Comments on: The Advent Hurricane

By: Tyller

Tyller — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 15:28:56 +0000

O boy did seaside have a hurricane with those 130 mile an hour winds cant believe i survived it.

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Glad to hear you did! ~W

By: pam

pam — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:30:35 +0000

We kept up about the storm in the news, and saw the photos of the devastation. So glad you and the family are okay.

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Thank you!! ~W

By: carly

carly — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 06:22:15 +0000

Good Grief! here in oz i’m always out of the loop with things like that! I’m soo pleased to hear you and yours are all okay.
Thinking of you!
Carly.

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Thanks Carly. I appreciate your concern. My love to your brood and Para! ~W

By: Alicia P.

Alicia P. — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 15:05:41 +0000

Oh Wende,
I’m so sorry to see these — the pictures say a million words. Please let me know if there’s any way we can help, seriously. xo, a

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Thanks, Alicia! We’ve been better… but in truth, this town is starting to pick up the pieces. We are set for food and fuel and the like, so we’re OK. No worries. ~W

By: Keri

Keri — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 13:31:17 +0000

You know my dear, I am so out of the loop and well, loopy! I heard of the flooding of ‘major highway between Portland and Seattle’ and the devastation to homes between there when I was on a drive yesterday and I wondered, ‘huh’? Had no idea. So sorry. No clue!

So sorry to see the devastation of the area. Hugs.

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Oh, no problem. Most people had no clue unless they lived in the NW. In part, because Astoria and much of coastal Oregon is so isolated–both in location and in temperment. At one point during the emergency, the local news station that became our source for info said, “Oh, we’re not going to bother breaking into ABC World News—because frankly, who really cares about the world right now?” There was and is a sense, that the world didn’t know what was happening, or frankly, cared. And as a community, you have two choices, you can get angry about it or you can not wait to be rescued. We opted to rescue ourselves. It’s been amazing to watch.

The other reason people don’t know, is that everyone in the news world insists on calling this a “storm”. And I’m sorry, if I heard there was a big storm headed for some small podunk place in the midwest, I don’t think I notice. If, on the other hand, they called it what it was, “Hurricane” or some other word that should apply—then oh yeah, I’d be watching. I mean, it rains in Oregon, that’s hardly worth noting right? ~W

By: Kimberly C.

Kimberly C. — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 05:04:43 +0000

I am so sorry Wende. I really can’t imagine what that has been like for you. I’m glad you survived it. We’re supposed to get a lot of rain tonight. Probably part of the same storm.

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Oh, you have a storm of your very own. And we hear it’s going to dump tons of water on your burned out area. Stay safe. ~W

By: Liza Lee Miller

Liza Lee Miller — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 02:28:42 +0000

Glad to know you are okay. Thought of you a lot.

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Thank you! It’s nice to know people knew. ~W

By: Gail

Gail — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 01:53:15 +0000

I am delurking to say I’m glad all are safe. Enjoy your hot shower and hair dryer!

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Thank you, Gail! I appreciate it! ~W

By: Margaret

Margaret — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 01:31:33 +0000

Yeah, the coasts got hit HARD by this storm. It made us miserable, but bypassed us for the most part. However, if I wanted to come visit you, I would need to make a 7 hour detour through Yakima/Tri-cities because I-5 is closed south of Olympia. I don’t remember that EVER happening. Wende, you weren’t too sure about being an Astorian, but it sounds like this was a bonding through adversity, eye-opening experience. Even though hurricanes are awful, one can never discount the power of people. I think you are now truly tied to your town. Hope you’re enjoying the POWER!!

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Oh, I think we will always be “outside”–but watching this go down has been amazing. IZ and I have always said the winters here make us admire the place, it’s the summers without sunlight or warmth that make us long for more southern climes. ~W

By: kristen

kristen — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 00:53:21 +0000

Holy smokes! I had no idea. So glad to hear that you and your family are safe and glad to hear that people are taking care of each other. take care of yourselves!

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We are safe, thank you! And this town is doing what it needs to do. But thank you for your well wishes. ~W