justpassinthru

Certainly no "calm before the storm" on this forum, guess that's why I find myself pouring through every post "when there is a shift in the wind". One comment that hasn't been made but should be especially with the questioning of why the "paid" local weather tv pundits drag their feet when it comes to letting the words "it's going to snow" part from their lips. I remember a few years ago becoming aware of a change in their "predictive" behavior. TV Snow predictions before this change were much more forthcoming. But as our society has evolved (hmm), when these tv weather experts predicted snow or at least inclement weather and if it didn't happen, they were proverbially crucified. I saw the shift in their weather reporting to a much more conservative stance. And this subdued reporting continues today. Bummer as the "old" society would allow an occasional weather crystal ball mistake, but with the over the top liabilities of a school system daring to have their doors open when flakes might fall, pitted against the lost daily revenue for a student not at their desk on a given day, the weatherman took the fall for "doing their job". And the excitement of the buildup for a weather event over a period of days rather than hours in advance, broadcast on the 5:00 news, became a bygone of "better days." So the "weather forum" has nicely filled the void. "Bring on the storm"...or not, either way, "it's a hell of a ride"

Driving a rear wheel drive van on icy roads is a "no brainer"

26 in Oregon City and holding. PDX in general closer to the gorge influence. Will be stubborn at letting go of the "freeze"

I can relate...Brother and I were out in the yard playing and the wind started gusting, blowing us around, Mom yelled to get in the house. A few hours later as the whole family was gathered (luckily) on the sides of a very large pitcher window watching trees, garbage cans, pieces of roofs blow down the street, surprise surprise, a part of our willow tree blew through the pitcher window shattering it into shards that stuck across the 100 year old wood planked living room floor like thrown knives. For many days dinner was cooked on a pot hanging in the fireplace with candles to get to the bathroom at night. Yes that Ice storm of '21 was a big thing, my current house is surrounded by maples, all through several nights we would here crashing of ice and tree limbs onto the sides and roof of the house waiting for a tree to make a direct hit. As I mentioned we heard the boom of nine trees that fell over that time. Intense stuff that I don't want to repeat, but that windstorm of '62...wow....

Same here on that 2021 event Snowdome, 11 days, and nine trees that fell near my house, some bgi one brushing against it. Thank goodness for the big "gen".

I agree with you as I have seen the wind at its worst. And yet I am a sailor who "loves wind" Maybe until one has had the experience of the veracity of an intense windstorm they can't relate.

I lived in your neck of the woods for 4 years and "in the valley for much longer", naïve to compare driving in inclement weather on one side of the mountain to the other. I could drive in the snow drifts of central oregon with one eye closed with a severe hangover and never have a close call. In the valley its different, first its not flatter then a pancake, there are hills you have to contend with, second the moisture from the south or ocean mixing with the gorge artic blasts create a slippery mess that you don't see in the high desert. Third, alot more drivers, as they say its the "other ones" you gotta worry about...two different driving worlds, no comparison.

Oregon City, 225 ft, no snow but solid white layer of "frozen precipitation", 26 degrees, up two degrees in last two hours.

Careful what you wish for. I still remember the windstorm of '62. Different then an ice storm. You can stay home in an ice storm and be inconvenienced if the electricity goes out and dodge the occasional tree falling. A strong windstorm can attack you inside your home blowing windows out, massive trees falling in all directions, power out for days. I was seven years old and still have vivid memories of that experience.

Been in Oregon City, south of you since 1959 give or take a couple of failed attempts to escape to Bend and to Redding. But as far as freezing rain accumulation forecasting. From my experience its a guessing game based on the decades of missed weatherman predictions over the years. Seems like once freezing rain starts around here, we get a bunch, often levels unpredicted. Take my words with a grain of salt...

Waves at the crowd of Weather aficionados. My first post. Learned and ghosted you all during the major freezing rain storm two years ago. On Genny power for 11 days. Back to your question SilverfallsAndrew, I'm in Oregon City, maybe 10-12 miles south of PDX proper depending on how the bird flies. Been complete cloudy skies all day. 23.7 degrees at my house.