IN
IN THE
IN THE PAST WEEK. BUT FOR SOME THE WAIT FOR
ELECTRICITY CONTINUES AND THE
FRUSTRATION IS MOUNTING.
THIS IS KGW AT THANKS FOR
JOINING US HERE AT NOON >>.
I'M DREW CARNOY AND WE BEGIN
THIS AFTERNOON.
THIS AFTERNOON. THAT IS WITH THE COVID
VACCINATION EFFORT.
VACCINATION EFFORT. SO AS OF TODAY, OREGONIAN'S 70
AND OLDER ARE ELIGIBLE TO GET
THEIR SHOTS NEXT WEEK OREGON'S
ELIGBILITY POOL WILL GROW EVEN
DEEEPER AS ALL PEOPLE 60, FIVE
AND OLDER BECOME ELIGIBLE.
NEW APPOINTMENTS OPENED UP AT
NINE O'CLOCK THIS MORNING.
YOU CAN BOOK ONE BY GOING TO
COVIDVACCINE DOWRT OREGON DOT
GOV OR YOU CAN CALL TWO ON ONE
AND TRANSFER TO THE RESERVATION
CALL CENTER.
CALL CENTER. THIS INCREASE IN ELIGIBLE
PEOPLE ALSO MEANS AN INCREASE
IN COMPETITION FOR AVAILABLE
DOSIS BUT THE OREGON HEALTH
AUTHORITY SAYS IT WANTS TO
STICK TO THE PLAN AND CONTINUE
EXPANDING THE ROLLOUT TO
INCLUDE MORE PEOPLE GIVING
PEOPLE >> THE ABILITY TO GET IN
AND GET SCHEDULED AND THEN
KNOWING THAT WE'VE GOT
INCREASING SUPPLIES OF VACCINES
TO WORK THROUGH THAT POPULATION
AS WE INDICATED EARLIER BY BY
AT LEAST EARLY APRIL I THINK
WILL HELP GET PEOPLE INTO THE
PIPELINE, GET VACCINATED
AND GET THEM PROTECTED FROM THE
VIRUS.
VIRUS.
VIRUS. >>
VIRUS. >> THE ONLINE CHATBOX AND TWO
ON ONE SIGN UP WORKS FOR PEOPLE
WHO LIVE IN MULTNOMAH
CLACKAMAS, WASHINGTON
CLACKAMAS, WASHINGTON AND COLUMBIA AND MARION
COUNTIES ONLY.
COUNTIES ONLY. SO IF YOU LIVE IN OTHER
COUNTIES YOU SHOULD GO TO YOUR
COUNTY WEBSITE FOR SIGN UP
INFORMATION IN WASHINGTON FOR
STATE RUN MASS VACCINATION
SITES ARE HAVING TO ADJUST
THEIR SCHEDULES RIGHT NOW
BECAUSE OF WEATHER RELATED
SHIPPING OR RATHER PART OF ME
WEATHER RELATED SHIPPING
DELAYS.
DELAYS.
DELAYS. THERE YOU GO.
EASY TO SAY, EASY TO FIX IF
THEY GET THOSE DOSES HERE ON
TIME.
TIME.
TIME. SO
TIME. SO MANY DELAYED PFIZER VACCINE
DOSES ARE STARTING TO ARRIVE
TODAY AND MODERNE EXPECTS TO
DELIVER ITS BACKLOG AT SOME
POINT EARLY THIS WEEK >>
AND SHIPPING IS MANAGED BY THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE TOP
PRIORITY RIGHT NOW IS ENSURING
THAT THE VACCINE ARRIVES
SAFELY.
SAFELY.
SAFELY. WE KNOW MANY OF YOU WANT A
VACCINE AND WAITING IS NOT EASY
BUT WE PROMISE YOUR TURN IS
COMING.
COMING.
COMING. >> THE SITE THE CLARK COUNTY
FAIRGROUNDS DOES HAVE ENOUGH
VACCINE DOSES TO OPEN TOMORROW
AND IF THAT SITE RECEIVES ITS
FULL ALLOCATION BEFORE
WEDNESDAY, IT'LL BE FULLY
OPERATIONAL FOR THE REST OF THE
WEEK GIVING PRIORITY TO SECOND
DOSES.
DOSES.
DOSES. IT'S ALSO BEEN A WEEK AND A
HALF ALREADY SINCE THAT SNOW
AND ICE STORM STARTED CAUSING
PROBLEMS AROUND THE AREA.
