So, this guy took off from the Willamette River in Downtown Portland, flew under the lowered deck of the Hawthorn Bridge with less than 50 ft (15m) clearance, then over the deck of the Saints John's Bridge below its suspension towers.
Video of take-off to follow.
Around 5:15 PM Friday, locals noticed the yacht dangerously close to the rocky shoreline. It quickly became apparent the engines weren’t running, and the yacht was being pushed into the rocks.
The captain was the first person off, jumping from the yacht onto the rocks through heavy surf. Another passenger eventually followed, and they helped them move farther up the rocks to safety.
Both men told everyone on land that they had run out of fuel. One passenger also claimed they knew they didn’t have enough fuel to reach their destination and had been drifting for approximately two hours before reaching the shoreline.
A third passenger was still onboard and had recently undergone knee replacement surgery, making it impossible for him to get off the same way.
At that point, there wasn’t a safe or realistic way for people to personally get him off the yacht. Instead, everyone began calling local fishermen and Mexican authorities for help. Bomberos responded first, followed by the Mexican Navy, who ultimately rescued the remaining passenger from the other side of the yacht despite the heavy surf.
Everyone continued documenting the yacht as it was battered against the rocks for the next 24 hours. The upper structure eventually collapsed, and by roughly 5:16 PM Saturday, the yacht was destroyed and underwater.
Thankfully, everyone made it off alive. Why wasn’t the anchor deployed before the yacht reached the shoreline? At this point, we simply don’t know.
We live only a handful of miles from the Oregon Rail Heritage Center museum in Portland, Oregon. My Dad was good friends with Doyle McCormack back in the day, so I've been following both the SP 4449 and her sister the SP&S 700 since I was a small child. It was also a beautiful, fantastic day for a train ride along the Willamette River!
I watched her get out of the driver's side and lock it up as she bumbled her way onto the elevator.
Context: Apparently, suggesting the addition of one more Flock camera location to the list was a step too far for Reddit's Portland folk. And here I thought they were pretty much all united against Flock cameras. 🤷🏼♂️
Harrison is CLOSED between SE 40th and SE 42nd. Avoid the area, traffic is confused. TriMet is diverting down Monroe and turning back up 37th, so any stops in between will be out of service. Not sure how long this will last, but it could be a couple of hours.
Side note: How do I add flair?? It's demanding I do so, but the option doesn't exist...
Photos taken just now above Sah-Ha-Lee Golf Course in Clackamas, Oregon.
Timelapse video from my office: Portland, Oregon was barely clipped by the extreme Southern tail end of a weak frontal system moving into the PNW at sunrise this morning that brought some showers to Vancouver, BC.
Chances are looking good for deep troughing and some much needed rainfall come the middle of next week. Our dry PNW Summer may end early this year!
✅ No Parking sign
✅ Fire hydrant
✅ Partially blocking crosswalk/wheelchair access
Does anyone else feel like Tom kept intentionally falling in front of the camera in order to deliberately sabotage his stay? They even show it multiple times in the beginning recaps, and I just can't help but think about how perfectly framed up he is when he slips and falls off multiple logs, "buggering up" his back and knees, which is what ultimately causes him to tap...
The structure of this storm was amazing!
OP got downvoted, simply for laughing at someone's funny comment?
Context: Video of a lightbulb glowing, apparently plugged into the trunk of a tree.
On a scale of 1 to 7 – 1 being "just a slight haze making the sky look a tad milky," and 7 being "the sun is completely blotted out a la the worst of circa September 2020," how would you rate the smoke over Portland for both yesterday and today?
Driving home through Milwaukie, Oregon this evening, I ended up pacing a NB Cascades. I'm disappointed it wasn't the brand new Aero, I have yet to lay my eyes on it. But this one was... different. Maybe they're just transporting an extra locomotive? I've not seen three generations of locos on one Amtrak before. Granted, one's been gutted and repurposed for baggage, but still...
We Westsiders and Valley dwellers have gotten off lucky so far this Summer. Looks like that luck finally ran out.
Best of luck, neighbors. Stay inside, stay healthy, stay safe!
Full story from KATU News:
Beaverton police released wild video from the victim of an apparent road rage incident over the weekend.
It happened around 7:25 a.m. Sunday in south Beaverton, Oregon.
Investigators say the suspect, later identified as 29-year-old Arman K. Hastings, allegedly chased another driver after a road rage confrontation.
Both front and rearview video recorded by the victim’s vehicle captured the pursuit. Video showed Hastings driving into oncoming traffic, cutting off the victim's vehicle and, at one point, driving in reverse while continuing to follow the couple.
Exactly as the title says, the posted video screenshot shows what's been happening – repeatedly – for two days now. I don't have any network connectivity issues doing anything else with this camera. Firmware is up-to-date. It's not a WiFi signal issue, because this cam replaces a v3 pan cam that went tits-up last week that never had connection issues, and it's physically located less than 20 feet from my WAP. Also shouldn't be a power issue, I've run power up to my tower, and I'm using the stock equipment/cable that came with this camera inside a weatherproof panelbox.
This is very frustrating!