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<DIV>I'm a little puzzled by your post...it sounds as though you are describing
the storm hitting at night. In the area of S. Oregon where I was living at
the time (Canyonville on the I-5 corridor) the storm was mid to late
afternoon. It blew through and was gone in fairly short order although it
was somewhat windy through the evening and night following. We all stood at
the window (not such a bright idea in retrospect) of the English Classroom
in Canyonville High School and watched big pieces of metal
roofing cartwheel down the street. It seems that we really didn't feel
the brunt of the storm because damage in our area was relatively minor...trees
down and power out (but that happens every winter); damage to farm buildings,
etc. The storm seemed to follow the S. Umpqua River with damage greater in
that area. My grandparents lived near LaCenter, Washington and their farm
lost a huge old barn that was solid and in good repair when it blew down.
So it would seem to me that the storm was much stronger as it came along the
Columbia River.</DIV>
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<DIV>Carla</DIV></FONT></FONT></BODY></HTML>