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COFFEE BREAK 8B — THE OBSERVER & BAKER CITY HERALD FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2019 Friend wants to be ready when man asks for help Bahamas tackles massive clean-up after Dorian DEAR ABBY: I’m watching the slow-motion DEAR ABBY: I have been happily married destruction of a childhood friend on Facebook. (for the most part) to my husband of 40 years. There is substance abuse, infi delity, divorce, the He is a good husband, provider and father. Only whole lot. It hurts. one thing about him really bothers me. When he He recently admitted that he has struggled is telling someone a story, he frequently “embel- with depression for years, but insists he isn’t lishes” it and changes it to something that’s not interested in seeing a doctor or a counselor. It actually the truth. sounds like he’s been burned in the past. I know What he says doesn’t really matter or hurt I can’t do anything until he asks for help, but I anyone, but it still bothers me. It makes me intend to be there when he does. What resources wonder if what he is telling me about something are available for someone who is the correct version or “his” is clinically depressed and self- version. DEAR medicating? Like I said, it is never any- ABBY — TRYING TO HELP IN thing of importance, so I don’t THE WEST understand why he even does it. DEAR TRYING: Support I have asked him about it, and groups for people who are depressed and/or he doesn’t really explain. Do you have any idea have emotional issues exist. But to join one, what would make a person do this? the person must admit there is a problem and — WIFE IN WONDERLAND help is needed. Because your friend is resistant DEAR WIFE: Some people “embellish” to to the idea of professional help, you might sug- impress or to make themselves look more gest a group called Emotions Anonymous. It important, or because they think it will make was started in 1971, and its mission is to help the story more entertaining or exciting. Not people who are experiencing emotional diffi cul- knowing your husband, I can’t answer for him. ties. It offers chat, Skype and phone meetings It might help to reassure him that you love as well as in-person groups. If you would like him just the way he is, and the truth is always more information, you can fi nd it at emotion- better than fi ction. sanonymous.org. DEAR ABBY: I have a friend I connect with DEAR ABBY: I have been dating this woman on many different levels. It’s amazing. But he’s for a few years. We aren’t in a committed rela- already in a relationship. He tells me he loves tionship, but she wants me exclusively to herself. me and doesn’t ever want to lose me, but he She’s a very jealous type, and a comment she never talks about leaving her. He says things made took me over the edge. will naturally work themselves out. She told me that my late wife’s picture should Although he says he isn’t trying to have his only be displayed in my children’s room, and cake and eat it too, that is exactly how it feels at that I’m still holding onto her, which is prevent- times. I’m confused about what to do. My heart ing me from moving forward with any woman. and my head are at odds. Please give me some I will never remove any pictures of my children’s advice that will help me settle my inner self. mother out of respect not only for my departed — CONFUSED GIRL IN LOVE loved one but for my children as well. What do DEAR CONFUSED GIRL: As it stands, you think of this? your friend has two women, and you have half — RESPECTFUL IN TEXAS a man. He may love you, but if he was IN love DEAR RESPECTFUL: If you keep a photo with you, he would end the relationship with of your late wife next to your bed, I can see his girlfriend. He never talks about leaving her how it might bother someone you have been because he doesn’t intend to rock the boat. dating for a few years — particularly if you I know the idea of breaking things off is pain- haven’t made a commitment to her. That said, ful, but while you have romantic feelings for this if displaying a picture of your wife in a public person, you won’t be free to find anybody else. room of your home is so threatening to this You deserve someone who is willing to make woman that she would make the kind of scene the same kind of commitment to you that you you describe, it may be time to replace her with are willing to make to him. Repeat that to your- someone who is less easily threatened. self daily until he’s out of your system. By