AND WE KNOW THAT MOST PEOPLE DO
HAVE THEIR POWER BACK ON NOW
BUT THERE ARE STILL EIGHTEEN
THOUSAND ABOUT EIGHTEEN
THOUSAND PGT CUSTOMERS WITHOUT
ELECTRICITY TODAY THE DAYS ARE
ADDING UP AND THE FRUSTRATION
IS ADDING UP TO THAT'S BECAUSE
SOME OF THOSE CUSTOMERS WERE
TOLD IT STILL MAY BE MORE DAYS
,A FEW MORE DAYS BEFORE THEY
GET THEIR LIGHTS BACK ON.
>> I'VE BEEN COOKING ON MY
PROPANE OUTSIDE AND WE HAVE
FLASHLIGHTS.
FLASHLIGHTS. I'M A LITTLE BIT WELL PREPARED.
WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY WEATHER
RADIO >> PGS PLAN WAS TO HAVE
THE NUMBER OF CUSTOMERS WITHOUT
POWER DOWN TO FIFTEEN THOUSAND
BY THE END OF THE DAY THIS PAST
FRIDAY THEY DIDN'T HIT THAT
NUMBER THOUGH MAINLY BECAUSE
CREWS ARE RUNNING INTO ALL
KINDS OF CHALLENGES AS THEY
CONTINUE TO WORK TO GET
PEOPLE'S POWER RESTORED.
WELL, WE'RE NOT SEEING SNOW OR
ICE IN THE FORECAST FOR THE
COAST OR THE VALLEY BUT WE'RE
SEEING PLENTY OF RAIN TODAY.
YEAH, WE ARE.
HERE'S WHAT'S GOING ON SO FAR
REAL HEAVY, HEAVY, STEADY STUFF
HAS BEEN BASICALLY AROUND
LONGVIEW OR DOWN INTO WOODLAND
THAN AREAS UP TO THE NORTH.
THERE'S A FRONT UP HERE THAT'S
GOING TO BE DROPPING DOWN THIS
AFTERNOON.
AFTERNOON. FORECAST MODELS SHOW THE STEADY
RAIN LOOK HEAVY UP IN LONGVIEW
KIND OF BREAKING UP.
SO WHILE I THINK THIS AFTERNOON
WILL CERTAINLY BE WETTER THAN
THIS MORNING HAS BEEN FOR
PORTLAND EVEN DOWN INTO SALEM,
WE MAY ONLY GET A FRACTION
OF THE RAIN AMOUNTS THAT WE
THOUGHT WE WOULD GET NOW THE
OTHER PART OF THE STORY IS THIS
WIND ADVISORY BETWEEN THE
DOWNTOWN AND THIS IS STILL
POSTED FROM THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE UP THROUGH
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT. WE'RE CERTAINLY SEEING BREEZY
WINDS HERE IN THE VALLEY
SOUTHWEST WINDS IN TROUTDALE.
THE TWENTY NINE CURRENTLY
BLOWING SOUTH IN PORTLAND TO
TWENTY FOUR MILES PER HOUR.
WE HAVE OTHER BREEZY WINDS.
THERE'S THE DOWRT AT 30 MILES
PER HOUR STORY SOUTHWEST
OF TWENTY SIX.
THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE
THE CASE THIS AFTERNOON RAINING
>> OUT OF THE RESERVE BANK.
HERE'S A GOLF CLUB IN LTTLE.
IT'S GOING TO BE THAT WAY.
IT LOOKS LIKE ALL AFTERNOON
TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO BE
HOLDING STEADY RIGHT AROUND
FIFTY RIGHT NOW ON THE TARMAC
YOU GET UP IN THE NORTHERN
CLARK COUNTY AND COWLITZ
COUNTY.
COUNTY.
COUNTY. THIS IS THAT PEARSON AIRFIELD
IN VANCOUVER THERE ARE ONE INCH
RAIN TOTALS THAT HAVE ALREADY
COME DOWN TODAY.
SO AGAIN NORTH OF PORTLAND IT'S
REALLY BEEN RAINING AND WE'RE
FIFTY ONE OUT OF PDX WE'LL BE
FIFTY TWO AT FOUR O'CLOCK WITH
THAT FRONT COMING THROUGH IN
THE EVENTUALY THIS EVENING
EVERYTHING BREAKS THE SCATTERED
SHOWERS.
SHOWERS.
SHOWERS. WE'LL TALK ABOUT EXTREME
MOUNTAIN WINDS AND WE WILL TAKE
A LOOK AT THAT RAIN TOTALS MAP
SO FAR.
SO FAR.
SO FAR. THAT'S COMING UP.
ALL RIGHT , ROB, CHECK BACK IN
WITH YOU HERE IN JUST A FEW
MINUTES.
MINUTES.
