IN
IN THERE
IN THERE THE SNOW AND THE ICE AND THE RAIN AND ALL.
IT'S A REALLY COMPLEX SITUATION
>>.
>>.
>>. IT
>>. IT REALLY IS.
ALL RIGHT .
THANKS, MAN.
THANKS, MAN. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
DON'T HAVE POWER RIGHT NOW.
THE SEVERE WEATHER CAUSED
OUTAGES IN THE METRO AREA
AND INTO THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY.
CRUCELL KOUMOUE IS LIVE WITH A
RUNDOWN OF AREAS HARDEST HIT.
HELLO, CRYSTAL >> MORGAN
RIGHT NOW ON MCLAUGHLIN
BOULEVARD AND THE TRAFFIC
LIGHTS ARE OUT AND IT IS THAT
WAY FOR A FEW MILES NOW AS
OF THIS AFTERNOON, PORTLAND
GENERAL ELECTRIC REPORTED MORE
THAN 200000 CUSTOMERS WERE
WITHOUT POWER >>.
MY NEIGHBORHOOD IS JUST
DEMOLISHED >> BUT I'VE NEVER
SEEN THIS KIND OF DAMAGE.
IT REMINDS ME OF WHAT THE
COLUMBUS DAY STORM DID WAY BACK
IN THE 60S >>.
CINDY LIVES OFF OF OLD FJELL
ROAD IN MILWAUKEE.
IT'S JUST A SMALL NEIGHBORHOOD
BUILT IN THE 50S AND 60S WITH
ALL OF LOTS AND LOTS OF TREES
AND RACED THROUGH WITH THE
STORM LAST NIGHT >> THE HEAVY
ICE AND SNOW CARS, TREES
AND BRANCHES TO FALL ON POWER
LINES.
LINES.
LINES. THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD LOST
POWER AROUND 9:00 FRIDAY NIGHT
>> AND AT THAT POINT THE TREES
WERE ALREADY STARTING TO SNAP.
SO EVERYONE THAT I'VE SPOKEN TO
NO ONE SLEPT ALL NIGHT LONG
BECAUSE IT WAS IT WAS JUST LIKE
FIRECRACKER GOING OFF
CONSTANTLY AND THEN ALL THE
TRANSFORMERS WERE BLOWING UP.
IT WAS LIKE FIREWORKS.
CINDY IS ONE >> OF HUNDREDS
OF THOUSANDS OF CUSTOMERS WHO
LOST POWER IN ALL THE SNOW,
WIND AND ICE.
IT'S ALL HANDS ON DECK.
WE WANT TO GET OUR CUSTOMERS
POWER RESTORED JUST AS QUICKLY
AS SAFETY ALLOWS.
OBVIOUSLY >> THESE CONDITIONS
CREATE SOME CHALLENGES FOR OUR
CREWS IN THE FIELD AND WE WANT
TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET TO
THE SITE SAFELY >>.
PLEASE, ELIZABETH LATTANNER
SAYS 600 PGE WORKERS ARE
RESPONDING BUT MANY ROADS ARE
CLOSED BECAUSE OF DOWNED TREES
OR SLICK CONDITIONS >>.
WELL, GIVEN THE NUMBER OF >>
OUTAGES AND KIND OF THE
CHALLENGES BEFORE US WITH THESE
CONDITIONS, WE'RE ANTICIPATING
THAT FOLKS SHOULD >> BE
PREPARED TO BE WITHOUT POWER
THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
IT MAY TAKE A FEW DAYS.
PGA >> REPORTS 10000 POWER
OUTAGES IN CINDY'S ZIP
CODE ALONE BUT SHE'S PREPARED
FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS >>.
I HAVE TWO FIREPLACES SO
THEY'RE GOING AND ALMOST
EVERYONE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD
HAS GENERATORS BECAUSE WE HAVE
OVERHEAD POWER LINES THAT WE GO
OUT QUITE FREQUENTLY.
CRYSTAL'S LIVE SHOT WAS LOST
OBVIOUSLY DEALING TECHNICAL
ISSUES OUT THERE IN THE FIELDS.
