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March 20, 2019
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t he P ortland o bserver
A city of Portland construction
crew on Monday fills a whole
left in the street caused by a
broken water main, a major
supply line that caused flooding,
evacuations and a power
outage of over 10,000 homes.
Portland Water Bureau crew
worked around the clock from
when the pipe burst Saturday
morning until a replacement
was set and buried Monday
morning.
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70th Church Anniversary
Family and Friends Worship Service
Theme: “Built and empowered by Jesus to witness and serve”
Matthew 16:18-19
Colors: Navy Blue & Sliver
Speaker: Reverend Doctor Johnny Pack IV,
Pastor Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church
When: Sunday, March 24, 2019 at 4:00 P.M.
Where: Maranatha Church
4222 NE 12th Avenue,
Portland, OR 97211
‘It looked like a river’
C ontinued from f ront
affected street in one to two weeks,
officials said. Until then, it’s ad-
vised to avoid the area as crews
conduct their work. In addition,
the tap water of the area is okay to
drink, but people should wait until
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the discolored water runs clear, ad-
vises Multnomah County.
In addition to the flooding,
which saw firefighters carrying
people on their backs through an-
kle-deep water so people could
reach their vehicles or traverse
flooded areas, a power shutdown
also occurred as a safety precau-
tion. From the early afternoon
Saturday to about 7 p.m. about
10,000 affected customers of Pa-
cific Power were without electric-
ity in northeast Portland. About
10 homes which had equipment
damaged by flooding did not have
their electricity restored until later.
At Waffle Window on Alberta
Street, one of the areas impacted,
the peak lunch rush for a sunny
weekend day became something
out of a bad stress dream about
work, manager Jordan Nidig told
the Portland Observer.
“I was in the back and my ca-
shier girl up here, she started
screaming. She said it looked like
a wall of water heading down the
street… I kind of like brought ev-
eryone inside, barred the door,”
Nidig said.
Thankfully for him, the busi-
ness was on a few steps up, so no
water seeped in. Customers were
evacuated out the back door.
Neighboring
businesses
weren’t so lucky. Crew at the Thai
Noon Restaurant said water en-
tered their store and they had to
mop it up, but it didn’t cause any
damage.
Water was two to three inch-
es deep at Akasaru Ramen, its
co-owner Soyoung Chon told the
Portland Observer. There, it crept
behind their front register, into
the kitchen. Luckily their perish-
able food and building in general
was spared of any water damage,
though she said they were hit with
a monetary loss from having to
close up shop for several hours.