COFFEE BREAK
8B — THE OBSERVER & BAKER CITY HERALD
MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2019
Husband checks out of marriage
after wife’s cancer diagnosis
DEAR ABBY: I need some advice for my
dear friend. She needs to have chemotherapy
and her husband says he won’t help her
when she gets sicker from the meds. She is
devastated and feels like he isn’t even her
husband anymore.
He told her he will move out and put her
into a nursing home and that they can break
up. Any advice?
— DEVASTATED IN THE
MIDWEST
DEAR DEVASTATED: I
am appalled. That someone
could be so heartless and
cruel is deplorable. Your
friend’s husband appears to be one of those
who becomes so freaked out by his spouse’s
cancer diagnosis that he cuts and runs
instead of standing by her when the going
gets tough. (Yes, regrettably, there are some.)
Her top priority right now has to be
getting through this challenge, regardless
of what it involves. Are there supportive
friends or family members who are willing
to see her through the term of her treat-
ment?
If so, that’s what I recommend.
When she recovers — because with the
advances that are being made in cancer
treatment every day, it is entirely possible —
I hope she realizes how lucky she is to be rid
of this poor excuse for a man.
you should agree to leave the arrangement
the way it is.
DEAR ABBY: I live in a neighborhood
with nosy neighbors who like to gossip. My
wife and I are private people and keep our
business to ourselves. There is one person,
a man who recently moved here, whom I
consider to be my only good friend.
The other day my friend
showed me a text he had
DEAR
received from another one of
ABBY
my neighbors — a doctor —
asking him if I had a certain
medical condition. My friend
responded by saying that the topic had not
been discussed. I find the inquiry to be inap-
propriate. It’s really none of his business. I
also believe my neighbor the doctor showed a
lack of character and poor judgment. I value
your input. Are my feelings out of line?
— TICKED OFF IN TAMPA
DEAR TICKED OFF: Your feelings
are not out of line. If the doctor is truly
concerned about your well-being and not
neighborhood gossip, he should have asked
you that question directly.
David Goldman/The Associated Press
‘Flash drought’ worsening
across 14 Southern states
weather
Mitigation Center in Ne-
braska.
“Typically we look at
drought as being a slow
onset, slow-developing type
phenomenon compared to
other disasters that rap-
idly happen, so this flash
drought term came about,”
Fuchs said. “The idea is
that it’s more of a rapidly
developing drought situa-
tion compared to what we
typically see.”
Fuchs said he expects
scientists to have further
discussions about flash
droughts, and perhaps de-
velop parameters for what
constitutes a flash drought.
Climate change is
expected to make this kind
of drought even hotter in
the southern Great Plains,
the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration
reported recently.
In a separate report this
summer, NOAA scientists
and researchers with the
University of Colorado
Boulder studied the impacts
of the intense 2017 flash
By Jess Martin
The Associated Press
ATLANTA — More than
45 million people across 14
Southern states are now in
the midst of what’s being
called a “flash drought”
that’s cracking farm soil,
drying up ponds and raising
the risk of wildfires, scien-
tists said Thursday.
The weekly U.S. Drought
Monitor report released
Thursday shows extreme
drought conditions in parts
of Texas, Alabama, Georgia,
Kentucky, South Carolina
and the Florida panhandle.
Lesser drought conditions
also have expanded in parts
of Arkansas, Louisiana and
Mississippi.
Overall, nearly 20 percent
of the lower 48 U.S. states is
experiencing drought condi-
tions.
The drought accelerated
rapidly in September, as
record heat combined with
little rainfall to worsen the
parched conditions, said
Brian Fuchs, a climatologist
at the National Drought
DEAR ABBY: My father was killed recent-
ly in a shooting. I have received text messages
and phone calls from my immediate family
and close friends. My mother-in-law was
thoughtful enough to send me a card, and I
called to thank her the day I received it.
My husband has other close relatives.
None of them called me, not even my sister-
in-law. They have my number, so that’s not
the issue. Is this the norm in the United
States? I ask because I come from a different
background, and I find this disheartening.
— GRIEVING IN NEVADA
DEAR GRIEVING: Please accept my
deepest sympathy for the tragedy that took
your father. When something so out of the
ordinary happens, many people don’t know
what to say.
While something as simple as, “I’m so
sorry,” or, “You are in my prayers, and my
thoughts are with you,” would suffice, they
are so fearful they will say the wrong thing
that they say nothing. Your husband’s fam-
ily may fall into this category. Please try to
forgive them.
DEAR ABBY: I am divorced and live
alone, which I enjoy. I’m a homebody — I
work and come home.
I dated a woman many years ago and we
have reunited. I’m very much in love with
her. She has family not far from here, and if I
marry her, I know I’m going to be inundated
with visits from them on a regular basis.
Problem is, I love my privacy. I’m getting cold
feet because of this. I have lived the way I do
for a long time and I’m happy with it.
— COLD FEET IN THE SOUTH
DEAR COLD FEET: Have you talked
to this lady about your concerns? If you
haven’t, it’s time, because it’s entirely pos-
sible that she loves her family as much as
you love your privacy and won’t want to be
isolated from them.
