregon Department of Transportation traffic cameras are interesting. My favorite one so far is easily I-5 at Miles, where the camera itself has iced up. I'm not sure what the road conditions are, but the lens condition is thoroughly blocked. :) Hmmm. I-5 at Brier Place is similar; 99W at Bertha appears to have been the victim of either a bad setting or high winds (parts of the area have had those too) and is now showing a shot of some trees.
As usual, Portland Metro and the Gorge appear to have gotten some of the worst of it. (The Gorge is good for those lovely east winds, and right on into Portland.)
