8/3/2019 Freeze frames from an epic ice storm

http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/freeze-frames-from-an-epic-ice-storm 1/2

Look at the center photos on this page:The angle of the power company crane imitates the arch of the

downed willow.

Man and machine are doing their best to remove the damage astrees have fallen all over our county this week.

Mainly the snow and ice means delays, disruption and hardwork. Michael Peppinger (bottom right photo), who is homeless, re-turns a favor to Under the Skin tattoo shop by shoveling their walk.Steve Eddy (bottom left) uses a blower to clear snow at Westside Ele-mentary Wednesday on a no-school day to make a path for a truckbringing food supplies to the kitchen.

The delivery? Frozen foods.In this historic and destructive storm, many people lost power,

saw damage to cars, houses and fences, and lost trees that gaveshade in the summer and beauty all year long. Some people losttheir homes.

Driveways were blocked, homes darkened, working hours lost.The storm has surely caused pain and suffering for many of us.

Yet we see beauty in the crushing crystal: an acorn inside a

 Wednesday, January 25, 2012 B1

Inside: B2, NeighborsIB3, Business Card BillboardIB4, Medical DirectoryI B5, YesteryearsI B6,

Freeze

framesfrom an epic storm

Photos by KIRBY NEUMANN-REA,JULIE RAEFIELD-GOBBO

and ADAM LAPIERRE

SCENES OF MAYHEM wrought by ice and snow (clockwise from top): Hundredsof fir and other trees fell along Dee Highway, closing the road for several days;anice-encased acorn; Bobby Green of Columbia Tree Service frees phone lines froma fallen willow;at Frankton and Belmont a willow “explosion”; a stately oak limbblocks the handicapped parking at Parkhurst House; a Columbia Street fencetakes a beating; Michael Peppinger shoveling snow at Ink-Spot Tattoo;Steve Eddyclearing a path at WestSide Elementary; a State Street home with a near miss; ap-ples drenched in ice; Collin Godkin taking a photo of his Sherman Street shedcrushed with a car inside by an oak; an unlucky car at Ninth Street and Shermanalso crushed by a tree limb; Pacific Power crews repairing lines on MethodistRoad; Officer Aaron Mason responding to a tree across Serpentine Road and aDee Highway sign crushed by a fallen tree.

Freeze framesfrom an epic storm

 Please see STORM, Page B10 

8/3/2019 Freeze frames from an epic ice storm

http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/freeze-frames-from-an-epic-ice-storm 2/2

B10 Hood River News, Wednesday, January 25, 2012

MORE SCENES of destruction from last week’s snow and ice storms yield many im-pressive sights.While some were hard at work clearing out driveways from snow, fall-en branches, trees and debris, others stayed inside and waited out the hazardous con-ditions. Crews have been working overtime since last week to clean up the mess,mainly responding to hundreds of calls of downed trees, branches and power lines.

Photos by Adam Lapierre

frozen bubble, nature’s frozen sculp-ture encasing thorns in what look likemusical notes; red Oak Grove applesmade more vibrant by icicles. Harshwinter’s effects recall the tales of “Nar-nia” and “Snow White” and even “IceAge” with its prehistoric acorn-crazyrodent Skrat.

The past week’s weather both trans-formed and transfixed: We are less like-ly in rain or wind or heat to notice thegraceful shape of a faucet handle or therich brick of an old home on StateStreet.

In this kind of weatheryou noticeforthe first time the misspelling of a road

sign (page B1 — it’s “Residents”).When the shed is standing you walk

right by, but when it’s toppled, you no-tice the rich grain in the wood siding.

When winter hits, you notice that acrane is shaped like a willow tree.

 — Kirby Neumann-Rea

STORMContinued from Page B1