In a situation like yours, if there is no
compelling reason to tie the knot, perhaps
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TUE
WED
THU
FRI
Mostly cloudy, a
shower
Sunny and
colder
Sunny, but cold
Mostly sunny
and cool
44 18
49 20
55 25
Eugene
0
2
3
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47 24
55 31
0
2
3
La Grande
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Comfort Index™ 10
Enterprise
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Comfort Index™ 10
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0
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ALMANAC
SATURDAY EXTREMES
TEMPERATURES Baker City La Grande Elgin
NATION (for the 48 contiguous states)
High Saturday
Low Saturday
High: 104°
Low: 11°
Wettest: 2.63”
61°
27°
60°
29°
59°
32°
PRECIPITATION (inches)
Saturday
0.00
Month to date
Trace
Normal month to date 0.09
Year to date
7.03
Normal year to date
7.71
0.00
Trace
0.15
12.51
11.69
0.00
0.01
0.18
22.69
16.03
HAY INFORMATION TUESDAY
50%
WNW at 7 to 14 mph
9.8
0.08
RESERVOIR STORAGE (through midnight Sunday)
Phillips Reservoir
Unity Reservoir
Owyhee Reservoir
McKay Reservoir
Wallowa Lake
Thief Valley Reservoir
22% of capacity
27% of capacity
63% of capacity
38% of capacity
23% of capacity
11% of capacity
Brookings
Burns
On Oct. 7, 1902, a waterspout was spotted
off Cape May, N.J. When the fi rst chilly air
masses of fall cross warm bodies of water,
waterspouts form.
SUN & MOON
Sunrise
Sunset
Moonrise
Moonset
770 cfs
1 cfs
14 cfs
46 cfs
78 cfs
37 cfs
Full
MON.
TUE.
6:58 a.m.
6:22 p.m.
4:05 p.m.
12:34 a.m.
6:59 a.m.
6:20 p.m.
4:38 p.m.
1:34 a.m.
Oct 13
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New
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Silver Lake
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Paisley
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Medford
49/63
53/63
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Lakeview
36/60
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McDermitt
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RECREATION FORECAST TUESDAY
TUE.
WED.
Hi/Lo/W
55/36/sh
54/26/pc
65/36/pc
63/45/pc
59/25/pc
59/42/pc
58/33/pc
54/29/sh
51/30/c
60/35/pc
62/37/pc
55/38/sh
55/33/sh
51/29/sh
48/27/sh
61/38/pc
60/23/pc
61/22/pc
Hi/Lo/W
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45/20/s
49/27/pc
65/47/s
45/14/s
59/38/s
59/32/s
44/21/pc
42/20/s
60/32/s
56/24/s
56/30/s
42/22/sf
41/18/s
36/17/sn
56/25/s
50/19/s
44/16/s
TUE.
City
Lewiston
Longview
Meacham
Medford
Newport
Olympia
Ontario
Pasco
Pendleton
Portland
Powers
Redmond
Roseburg
Salem
Spokane
The Dalles
Ukiah
Walla Walla
WED.
Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
59/36/c 49/27/s
53/35/pc 56/31/s
48/28/c 39/17/s
63/37/pc 62/33/s
55/38/pc 56/38/s
54/34/pc 55/31/s
64/37/pc 54/28/s
62/38/pc 57/27/s
57/34/pc 50/26/s
56/38/sh 59/36/s
60/40/pc 61/35/s
55/26/c 48/19/s
60/39/pc 60/35/s
57/34/pc 58/32/s
51/28/pc 44/23/s
58/38/pc 58/31/s
48/26/r 38/14/s
57/35/pc 52/28/s
ANTHONY LAKES
PHILLIPS LAKE
A bit of icy mix
Showers
35
15
49
BROWNLEE RES.
A shower
Spotty showers
23
58
EMIGRANT ST. PARK
A shower
A morning shower
39
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44
25
WALLOWA LAKE
MCKAY RESERVOIR
Spotty showers
A p.m. shower
48
27
55
32
THIEF VALLEY RES.
RED BRIDGE ST. PARK
A shower; cooler
A shower
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Astoria
Bend
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Brookings
Burns
Coos Bay
Corvallis
Council
Elgin
Eugene
Hermiston
Hood River
Imnaha
John Day
Joseph
Kennewick
Klamath Falls
Lakeview
Diamond
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Coos Bay
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Oakridge
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Seneca
REGIONAL CITIES
MOON PHASES
STREAM FLOWS (through midnight Saturday)
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
WEATHER HISTORY
AGRICULTURAL INFO.
Lowest relative humidity
Afternoon wind
Hours of sunshine
Evapotranspiration
Jasper, Ala.
Lyman, Wyo.
Savannah, Ga.
High: 75°
Low: 22°
Wettest: none
Elkton
Council
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Bend
Powers
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John Day
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Sisters
Florence
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Halfway
Granite
Baker City
Redmond
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very comfortable while a rating of 0 feels very uncomfortable.
Monument
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Newport
Enterprise
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Corvallis
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La Grande
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Idanha
Salem
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showers late
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Elgin
Pendleton
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drought in the northern
Great Plains, which caused
$2.6 billion in losses in the
region. A more arid land-
scape due to climate change
“will make droughts of
similar intensity 20 percent
more likely than in the
past,” NOAA said in a sum-
mary of the research.
The current drought has
been putting stress on a
wide variety of crops across
the South, including cotton
in Alabama, peanuts in
Georgia and tobacco in Vir-
ginia, according to reports
from the National Drought
Mitigation Center.
Pumpkins are faring
better in Alabama, though
they’re somewhat smaller
this year due to the drought.
“We would have liked
to have had a few more
pumpkins this year, but
we do have pumpkins and
we are selling pumpkins _
that’s the good news,” said
Doug Chapman, a commer-
cial horticulture expert with
the Alabama Cooperative
Extension System.
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A man sun-
bathes amidst
patches of
dried out lawn
from a lack of
rain in Atlanta.
Scientists say
more than
45 million
people across
14 Southern
states are now
in the midst of
a drought that’s
cracking farm
soil, drying up
ponds and rais-
ing the risk of
wildfires.
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