Re: [VFB] Crooked River trip

[John Martinez]

Wes and Jim-

Amen to that. Unless we have an unseasonably wet spring (and lots of snow in the heights), Central Oregon farmers and ranchers are going to be in very bad shape this coming year. If next summer is as dry as the past three have been, it will be a real disaster, not only for them, but potentially for the local fisheries as well.

                                                              -John

                 

 J&A Burbank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Wes,

  This was very evident as we drove over Mt. Hood on the way. Ski bowl (the lowest ski slopes on hood) had nothing more then a couple patches of snow on their runs. They had one week where they were open. We are going to be in a real hurt come summer.

Jim

----- Original Message -----

From: Wes Wada

To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 12:28 PM

Subject: Re: [VFB] Crooked River trip

J&A Burbank wrote about his recent Crooked River (Central Oregon) trip

All in All it was a great trip, the weather was such that I didn't need much more then my T-shirt and a light sweat shirt, you would have never guessed that it was the middle of Winter.

Saw a grim report that came out in one of Bend's weekly newspapers...

Local area snowpack is 64% of normal, this is the driest winter in 70 years, and fully half of the nights in January failed to fall below freezing temperature. (32 F, 0 C) They closed one of the smaller local ski areas on top of Santiam Pass because the snowpack was only 22-28 inches.

Can't begin to tell you how unusual this is for this area or how devastating it will be if it continues. Please send a message to whoever is snoozin' at the rain/ snow button.

Wes Wada
Bend, Oregon