OT Sounds like we could get some snow later this week with some possible freezing rain

[Orion Bailey]

6.5 inches of snow here in N.E. Portland!
Busy streets through town are pretty bad. Tons of cars abandoned on the sides of the roads. ALMOST didn't get home on our backstreets coming up the hills here in Alameda. No tire tracks whatsoever to drive in here. Thanks god for that All-Wheel Drive baby! Made it home from work safe.

usually driving in the tracks is not the best because that's where it melts and refreezes into ice. You will usually get better traction on fresh snow.

 

[Orion Bailey]

The good news is the power didnt go out last night until i finished the Blazers game!!!
Been out since about 11 pm last night though.
Roughin it out here in Canby in the sticks!!!!

 

[Chris Craig]

Power as been out for 7 hours now

 

[Chris Craig]

PGE says estimated time back on is Monday morning

 

[MickZagger]

 

[e_blazer]

Hardly any snow here in Oregon City, but plenty of ice. It was tough trying to sleep last night because of the noise from tree limbs in the big trees in our backyard cracking and dumping ice all night long. Good news is that the power is still on (so far) and no major damage to our place. A guy a street over had a big oak limb hit his house. Not sure how much damage that did.

 

[riverman]

Just cold rain in Lane county....no ice....47 degrees....still have power

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Greetings from the Marriot in downtown Portland. We lost power at 2am, PGE says it won't be back on until 3am on the 15th so I decided to burn some credit card points, lol.

 

[e_blazer]

Greetings from the Marriot in downtown Portland. We lost power at 2am, PGE says it won't be back on until 3am on the 15th so I decided to burn some credit card points, lol.

Very sly of you. Better than freezing your tail off.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Very sly of you. Better than freezing your tail off.

I could see the ice building on the power lines so I made the reservation a couple of hours before he lost power. Free cancellation so it was a good move.

 

[e_blazer]

I could see the ice building on the power lines so I made the reservation a couple of hours before he lost power. Free cancellation so it was a good move.

My mother-in-law's neighborhood in Wilsonville is without power and PGE's website is showing Monday morning as the estimated time to get it back on. Roads between here and there are a mess, with 99E closed entirely. She has a gas fireplace, but that's it as far as heat goes, and no way to cook anything. Maybe we could get her an Uber to a hotel in the area that has heat. What a mess. I'll take snow any day of the week compared to frickin' ice.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

My mother-in-law's neighborhood in Wilsonville is without power and PGE's website is showing Monday morning as the estimated time to get it back on. Roads between here and there are a mess, with 99E closed entirely. She has a gas fireplace, but that's it as far as heat goes, and no way to cook anything. Maybe we could get her an Uber to a hotel in the area that has heat. What a mess. I'll take snow any day of the week compared to frickin' ice.

We have 90,000 cc points, room was 7,000. Fuck it!

 

[andalusian]

Stay safe out there. Fwiw, my kid at St Paul will have -4, feels like -21 today, so, it can get worse...

 

[THE HCP]

No power here..... ventured out to find out why!

 

[riverman]

Greetings from the Marriot in downtown Portland. We lost power at 2am, PGE says it won't be back on until 3am on the 15th so I decided to burn some credit card points, lol.

Marriot Landscaping?

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Marriot Landscaping?

Marriot Total landscaping

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

Got caught in a huge sandstorm in vegas. Actually parked behind a grocery store for cover, it was nuts. A garden shed was being blown across the parking lot.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Got caught in a huge sandstorm in vegas. Actually parked behind a grocery store for cover, it was nuts. A garden shed was being blown across the parking lot.

You should have bought the shed, doesn't get more dip than that.

 

[MickZagger]

Took a drive up to the store to get more beer and there was cars stuck everywhere around me.

My 4 runner v8 sport edition was just purring and climbing over the snow packs. When I bought this puppy the owner said when him and his dad go hunting they prefer it over their 2 ton Ford. Now I know why.

I mean I’ve driven in white out conditions in the Okanogans. I think I’ll keep her and give to the kids as their first car. Probably will get wrecked quick but oh well they’ll get to experience the beast in a snowstorm or two first hopefully

 

[riverman]

Got caught in a huge sandstorm in vegas. Actually parked behind a grocery store for cover, it was nuts. A garden shed was being blown across the parking lot.

Nothing like getting blown across a parking lot to make a person park behind a grocery store!

 

[e_blazer]

Took a drive up to the store to get more beer and there was cars stuck everywhere around me.

My 4 runner v8 sport edition was just purring and climbing over the snow packs. When I bought this puppy the owner said when him and his dad go hunting they prefer it over their 2 ton Ford. Now I know why.

I mean I’ve driven in white out conditions in the Okanogans. I think I’ll keep her and give to the kids as their first car. Probably will get wrecked quick but oh well they’ll get to experience the beast in a snowstorm or two first hopefully

My Subaru Outback is great in the snow. Unfortunately, right now it’s encased in about 2” of ice.

 

[Chris Craig]

No power here..... ventured out to find out why!

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Better than falling the other way

 

[Chris Craig]

We have 90,000 cc points, room was 7,000. Fuck it!

Don't use all of my points in one place now

 

[Chris Craig]

Just cold rain in Lane county....no ice....47 degrees....still have power

Sounds like a chillin on the porch kind of day

 

[Chris Craig]

My power came back on earlier today. Went about 12 hours without it

 

[MickZagger]

My power came back on earlier today. Went about 12 hours without it

Hope you don’t have kids. Their world would beat wrecked

 

[Chris Craig]

Hope you don’t have kids. Their world would beat wrecked

An 8 year old. He was not happy.

 

[HailBlazers]

My Subaru Outback is great in the snow. Unfortunately, right now it’s encased in about 2” of ice.

Same. Except my (wifes) outback gets the garage spot. Out mobbing around in it today, was one of the few clean cars lol.

 

[andalusian]

Most important thing is the tires. Last big snow there was when I lived in Portland I had no issues with a rear wheel drive bmw going up to the zoo to pickup a kid with all kinds of suvs in ditches, because I had a set of blizzaks and they were running all season tires.

My wife, very sensibly parked her Subaru downtown and I drove with the kid to pick her up with that old bimmer

 

[SlyPokerDog]