WE WANT TO APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
BUT AGAIN, CINDY AND OTHER
CUSTOMERS MAY BE WITHOUT POWER
UNTIL MONDAY AND THAT'S THE
SAME WE'RE HEARING FROM OTHER
UTILITY COMPANIES IN THE AREA
WE SHOULD NOTE THOUGH, SOME
PEOPLE ARE GETTING POWER BACK
SOONER THAN EXPECTED >>.
PROTLAND HAS SENT OUT DOZENS
OF SNOWPLOWS AND SALT TRUCKS TO
HELP WITH THE SNOW AND ICE.
IF YOU'RE WONDERING WHEN
THEY'LL MAKE THEIR WAY TO YOUR
NEIGHBORHOOD, PBOT HAS ACTUALLY
CREATED A MAP THAT SHOWS WHERE
EACH ONE IS IN REAL TIME.
WE HAVE A STORY WITH THAT MAP
AS WELL AS TRAFFIC UPDATES
THROUGHOUT THE REGION ON OUR
WEBSITE KGW DOT COM POWER
OUTAGES ARE IMPACTING HOMES
AND BUSINESSES ALL OVER THE MID
WILLAMETTE VALLEY FROM
RESTAURANTS TO GAS STATIONS.
FEW PLACES ARE OPEN.
CATHERINE COOK IS LIVE IN
WILSONVILLE WHERE A LOT
OF PEOPLE HAVE GONE LOOKING FOR
OPEN BUSINESSES.
OPEN BUSINESSES. CATHERINE AND BRITTANY, A LOT
OF PLACES HERE IN WILSONVILLE
ARE ALSO CLOSED BECAUSE WELL
TAKE A LOOK.
THE ICE DID A NUMBER HERE AS
WELL BRINGING DOWN TREES
AND POWER LINES BUT STILL IT'S
IN BETTER SHAPE THAN JUST 15
MILES SOUTH OF HERE RIGHT NOW A
CRITICAL NEEED IS GAS.
SO MANY GAS STATIONS ALONG I-95
ARE CLOSED BECAUSE OF POWER
OUTAGES.
OUTAGES.
OUTAGES. FINALLY WE FOUND THIS SHELL
STATION IN AURORA.
THEY WERE OPEN THE LINE WRAPPED
AROUND THE BLOCK.
I'M TOLD IT WAS A 30 MINUTE
WAIT.
WAIT.
WAIT. WE
WAIT. WE TALKED WITH PEOPLE WHO DROVE
HERE FROM GERVIS AND CANBY
AND OTHER TOWNS IN THE MID
WILLAMETTE VALLEY ALMOST ALL
OF THEM NEEDED GAS TO POWER
GENERATORS TO HEAT THEIR HOMES,
FINDING OPEN GAS STATION WAS
TOUGH BECAUSE INTERNET WAS SO
SPOTTY.
SPOTTY.
SPOTTY. SO GETTING TO THIS ONE WAS HUGE
FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE >>.
OH, >> I'M PRETTY GRATEFUL.
HOPEFULLY THEY'LL HAVE ENOUGH
GAS FOR US.
>> HOW CHALLENGING HAS IT BEEN
TO FIND THAT IT'S BEEN PRETTY
CHALLENGING.
CHALLENGING. THE ONLY PLACE WE HEARD OF TO
GET GAS IN YOUR WITHIN TWENTY
MILES SO I'M >> JUST TRYING TO
FILL UP A COUPLE OF GAS TANKS
FOR MY PARENTS.
I'M FROM CORVALLIS SO I'M
TRYING TO ASK SOMEONE IN LINE
TO FILL IT UP FOR ME BECAUSE
THE LINE'S MASSIVE SO AND GET
THIS NOT LONG AFTER WE GOT TO
THAT SHELL STATION THEIR CREDIT
CARD SYSTEM WENT DOWN SO IT WAS
A CASH ONLY SITUATION.
YOU CAN IMAGINE THE FRUSTRATION
FOR A LOT OF THOSE FOLKS IN
LINE JUST TRYING TO GET GAS SO
THEY CAN WARM