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<DIV>Leslie: Five Gold stars to you re your meteorological analysis.</DIV>
<DIV>I can award these stars as I am a retired Certified Consulting Meteorologist.</DIV>
<DIV class=signature id=signature>--<BR>Bob Goodman <BR>USAF Retired <BR>University Place, Washington</DIV>
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<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">-------------- Original message -------------- <BR>From: "Leslie Chapman" <reedsportchapmans@verizon.net> <BR><BR>> Carla; <BR>> <BR>> You are forgetting that storms move in a front, in Western Oregon generally <BR>> speaking our "weather" comes from the Southwest and moves thence in a <BR>> northeasterly direction, so a storm that you saw in Canyonville at two pm <BR>> and moving at 50 mph wouldn't reach Portland until six pm, and mind you that <BR>> is a fast moving storm, my partner and I had a job in Springfield this <BR>> summer and often we would leave the coast in a rain storm, arrive at the job <BR>> site in good weather and up to three hours later the rain would catch up to <BR>> us. Also assuming that the front doesn't pause along the way, I know of a <BR>> couple of storms in my life that have done that and really raised heck where <BR>> they paused. <BR>> <BR>> Les C <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Subject: Re: [or-roots] typhoon <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> I'm a little puzzled by your post...it sounds as though you are describing <BR>> the storm hitting at night. In the area of S. Oregon where I was living at <BR>> the time (Canyonville on the I-5 corridor) the storm was mid to late <BR>> afternoon. It blew through and was gone in fairly short order although it <BR>> was somewhat windy through the evening and night following. We all stood at <BR>> the window (not such a bright idea in retrospect) of the English Classroom <BR>> in Canyonville High School and watched big pieces of metal roofing cartwheel <BR>> down the street. It seems that we really didn't feel the brunt of the storm <BR>> because damage in our area was relatively minor...trees down and power out <BR>> (but that happens every winter); damage to farm buildings, etc. The storm <BR>> seemed to follow the S. Umpqua River with damage greater in that area. My <BR>> grandparents lived near LaCenter, Washington and their farm lost a huge old <BR>> barn that was solid and in good repair when it blew down. So it would seem <BR>> to me that the storm was much stronger as it came along the Columbia River. <BR>> <BR>> Carla <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> _______________________________________________ <BR>> or-roots mailing list <BR>> or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us <BR>> http://sosinet.sos.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/or-roots </BLOCKQUOTE></body></html>