Mother Nature, with her icy tentacles, has dished a second day of Arctic weather to the Columbia River Gorge. With 48-hour snow totals nearing 2 inches, the entire region is paralyzed. Public transportation has ground to a halt. All public schools in Skamania, Klickitat, Wasco, Hood River and eastern Multnomah counties are closed for the second day in a row. (The Sherman County School District is expected to make an announcement, regarding the status of classes today as soon as mass is over.) Municipal and County offices, except for emergency personnel are also closed for a second day throughout the region. After a truly harrowing day of delivering mail through the melting slush yesterday, the USPS has curtailed mail service for the day.
While temperatures plummet to something in the 20s, public safety officials are calling on residents to stay home, unless they don’t want to. Fearing shortages in proportions not seen since the great storm of ’82 (or ’84, depending on who is telling the story), the public has rushed Rosauer’s, depleting the supply of toilet paper in the Mid-Columbia to catastrophic levels.
While temperatures plummet to something in the 20s, public safety officials are calling on residents to stay home, unless they don’t want to. Fearing shortages in proportions not seen since the great storm of ’82 (or ’84, depending on who is telling the story), the public has rushed Rosauer’s, depleting the supply of toilet paper in the Mid-Columbia to catastrophic levels.
This is a humanitarian crisis in the making. I’m not sure what the greatest needs are in the Gorge at this desperate time, but send me donations and I will make sure they get to those with the greatest necessities. I thank you in advance for your generous contributions to the “Save the Gorge from Ma Nature Fund”.
Local denizens gather to discuss the crisis in the Gorge.
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