Danica Coto weather HIGH ROCK, Bahamas — Pastor Jeremiah Saunders stood in the golden afternoon sun and barely blinked as he de- bated what to pick out from the ruins of the church he built 22 years ago in the seaside village of High Rock on the eastern end of Grand Bahama island. A black-and-blue necktie fl oated in a pool of water. Nearby, a ruptured set of drums lay toppled on its side. Bone-white sea shells were nestled in tufts of grass, fl ung there by the surging fl oodwaters that had carried Saunders for 200 yards until he managed to grab hold of a large pine tree branch, where he spent two days after Hur- ricane Dorian crashed ashore. “I spoke to the water: ‘Peace, be still.’ It never listened,” he said with a wide smile. But then he grew serious as he focused on the daunting cleanup facing the tens of thousands who live on Grand Bahama and Abaco, the two northern islands that were devastated by the Category 5 storm. It will be a slow process that some are tackling in very small steps. Saunders picked out two hammers, fi ve screwdrivers and three treasured Bibles. In contrast, 67-year-old Mary Glinton in the nearby fi shing village of McLean’s Town wasted no time getting rid of all her ruined possessions. She created three piles of clothes stiffened by mud and set them on fi re. A once-white lace curtain, a muddied pink wind-breaker and a pair of black pants all went into the fl ames. She most lamented that all her church clothes were ruined. “I love blue, and most of my dresses are blue,” she said standing near the fi re in green fl ip-fl ops, her legs caked with mud. She also mourned the loss of her 1-year-old pet hog, Princess. A preliminary report estimates Dorian caused some $7 billion in damage, but the gov- ernment has not yet offered any figures. Crews have started to remove some debris on the islands, but they are moving slowly to avoid accidentally disturbing any bodies lying in the rubble. The official death toll stands at 50, and Prime Minister Hubert Minnis said he expects the number to significantly increase. About 2,500 people are listed as miss- AROUND OREGON AND THE REGION Astoria Longview 57/69 Kennewick 57/70 St. Helens 58/73 58/76 56/80 60/75 55/74 Condon SAT SUN MON TUE Partly cloudy Partly sunny and pleasant A p.m. shower or two Cloudy with a few showers Mostly cloudy and cool 83 45 66 43 63 39 Eugene 9 6 5 54/76 76 48 61 45 63 45 9 2 4 La Grande 50 80 48 Comfort Index™ 10 Enterprise 8 9 45 77 47 Comfort Index™ 10 60 45 59 45 10 1 5 10 NATION (for the 48 contiguous states) High: 103° Low: 21° Wettest: 3.95” 70° 47° 72° 48° PRECIPITATION (inches) Wednesday Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Normal year to date 0.00 0.23 0.22 6.52 7.29 0.00 0.93 0.23 12.22 11.10 0.54 1.00 0.27 21.81 15.30 HAY INFORMATION SATURDAY 30% WSW at 4 to 8 mph 7.0 0.15 RESERVOIR STORAGE (through midnight Thursday) Phillips Reservoir Unity Reservoir Owyhee Reservoir McKay Reservoir Wallowa Lake Thief Valley Reservoir 54/75 24% of capacity 31% of capacity 69% of capacity 48% of capacity 31% of capacity 11% of capacity STREAM FLOWS (through midnight Wednesday) Grande Ronde at Troy Thief Valley Reservoir near North Powder Burnt River near Unity Umatilla River near Gibbon Minam River at Minam Powder River near Richland OREGON Hermiston Lakeview Pendleton High: 81° Low: 31° Wettest: 0.01” 779 cfs 69 cfs 95 cfs 44 cfs 101 cfs 60 cfs SUN & MOON FRI. 6:28 a.m. 7:08 p.m. 7:25 p.m. 5:44 a.m. SAT. 6:29 a.m. 7:06 p.m. 7:48 p.m. 6:45 a.m. MOON PHASES Full Sep 13 Last Sep 21 New Sep 28 Silver Lake First Oct 5 nee R d E O M oku, d u S , s g n i t s Show Li , Crosswords orts p S , h c r a e S Word re...? o M & s e z z i Qu Jordan Valley 47/81 Paisley 43/85 44/81 Frenchglen 47/86 55/87 City Astoria Bend Boise Brookings Burns Coos Bay Corvallis Council Elgin Eugene Hermiston Hood River Imnaha John Day Joseph Kennewick Klamath Falls Lakeview SUN. Hi/Lo/W 69/55/c 80/48/pc 85/61/s 67/54/s 85/46/s 69/56/pc 75/53/pc 80/50/pc 78/48/pc 76/56/pc 83/58/pc 76/58/pc 81/51/pc 82/53/pc 78/48/pc 83/60/pc 84/40/s 84/41/s Hi/Lo/W 65/52/sh 66/43/sh 91/56/pc 62/53/sh 82/45/pc 66/53/sh 63/51/sh 84/49/pc 74/48/sh 65/52/sh 71/54/c 66/53/sh 83/52/c 76/49/c 78/47/c 72/55/c 73/42/c 76/39/pc Grand View Arock 51/87 48/87 49/90 Klamath Falls 40/84 Lakeview 39/84 McDermitt Shown is Saturday’s weather. Temperatures are Friday night’s lows and Saturday’s highs. SAT. Diamond 46/83 Fields Medford Brookings Boise 55/85 55/88 54/67 48/85 42/82 48/85 RECREATION FORECAST SATURDAY REGIONAL CITIES On Sept. 13, 1857, a hurricane off the Florida coast was blamed for sinking a passenger steamer. More than 200 aboard lost their lives. Over $2 million in gold went down with the ship. Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset 54/80 Grants Pass Death Valley, Calif. Bodie State Park, Calif. Madison, S.D. WEATHER HISTORY AGRICULTURAL INFO. Lowest relative humidity Afternoon wind Hours of sunshine Evapotranspiration Powers Chiloquin High Wednesday Low Wednesday 74° 41° Beaver Marsh Juntura 43/85 44/79 41/78 Ontario 51/86 Burns Brothers 54/77 Roseburg Huntington 45/79 Bend Coos Bay 48/80 55/84 Seneca 47/80 Oakridge Council 44/83 48/82 46/80 Elkton WED. EXTREMES TEMPERATURES Baker City La Grande Elgin 43/76 John Day 46/82 Sisters Florence 56/67 48/84 Baker City Redmond 54/67 55/69 Comfort Index takes into account how the weather will feel based on a combination of factors. A rating of 10 feels very comfortable while a rating of 0 feels very uncomfortable. ALMANAC Newport Halfway Granite 53/75 54/75 77 47 50/83 51/75 54/75 Corvallis Enterprise 45/77 50/80 Monument 52/79 Idanha Salem TONIGHT 9 Elgin 48/78 La Grande 52/74 Maupin Comfort Index™ 61/80 Pendleton The Dalles Portland Newberg Lewiston 56/79 Hood River 55/80 TIllamook 44 83 46 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2019 Walla Walla 59/83 Vancouver 55/72 54/68 Baker City ing in the hurricane’s aftermath, although the government has cautioned that it still needs to check names against the rosters of people evacuated from the devastated islands or staying in shelters. On Thursday, a cluster of heavy thunder- storms heading to the Bahamas threatened to further drench those trying to salvage belongings or living in tents in hard-hit communities. Late in the day, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said the system was expected to become a tropical storm within 36 hours and would hit parts of the northwestern Bahamas with tropical storm-force winds and heavy rains. USAID offi cials, meanwhile, said they would distribute plastic sheeting ahead of the storm. As the cleanup continued, the fi rst hints of normalcy could be seen in Freeport, a city on Grand Bahama that is operated by a private company, which provides utilities and charges residents without any govern- ment involvement. Lights began to fl icker on in some neighborhoods, and crews were seen repairing transformers in other areas. Among those celebrating the return of electricity was Clifton Williams, who was driving home from work on Wednesday when he saw an illuminated streetlight for the fi rst time since the hurricane. “I didn’t expect that so quickly,” he said. “First thing I do, I cut on the fan and cool off myself,” he added, saying he slept well for the fi rst time in more than a week thanks to the fan. But the small villages that dot the east- ern coast of Grand Bahama have barely received any help. Some residents have been hitchhiking daily from Freeport to their destroyed homes to sort through their belongings and clean up. Tereha Davis, a 45-year-old fi sherwoman, said she was unable to fi nd a ride one day and ended up walking eight miles under the blistering sun. She piled up the things she managed to salvage until she could fi nd a ride back to Freeport with her few remain- ing possessions. On Wednesday, she walked through McLean’s Town wearing purple surgical gloves, taking a break from cleaning as she looked for something sweet to drink for a boost of energy. She found nothing. The Associated Press City Lewiston Longview Meacham Medford Newport Olympia Ontario Pasco Pendleton Portland Powers Redmond Roseburg Salem Spokane The Dalles Ukiah Walla Walla SAT. SUN. Hi/Lo/W 79/55/pc 70/58/c 77/45/pc 87/54/s 67/55/pc 68/55/c 86/51/s 84/58/pc 80/53/pc 75/59/pc 75/53/pc 82/46/pc 80/55/pc 75/56/pc 71/55/pc 80/56/pc 76/45/pc 80/61/pc Hi/Lo/W 75/54/sh 64/53/sh 71/46/sh 72/53/c 64/52/sh 63/47/sh 93/53/pc 73/52/c 69/52/sh 65/56/sh 65/53/sh 69/44/sh 65/54/sh 63/53/sh 65/51/sh 69/54/sh 70/44/sh 73/55/sh Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice Check out our new TV Magazine ANTHONY LAKES PHILLIPS LAKE Partial sunshine Nice with some sun 57 40 78 44 MT. EMILY REC. BROWNLEE RES. Some sun Partly sunny; nice 67 46 83 50 EAGLE CAP WILD. EMIGRANT ST. PARK Partial sunshine Partly sunny; nice 65 42 73 41 WALLOWA LAKE MCKAY RESERVOIR Partly sunny; nice Nice with some sun 78 48 80 50 THIEF VALLEY RES. RED BRIDGE ST. PARK Partly sunny Partly sunny; nice 83 46 80 48 Y R E EV Y A D FRI BL E LOGO REVERS R - COLO B
