Arctic blast downs more than 350 trees, large branches in Portland

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BUILDING IN GRESHAM AND THE

FULL LIST IS ALL AT KOIN DOT

COM. SO THE DEVASTATION FROM

THE STORMS PICKED A SPANS FROM

BURST PIPES, THE FALLING TREES

CAUSING WIDESPREAD DAMAGE ALL

ACROSS THE METRO AREA. WITH

ALL OF THIS. NOW, THESE

EMERGENCY RESPONSE CREWS WERE

TALKING ABOUT ARE WARNING OF

WHAT COULD HAPPEN.

BECAUSE OF THIS ICE STORM

WE'RE GOING THROUGH NOW. WE

SENT ELISE HAAS TO TALK WITH

ARBORISTS AND THE PORTLAND

WATER BUREAU. WHAT ARE YOU

FINDING OUT TONIGHT? LEAST.

WELL, AS THE THING IS WITH

THE FIRST WE HAVE THE FRIGID

TEMPERATURES. THEN ALL OF

THOSE HIGH WINDS AND NOW THE

ICE A CONDITIONS THAT ARE AREA

ISN'T ACCUSTOMED TO. SO THEY

TELL ME THAT.

IT IS HARDER ON OR OLDER

TREES, OLDER HOMES AND PIPES.

RIGHT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE

THE PRECIPITATION THAT'S

LIGHT. BUT IF YOU

LOOK DOWN AT THE GROUND,

IT'S ABSOLUTELY COVERED IN

ICE.

ARBORISTS ARE RESPONDING TO

EMERGENCIES ACROSS THE

PORTLAND METRO AREA. PRETTY

ACTIVELY SEEING TREES FALL IN

FRONT OF MY EYES. THE DAMAGE

HAS BEEN DEVASTATING OF GOING

TO A JOB TO LOOK AT ONE TREE.

AND THEN THERE'S 3 OTHER TREES

ON THE HOUSE. WHEN I GET

THERE. JONATHAN PEARCE WITH

BARTLETT, TREE EXPERTS SPENT

TUESDAY RUSHING TO CUT DOWN

TREES. THEY WERE SHOWING SIGNS

THAT THEY WERE ABOUT TO FALL.

AND MY 25 YEARS OF DOING THIS,

I THINK THAT THE THE WIND AND

THE GROUND SATURATION WAS A

TREES. THAT AT THIS EVENT, THE

OVERLY WET SOIL BEFORE THE

WINTER WIND STORM WEAKENED

ALREADY SHALLOW ROOT SYSTEMS

OF COUNTLESS DOUGLAS, FIRS AND

OAKS. NOW, PIERS IS

ANTICIPATING MORE ISSUES AS

THE ICE STORM TAKES. HOLD

OVEREXTENDED LIMBS CARING,

MUCH MORE WEIGHT AND THEN THE

POTENTIALLY BREAK SOME LIMBS

IF TALL TREES THREAT. YOUR

HOME PEER SAYS TO WATCH FOR

WARNING SIGNS SUCH AS GROUND

MOVEMENT AND ROUTES SHIFTING

DURING WINDY CONDITIONS. FOR

THOSE WITH TALL TREES NEAR

THEIR TWO-STOREY HOME. STAYING

ON THE FIRST FLOOR IS

RECOMMENDED ARE ARE STAYING IN

A HOTEL. THESE TREES AREN'T

NEITHER ARE PORTLAND'S WATER

PIPES. SINCE THE EVENT

STARTED, WE'VE HAD NEARLY 1400

CALLS FOR SERVICE. THE

PORTLAND WATER BUREAU IS

RESPONDING TO BURST PIPES AND

WATER MAIN BREAKS. THEY EXPECT

MORE BREAKS IN THE COMING DAYS

DUE TO CHILLING TEMPERATURES

OF THE WATERSHED AND IT TAKES

ABOUT 5 TO 7 DAYS FOR THAT

WATER TO COME DOWN FROM.

SYSTEM, IT START FILTERING

INTO THE PIPES.

AND THAT CHANGE IN

TEMPERATURE TENDS TO HAVE AN

IMPACT ON OUR SYSTEM TO THAW

FROZEN PIPES.

OPEN CABINETS TO YOUR

FAUCETS, DRIP WATER. IF YOU

CAN BUT KNOW WHERE YOUR WATER

MAIN SHUT OFFICES IN CASE OF

AN EMERGENCY. AND IF YOU HAVE

TALL TREES IN YOUR YARD, I

KNOW IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS

WHERE THE EXPERTS TELL ME THAT

HE SHOULD TRY AND FIND AN

ARBORIST THAT YOU TRUST, BRING

YOUR TREES BEFORE THE WINTER.

AND THEN IF YOU DO SEE A WATER

MAIN BREAK, DO NOT CALL.

9-1-1 INSTEAD, CALL THE

PORTLAND WATER OF YEARS.

DISPATCH LINE. WE HAVE THAT

OF OUR SCREEN. AND TOP OF

THAT, WE'VE ALSO INCLUDED IN

MY ARTICLE AT KOIN DOT COM

REPORTING LIVE TONIGHT IN

DOWNTOWN PORTLAND. ELISE HAAS,

KOIN 6 NEWS. ALL RIGHT, ELISE,

THANK YOU. A REMINDER YOU CAN

ALWAYS TRACK THE FORECAST

ANYTIME AT KOIN DOT COM

ONLINE. THAT'S WHERE WE ALSO

HAVE ALL THE INFO YOU NEED TO

STAY SAFE DURING THIS ARCTIC

BLAST.

HAPPENING, YOU HAVE SOME GREAT

IMAGES OR VIDEO YOU CAN SHARE

WITH US AND YOU CAN DO IT

SAFELY. THAT'S WHERE YOU CAN

SHARE IT WITH OUR WEATHER

TEAM. WE'RE STAYING ON TOP OF

THIS ARCTIC BLAST ALL NIGHT