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SNOW DUMP: Overdue, but caught us off guard
MIDEAST PROTESTS
U.S. uses opposing strategies with Iran, Bahrain
A day of problems ... The fallout: Power out; shelter opens By Scott Hammers The Bulletin
Thousands of Central Oregon residents lost power Tuesday, as several inches of heavy wet snow bent trees and snapped power lines across the region. With an estimated 500 to 2,000 local residents expected to spend the night without electricity, the American Red Cross opened an emergency shelter at Sky View Middle School in Bend Tuesday evening. But as of 10 p.m., no one had checked into the shelter. Deschutes County Emergency Management Coordinator Don Webber said officials will decide late this afternoon if the emergency shelter will remain open for a second night. Representatives of the power companies serving Central Oregon said their crews would be working through the night Tuesday to restore power and declined to predict when all customers would have their power back. Spokesman Tom Gauntt said nearly 11,000 Pacific Power customers were without power at midday Tuesday. See Fallout / A4
By Mark Landler and David E. Sanger New York Times News Service
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has responded quite differently to two embattled governments that have beaten protesters and blocked the Internet in recent Inside days to fend • Yemen enters off the kind of its fifth day popular revolt of turmoil, that brought Page A3 down Egypt’s government. • Panel set to With Iran — revise Egypt’s a country unconstitution, der sanctions, Page A4 with nuclear ambitions that have put it at odds with the West — the administration has all but encouraged protesters to take to the streets. With Bahrain, a strategically important ally across the Persian Gulf from Iran, it has urged its king to address the grievances of his people. Those two approaches were on vivid display at a news conference on Tuesday. President Barack Obama accused Iran’s leaders of hypocrisy for first encouraging the protests in Egypt, which they described as a continuation of Iran’s own revolution, and then cracking down on Iranians who used the pretext to come out on the streets. He then urged protesters to muster “the courage to be able to express their yearning for greater freedoms and a more representative government.” See Mideast / A4
For colds, zinc may edge out chicken soup By Tara Parker-Pope New York Times News Service
Scientists still haven’t discovered a cure for the common cold, but researchers now say zinc may be the next best thing. A sweeping new review of the medical research on zinc shows that sniffing, sneezing, coughing and stuffy-headed cold sufferers finally have a better option than just tissues and chicken soup. When taken within 24 hours of the first runny nose or sore throat, zinc lozenges, tablets or syrups can cut colds short by an average of a day or more and sharply reduce the severity of symptoms, according to the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, a respected medical clearinghouse. See Zinc / A4
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Andrew Bisbee of Pacific Power cuts tree limbs that took down a power line Tuesday in northwest Bend.
Digging out: ‘Every plow ... on the road’
The storm: Bend took the brunt of it
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By Scott Hammers
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Snow plows struggled to keep up with a storm that blanketed parts of Central Oregon with anywhere from 6 to 10 inches of snow Tuesday morning, causing both the city of Bend and the Oregon Department of Transportation to call on reinforcements to help clear the roadways. “Every plow that we have right now is on the road,” ODOT Region 4 spokesman Dan Latham said. “We’ve deployed all the resources available, and we’re trying to keep everything up and running.” The large amount of snow caused the city of Bend to call in private contractors to help with the plowing, which was estimated to cost between $100,000 and $150,000. Bend budgeted about $160,000 this year for such services. See Plows / A6
Even weather forecasters were a bit surprised to wake up Tuesday to close to a foot of new snow in some parts of Central Oregon. Rob Brooks, with the National Weather Service in Pendleton, Inside said forecast models were primar• How much ily predicting rain overnight, but snow we got an unexpected dip in temperatures brought snow instead. “It stayed a • How much little cooler than anticipated and more? was closer to the freezing temperPage A6 ature, so a lot of heavy snow, a lot of wet snow,” he said. Snow is expected to continue through today, though in smaller quantities. See Snow / A6
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Preparing to leave for work early Tuesday morning, Earl Sullivan, 25, digs his car out after it was covered with snow from a passing plow on Newport Avenue. The city said its road crews started plowing about 4 a.m.
... and play The upside: For some, it was great news By Sheila G. Miller The Bulletin
While the unexpected storm that hit Bend Tuesday caused headaches with power outages, downed trees and slow commutes, some area residents were thrilled with the snow. Take, for example, 10-year-old Jane Jones, a Miller Elementary student who used the Bend-La Pine Schools’ cancellation to sled on the hill at Drake Park with her sisters and two friends.
“Mom told me it was a two-hour delay,” she said. “We had the TV on in the background and they said, ‘No school in Bend-La Pine,’ and I freaked out and ran and jumped on my sister in bed.” Sisters Sarahalice Jones, 13, and Lucy Jones, 8, got even better news when mom Beth Davies announced they’d go to the Original Pancake House for breakfast. “We took a good snow day and put frosting on it,” Davies said. See Play / A6
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A hot sunbather chills out in the bed of a pickup in downtown Bend on Tuesday. More photos on Page A6.
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