Some parts of Oregon are at 160% snowpack!
Recall the Oregon State University faculty member who said we were just “lucky” that snow remained since the climate models say it shouldn’t be here any longer?
At what point do you realize your models are wrong and not reality?
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown declares emergency to clear way for assistance
SALEM, Ore. — After a slow start, wintry weather has walloped Oregon, with the snowpack surpassing the norm by as much as 160 percent in some parts of the state and Gov. Kate Brown declaring an emergency in 10 counties.
Brown directed the Oregon Office of Emergency Management to coordinate the deployment of the state transportation department, state police, and the Oregon National Guard to support local communities as needed.
Since early February, the snowpack rose from 70 percent of normal statewide to 119 percent of normal as of Thursday, according to Scott Oviatt, snow survey supervisor for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Center. It is already helping to alleviate a drought that affected much of the state, with its severity classification in southern and central Oregon reduced this week, Oviatt said.