[Oremem/Idamem] EEI REPORT WHITE BLANKET STATEWIDE OREGON P 051917Z JAN 04
John E Jewkes-AAA0OR-AAA0ID
[email protected]
Mon, 5 Jan 2004 12:23:19 -0800
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P 051917Z JAN 04
FM JOHN JEWKES AAA0OR OR/AAA0ID ID
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SUBJECT: EEI REPORT/STATEWIDE IN OREGON
1. WHITE BLANKET
A. ENTIRE STATE OF OREGON
B. OPERATIONAL, MOST HAVE PERSONNEL AND EMERGENCY
GENERATION ON HAND TO KEEP DOORS OPEN.
C. SLOWED ON ALL MAJOR ROADWAYS. STATE HIGHWAY 43 CLOSED
DUE TO SEVERE ICE NEAR LAKE OSWEGO OREGON. STATE HIGHWAY 35
CHAINS REQUIRED PAST HOOD RIVER AND WEST OF SISTERS OREGON.
THE INTERSTATE 84 JUST WEST OF THE BLUE MOUNTAIN RANGE IN OREGON
AND THE TOWN OF ONTARIO, OREGON IS CLOSED PENDING ARRIVAL OF
ADDITIONAL SNOW REMOAVL AND SANDING VEHICLES.
US HWY 101 BETWEEN TILLAMOOK AND GOLD BEACH INTERMITTENT
CLOSURES AND CHAINS MUST BE CARRIED. PILOT CARS IN USE NEAR
COQUILLE OREGON ON US HWY 101. STATE POLICE NOTE INTERSTATE
84 EAST OF TROUTDALE MAY CLOSE ON A MOMENT'S NOTIFICATION
AS BLIZZARD PROGRESSES. INTERSTATE 5 BETWEEN SALEM AND
EUGENE OREGON CHAINS MAY BE REQUIRED AT ANY TIME, MUST
CARRY CHAINS. BUSES AND TRAINS ARE ON SNOW OPERATIONS. IN
PORTLAND 1/4 OF ALL TAXICABS HAVE BEEN PLACED ON EMERGENCY
STATUS, AND WILL BE USED TO TRANSPORT PATIENTS WITH
NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES OR CONDITIONS, BLOOD, ORGANS
AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES IF/AS NEEDED.
D. HEAVY WET SNOW BLANKETING ENTIRE STATE, ACCOMPANIED BY
HIGH WINDS. MANY AREAS OF OREGON USE ELECTRICITY
EXCLUSIVELY TO HEAT THE APARTMENTS AND HOMES. FAILURE OF
THE POWER GRID IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CAN CAUSE
FATALITIES/COLD RELATED INJURY IN RESIDENTS. RED CROSS HAS
ACTIVATED RESPONSE TEAMS, AND VERIZON, QWEST AND PORTLAND
GENERAL ELECTRIC TEAMS ARE READY TO RESPOND TO
NEIGHBORHOODS AND AREA PROBLEMS. MOST OF THE UTILITY
VEHICLES HAVE ON-BOARD GENERATORS AND CAN POWER A FEW
LIGHTS/REFRIGERATORS AND SOME TYPES OF HEATING GEAR (NON-
BASEBOARD HEATING). OREGON GOV. KULONGOSKI HAS PUT OREGON
NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL ON ALERT AS WELL, AND UNITS HAVE
BEGUN PREPARATION OF MOBILE GENERATORS, WATER AND KITCHEN
FACILITIES AND CHAINING UP HUMVEE AND DEUCE AND A HALF TO
PERPARE IN ADVANCE IF NEEDED.
E. OPERATIONAL AT PRESENT.
F. OPERATIONAL AT PRESENT.
G. 1190 KEX AM RADIO PORTLAND, 051644Z JAN 04;KATU TV 2
PORTLAND 051650Z JAN 04; NWS RADIO WEATHER ALERT 162.44 MHZ
FM 051658Z JAN 03; OREGON DEPT. OF TRANSPORTATION ALERT NET
42.88 MHZ AND 47.02 MHZ FM 051659Z JAN 04 TO 052256Z JAN
04; PERSONAL OBSERVATION 051644Z JAN 04 TO 051701Z JAN 04;
H. A SLOW MOVING STORM COMBINING WINDS ALOFT FROM ARCTIC
REGION AND MOISTURE ARRIVING FROM SUB TROPICAL SOUTH
PACIFIC RISING OVER THE COLDER AIR TO CREATE SEVERLY COLD
AND MOISTURE LADEN SYSTEM. A HIGH PRESSURE DIFFERENTIAL
FROM THE TWO AIR MASSES HAS LEAD TO HIGH WINDS AND EXTREME
WIND CHILL FACTOR. THIS HAD LEAD TO A BLIZZARD WARNING FOR
MOST AREAS OF OREGON, SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND WESTERN
IDAHO. STATIONS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO OPEN OR CONTINUE AS
AN EMERGENCY NET ON REGIONAL FREQUENCIES AND SEND NEEDED
EEI REPORTS AND UPDATES VIA VOICE, DIGITAL AND EMAIL TO
DOMS AND WAMC IAW NATIONAL EMERGENCY OPLAN 04-02 AND THE
NETPLAN 08-01-02, AND THE OREGON OPLAN 08-01 AND ARMY MARS
SOP. ARMY MARS SOP TAKES PRECENDENCE OVER OREGON OPLAN IF
THERE IS A CONFLICT OF TERMS, TIMES, FREQUENCIES OR
METHODOLOGY.
ACTUAL INCIDENT
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