Floods of 1996: A brutal wave of Oregon storms 25 years ago unleashed perilous ice and destructive flooding
Updated Feb 02, 2021;
Posted Feb 02, 2021
A road proved unmanageable for cars in February 1996, and one driver decided to continue on foot. (The Oregonian)Oregonian
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“Don’t go outside if you don’t have to.”
If you were in Portland and channel-surfing from your couch 25 years ago this week, that’s the message you heard over and over from local TV reporters.
It was good advice. The roads were slick, with highways transformed into “parking lots [with] jack-knifed tractor-trailers.” The sidewalks were just as perilous, even if you “tromped around in golf shoes.”