[or-roots] Are you still there?/Floods past and future

[Jacqueline]

There is a big difference between the "64" flood and the snow we had then
and now and that was the week of very low temps.......we had 43 brood
sows(and many litters of babies various ages) that had to be moved to the
Clackamas county fair grounds that year. Our place was always the one where
everyone could bring their vehicles and farm equipment because it "never"
flooded......did that year.

Jacqueline
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barbara Wulf" <wulf at bendcable.com>
To: <or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us>
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 10:01 AM
Subject: Re: [or-roots] Are you still there?/Floods past and future


> The 1964 flood was a big deal.  My dad was working on Green Peter Dam on
the
> South Santiam River.  The flood washed out the dam, the equipment and the
> company building the dam.
>
> He told of guys from the mid west who had come out to work on the dam.
They
> could not understand why anyone would build a dam over that little
trickle.
> Of course that was mid summer.  After Christmas they understood.
>
> Waterloo is on the river between Sweet Home and Lebanon [Linn County].  In
> 1964 it was well under water.  In 1996 the February Flood did not take the
> river out of it's banks.  The difference being Green Peter and the
> reregulating dam at Foster.
>
> Both floods were set up by the same thing we have on the ground now.
SNOW.
> The snow was followed by a warm heavy rain, which took the snow off the
> foothills along with what was coming out of the sky.
>
> Bet there are some people in emergency services who are watching the long
> term weather reports very carefully.
>
>
>
> Barb
> wulf at bendcable.com
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "W David Samuelsen" <dsam at sampubco.com>
> To: <or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 8:07 AM
> Subject: Re: [or-roots] Are you still there?
>
>
> > Snow even in downtown Salem?? I hope my uncle and aunt who are in
> > 80s are ok. They live in the hills just east of Salem Municipal
> > Golf Course.
> >
> > 16 hours without power is cute compared to the problems Salt Lake
> > City is having - many homes still without power for 5 days now and
> > now the storm that just walloped Oregon is due to arrive tonight
> > here to dump as much as 24 inches more of snow.
> >
> > Just hope the current cycle doesn't lead to sudden thaw like it was
> > in 1964.
> >
> > David Samuelsen, native Oregonian.
> >
> > Barbara Wulf wrote:
> > > Walt,
> > >
> > > Hope everyone is safe and the damage is minimal.
> > >
> > > My sister is still without power.  She is up in the West Hills at
> > > Salem.  She had phone all day but it seems to be out now.  She
reported
> > > 12 to 14 inches of snow on her deck.  Because she heats with
electricity
> > > she was refusing to open the door and let the warms out, so had not
done
> > > a damage survey.
> > >
> > > I sit safely??  in Bend with about a foot of snow but since this is
one
> > > in a long string of storms this winter, it does not look like we have
> > > any damage.
> > >
> > > My son's boss called about 12:30 this afternoon to let him know not to
> > > plan on working this evening.  He had already shut the store down for
> > > the day.
> > >
> > > If anyone missed the news there was a slide off of Hogg Rock this
> > > afternoon.  Took about an hour for them to get it cleared and traffic
> > > moving again.  After driving by there on the 26th I can see why it
would
> > > slide with all of the snow they have had up there.  No vegetation
after
> > > the fire last summer.
> > >
> > > Too bad I have to be out on the roads early tomorrow.  Looks like
> > > another good day to stay home and stay warm. [Semi-annual scrap and
> > > polish at the dentist's office.]
> > >
> > > Barb
> > > wulf at bendcable.com <mailto:wulf at bendcable.com>
> > >
> > >     ----- Original Message -----
> > >     From: DAVIESW739 at aol.com <mailto:DAVIESW739 at aol.com>
> > >     To: or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us
> > >     <mailto:or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us>
> > >     Sent: Monday, December 29, 2003 6:48 PM
> > >     Subject: Re: [or-roots] Are you still there?
> > >
> > >     Well Now we can all remember the big storm of 2003 we just got our
> > >     power back on after 16 hr. We had a tree fall on the back of the
> > >     house and one is hanging onto my power line coming into the house.
I
> > >     went out this morning
> > >
> > >     Walt Davies
> > >     Cooper Hollow Farm
> > >     Monmouth, OR 97361
> > >     503 623-0460
> > >
> >
> >
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