The 50th Anniversary of the Columbus Day Storm

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Nice Blowdown.

Columbus Day Storm: 50th Anniversary | OregonLive.com

According to the Longview account, this storm was what started the timber exporting to Japan. There wasn't much of a market stateside for hemlock, so they found a place to send it to--Japan.

I don't remember anything happening on the east side of the Cascades.

 

[Humptulips]

God, I'm getting old.:msp_sad:

 

[Gologit]

God, I'm getting old.:msp_sad:

To which God replies..."That can change"....:msp_rolleyes:

 

[H 2 H]

I was more interested in J P Patches then :msp_tongue:

 

[Joe46]

If memory serves (or not) I was in High School when it hit. That was a pretty good blow. The one that took the Hood Canal Bridge down was pretty good too. I was working out at Lake Ozette, and living just west of Port Angeles. Took me a day to get home. A lot of timber got layed down.

 

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I was more interested in J P Patches then :msp_tongue:

I think we were watching Captain Cy--on the east side of the mountains. JP Patches did not exist until cable tv came around, and we never had that.


A lady I worked with said her family went into Portland to shop. They were in a department store when the air raid sirens went off and they were herded into the basement. No explanation was given for a while. Her dad was outside and the doors were locked. I guess he pounded on the doors pretty good and was let in.

 

[GASoline71]

I missed that storm by 5.5 years... guess I could still be considered a young'un!

Gary

 

[FSburt]

Hey maybe that was the beginning of global warming to cause this. LOL ya right. I think most of these natural events we see and go through are cyclic and so are these warm and cold spells.

 

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More:

Cliff Mass Weather Blog

 

[H 2 H]

King 5 TV is doing a special one hour show on the storm this weekend