Depoe Bay city officials on Monday opened a warming center at the Community Hall on Bay View Avenue next to the harbor entrance. The shelter is open to all, not just residents.
City councilors and members of the Emergency Committee will operate the 24-hr. shelter until the end of the power outage, caused by a severe winter storm and icing. A generator is providing electricity and outlets to charge cell phones and other electronics, while cold cuts for sandwiches and vats of hot spaghetti are on the menu. The building will be open all night.
An officer for the Depoe Bay Fire District (DBFD) has rebutted some claims that the agency was late to a January 11 fire that destroyed or damaged 10 vehicles when a high-voltage powerline fell on cars waiting for service at a local business.
Three on-duty firefighters, the Fire Chief and Division Chief were spread across the district on three other calls when they were notified of the incident at 2:47p.m. A DBFD engine arrived at Car Audio 101-473 SW Hwy 101 seven minutes later, reported Division Chief Tom Jackson, second in command of DBFD.
* WHAT...Significant icing expected. Total snow accumulations of
up to one inch and ice accumulations of around four tenths of
an inch.
* WHERE...Coast Range of Northwest Oregon and Central Coast
Range of Western Oregon.
* WHEN...From 10 AM to 10 PM PST Tuesday.
The first winter storm of 2024 to hit Lincoln City and surrounding towns left most of the area glazed in an ever thickening sheath of ice.
From D River to Roads End the falling rain clung to road signs and cars and gutters forming icicles that caused the town to shimmer against the dull gray sky surrounding us.
A power line weakened by gusts from an approaching storm upended the small coast city of Depoe Bay Thursday, January 11 when a fallen live overhead wire set fire to cars at an auto repair shop.
Electricity to about half the town was abruptly curtailed at about 2:45p.m. when the power line fell into the parking lot of Car Audio 101 at 473 SW Hwy 101.
* WHAT...Significant icing expected. Total snow accumulations of
up to 3 inches and ice accumulations of one tenth to one half
of an inch. Winds gusting as high as 40 mph.
* WHERE...Central Coast Range of Western Oregon.
* WHEN...From 10 PM this evening to 10 PM PST Saturday.
* IMPACTS...Expect power outages and tree damage due to the ice.
Travel will be very difficult.
Approved by voters in 2020, Measure 110 decriminalized the possession of small amounts of fentanyl, methamphetamine, and other hard drugs and directed existing cannabis tax revenue to fund addiction services. Ever since, we have seen overdose deaths skyrocket and drug use take root in in public spaces.
