On this day, August 15, 1942, Camp White, a US Army base was Completed on the Agate Desert, near Medford, at the start of World War II. It was mostly used for training, and late in the war, was used to house German POWs. The leftover core of buildings eventually became White City.
Also on this day, August 15, 2020, Police in Portland, arrested four people overnight and dispersed a protest that was heading toward the offices of the police union.
Vehicle crash puts Hood River without natural gas
Hood River, Oregon and White Salmon, Washington are across the Columbia River from each other. But that isn’t the only thing they have in common. Sunday night about 5,000 of their residence lost power to heat with natural gas. Those residence are serviced by the Williams NW Pipeline Company.
At 11:50pm Sunday evening, a vehicle crashed into a district regulator station causing the company to shutdown their pipelines. NW Natural is working with emergency officials to determine the impact to customers and on a plan to reactivate gas service.
Customers are being cautioned to not relight their equipment, but wait to be contacted by NW Natural. Technicians will go door-to-door to affected customers to restore service.
Outages aren't foreign to Hood River residence having frequent power and technology disruptions. But they usually come with a weather warning. A sudden disruption in natural gas isn’t typically what they expect. NW Natural will continue to provide updates on Twitter and www.nwnatural.com.
--Donna Bleiler| Post Date: 2020-12-21 13:35:50 | |
