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snowed in [37 photos] 2007-01-17: another day snowed in. a nearby cross-street is plowed, but the three streets that lead into our neighborhood are very steep, i don't think anybody's coming to plow them anytime soon…


LAKE OSWEGO: Some streets too steep for driving

Lake Oswego's street crews worked through the night to sand and plow steep hills. However, a handful of streets remained closed this morning due to hazardous conditions.

Elizabeth Papadopoulos, the city's maintenance supervisor, said motorists should avoid hilly areas such as the Mountain Park and Palisades neighborhoods -- despite the city's best efforts.

“These are not places I recommend that people be driving,” she said. “There's only so much we can do. We can't defy gravity.”

Papadopoulos said street closures included Overlook, Upper Cherry, Wall, Walking Woods and Bryant, between Lakeview and Summit.

“Overlook has a 20 percent slope,” she said. “We simply had to close it.”


2007-01-16: six inches of snow fell overnight. the entire city is closed and most people are excused from work, unless you're like me and you telecommute to sunny southern california.

from the lake oswego city weather page:


* Lake Oswego Public Library is closed
* Adult Community Center is closed
* Allied Waste of Lake Oswego has cancelled pickup today, after drivers with chains were experiencing difficulties. Details will follow about a possible Saturday pickup

* The Forest Hills Planning Meeting scheduled tonight at Forest Hills School at 7 p.m. is cancelled

* The Sustainability Steering Committee meeting from 1 to 3 p.m. has been canceled

* The ramp at I-5 and 217 is closed

* A TriMet bus is stuck, blocking a lane of traffic on Fourth Street at A Avenue

* ODOT is now requiring chains or traction tires on all highways within the Portland Metropolitan Area.

* All Lake Oswego Parks and Recreation classes and activities that are held at area schools have been cancelled today.

* Accidents and lane/intersection blockages have been reported throughout the region. Use extreme caution while driving.



from oregonlive:


NIKE: Will close campus at 2 p.m.

Nike will close its Washington County headquarters at 2 p.m. today, giving employees who made it in today an early start on their commutes home.

Only about half of the approximately 6,000 employees at the 1 Bowerman Drive “campus” made it to work, said Bob Applegate, a Nike spokesman. “It's quiet out here, the lake on the campus is lightly frozen over with a small open area where the geese are.”

Applegate said he was leaving at about 11:30 a.m. “The smart money says hit the road,” he said.

-- Jonathan Brinckman