Photo gallery: Nov. 18-19, 2012 storm - Daily Astorian: Photo Galleries
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Thats a Semi Truck trailer hanging off the Bridge at Astoria, between Oregon and Washington State.
Having grown up in the area, I always wondered why on the east coast of America storms like these were / are called hurricanes... in Oregon and Washington, we call them winter storms. Things get wrecked, power goes out, communications some times as well. Damage happens, Flooding really happens.. the locals just do their thing, get things fixed and life moves on.
I hope they do well to fix the area this time, before the rest of the winter storm season really kicks in.
Lots of damage this time.
God Bless those on the Northern Coasts of America at this time of year, the Winter Storm Seasons are here.
Click the link above for some more photos of the damages...
Thats a Semi Truck trailer hanging off the Bridge at Astoria, between Oregon and Washington State.
Having grown up in the area, I always wondered why on the east coast of America storms like these were / are called hurricanes... in Oregon and Washington, we call them winter storms. Things get wrecked, power goes out, communications some times as well. Damage happens, Flooding really happens.. the locals just do their thing, get things fixed and life moves on.
I hope they do well to fix the area this time, before the rest of the winter storm season really kicks in.
Lots of damage this time.
God Bless those on the Northern Coasts of America at this time of year, the Winter Storm Seasons are here.
Note: On the N. Oregon Coast, they were with out power, flooding, tree's down, 100+ mph winds, the Maximum anyone was out of power was 30hrs. Guess what, The power companies Both Union and NON Union came together to restore power to the customers the people. No fighting / arguing about if you have a union card, or union permission to help the people suffering with out power...They acted like American's, Human beings and got the power turned back on for the people.
ReplyDeleteYes there are issues between union and non union like all across America, however they put their differences aside to help the suffering customers / people of Oregon.
Unlike the states affected by Hurricane Sandy, where many many time NON UNION Volunteers who drove from out of state to help Restore Power to the affected area's to help the suffering people. Where not only Forbidden by the Union, but persecuted as well. No welcoming for the help... but anger / resentment from organized UNION labor. Many affected by Sandy could have had their power restored, lives restored sooner if the UNIONS would have allowed others to help in the overwhelming aftermath of Sandy.
Where is the common sense, I guess its better to have people with out power than to have non union workers volunteer to help turn it back on. Thats just crazy.