The unexpected Portland snow storm that fell over a two day period hung around for nearly a week. Bringing Portland and surrounding areas nearly to a standstill.
The storm started on Tuesday the 10th through Wednesday the 11th. The records show that we received 8 inches at Portland International Airport and 11.8 inches in downtown, making it the biggest snowstorm in about 20 years.
Authorities closed down many roads and even the highly traveled interstate 84 in the Columbia River Gorge due to all the ice. A poor homeless man was found dead due to hypothermia, rescuers responded to roofs collapses in Hillsboro, school classes were canceled for a few days and even the Portland International Airport listed above three-dozen canceled flights and rerouted incoming flights over to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
Here at Golden West we were closed for nearly a week, deliveries in and out of the factory where stopped, employees were snowed in and couldn’t come to work and so, like many local business commitments were pushed back. The good news is that it’s now Tuesday the 17th and the snow is finally starting to melt allowing everyone to resume their activities.