MINUTES. THE COMMUNITY ALONG THE OREGON
COAST IS DEALING WITH TRAGEDY
TODAY AFTER A BOATING ACCIDENT
OVER THE WEEKEND.
A FISHING BOAT CAPSIZED NEAR
THE MOUTH OF TILLAMOOK BAY WITH
FOUR PEOPLE ON BOARD TWO
OF THEM WERE UNRESPONSIVE
DURING THE RESCUE OFF FOUR
TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND WE
SINCE LEARNED THAT ONE OF THEM
HAS DIED.
HAS DIED.
HAS DIED. THE FISHING CREW ASKED THE
COAST GUARD TO KEEP AN EYE ON
THEM BECAUSE THEY KNEW THEY
WERE DEALING WITH DIFFICULT
CONDITIONS THIS WEEKEND >> SIX
TO EIGHT FOOT SEAS.
WE'RE LOOKING THROUGH THE
BINOCULARS AND UNFORTUNATELY
NOTICED THE BOAT CAPSIZED.
WE HAD CREWS GET ON SCENE
IMMEDIATELY VIA TWO SMALL BOATS
AND THEN WE HAD A COAST GUARD
HELICOPTER LAUNCH FROM A STORY
I KNOW THERE WAS RESTRICTIONS
ON THE BAR CROSSING AT THAT
TIME WHICH IS PROBABLY WHY THE
CREW WAS CONCERNED ABOUT
CROSSING.
CROSSING.
CROSSING. NOW >> THOSE RESTRICTIONS WERE
ON RECREATIONAL BOATS ONLY SO
COMMERCIAL BOATS WERE ALLOWED
TO GO OUT THERE DURING THIS
CRAB SEASON.
CRAB SEASON. THE COAST GUARD HAS HAD TO MAKE
MULTIPLE RESCUES >> IN OTHER
LOCAL NEWS TODAY, DEMOCRATIC
STATE REPRESENTATIVE DIEGO
HERNANDEZ SAYS HE IS RESIGNING.
OREGON HOUSE LAWMAKERS WERE
PREPARING TO VOTE TO EXPEL HIM
FROM THE LEGISLATURE THIS WEEK
AFTER A PANEL OF LAWMAKERS
DETERMINED HE CREATED A HOSTILE
WORK ENVIRONMENT FOR THREE
WOMEN EARLIER HERNANDEZ SAID IF
HE HASN'T BEEN GIVEN A REAL
CHANCE TO PRESENT HIS SIDE
OF THINGS AND HE FILED A
LAWSUIT IN AN EFFORT TO STOP
THE HOUSE VOTE FROM HAPPENING.
BUT A FEDERAL JUDGE REJECTED
THAT LAWSUIT THIS WEEKEND
AND THEN IN A STATEMENT LAST
NIGHT HERNANDEZ SAID HE'S
RESIGNING SO QUOTE MY
COLLEAGUES MAY FOCUS ON SERVING
OREGONIAN'S AND SO I CAN MOVE
FORWARD WITH MY LIFE AND FOCUS
ON MY HEALTH IN MY FAMILY >>.
ALL RIGHT , SCRETCHES NATIONAL
NEWS PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS SIGNED
A MAJOR DISASTER DECLARATION IN
TEXAS TO HELP THAT STATE
RECOVER FROM ITS DEADLY WINTER
WEATHER.
WEATHER.
WEATHER. THE DECLARATION WILL ALLOW FOR
FEDERAL AID.
FEDERAL AID. TEXAS DEALING WITH THE FALLOUT
STILL FROM DAYS OF RECORD LOW
TEMPERATURES THERE.
TEMPERATURES THERE. THEY ALSO HAD TO DEAL WITH A
WIDESPREAD BOIL WATER ORDER
BECAUSE OF DAMAGE TO THE
STATE'S WATER INFRASTRUCTURE.
AS THIS MORNING, ALMOST NINE
MILLION PEOPLE STILL DON'T HAVE
SAFE DRINKING WATER IN TEXAS,
>> BOEINGS HAS SUSPENDED MORE
THAN ONE HUNDRED OF ITS TRIPLE
SEVEN PLANES FOLLOWING A BIG
SCARE IN THE SKY THIS PAST
SATURDAY.
SATURDAY.
SATURDAY. A SEVEN OR SEVEN FLYING FROM
DENVER TO HONOLULU HAD ITS
ENGINE FAIL AND CATCH FIRE
SHORTLY THEREAFTER.
SHORTLY THEREAFTER. DEBRIS THEN RAINED BELOW AS THE
PLANE HAD TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY
LANDING.
LANDING.
LANDING. THANKFULLY EVERYONE ON BOARD IS
OK.
OK.
OK. THERE
OK. THERE ARE NO