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OFF PAGE ONE East Oregonian Page 2A Wednesday, January 24, 2018 MEASURE 101: ‘This is an overwhelming victory for everyone who counts on Medicare’ to band together against anyone who tries to take their health care away.” On Tuesday morning, Parrish said was still unsure what voters would decide. She suspected the timing of the special election could hinder turnout and chided Democratic colleagues for placing the measure on the January ballot instead of the November general election. “I have no sense of what tonight’s outcome will be,” Parrish said. “Win or lose, health care is a mess. My colleagues have kicked the can down the curb to the next biennium.” The lawmaker, whose cell phone number appeared in the special election voters’ Continued from 1A “This is an overwhelming victory for everyone who counts on Medicare for their health care,” she said. “Everyone deserves afford- able health care.” In recent weeks Wentz stumped for the measure, saying the fate of more than 350,000 people added to the Oregon Health Plan as part of Medicaid expansion was uncertain if the measure failed. She also feared losing federal matching funds if the measure went down. With it, she said, the state puts up the $210 to $320 million it raises from the tax and it gets matched and expanded to $1.3 billion Staff photo by E.J. Harris Dan Lonai, Umatilla County Department of Adminis- trative Services director, verifies a ballot total while counting ballots Tuesday at the Umatilla County Court- house in Pendleton. by federal dollars. Wentz said the election result was a clear message that “Oregonians are going pamphlet, maintained throughout the campaign that most of the $320 million shortfall could instead come from elsewhere and that the tax hurts individuals, small businesses, school districts, college students and non-profits, while exempting unions and corporations like Nike. “We set out to let the voters vote,” Parrish said. Sen. Bill Hansell, R-Athena, learned the results during a surprise birthday party thrown for him by friends. It was the only sour note of the night for him. Hansell opposed the bill for two reasons. First, he said, he worries that this type of assessment, which he believes is really a tax, could become a funding model for other programs. Secondly, the ballot measure language wasn’t written by the Attorney General, but rather by legislators who supported it. “If you could write your own measure, then you can present it in a way that’s to your advantage,” Hansell said. “I think that’s what happened here. This whole process was flawed and nontransparent. A lot of voters in rural Oregon saw through that.” ——— Contact Kathy Aney at kaney@eastoregonian.com or 941-966-0810. Undersea quake sends Alaskans fleeing from feared tsunami By MARK THIESSEN and BECKY BOHRER Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A powerful undersea earthquake sent Alaskans fumbling for suitcases and racing to evacuation centers in the middle of the night after a cellphone alert warned a tsunami could hit communities along the state’s southern coast and parts of British Columbia. The monster waves never materialized, but people who fled endured hours of tense waiting at shelters before they were cleared to return home. “This was a win as far as I could tell,” said Marjie Veeder, clerk for the city of Unalaska, which is home to the international fishing port of Dutch Harbor in the Aleutian Islands. “We got advance warning and were so thankful for that.” The magnitude 7.9 quake in the Gulf of Alaska trig- gered the jarring alert that roused people shortly after midnight Tuesday. Fleeing motorists clogged some highways in their rush to higher ground. Many took refuge at schools or other shelters. Even for Alaskans accus- tomed to tsunami threats and tsunami drills, the phone message was alarming. It read: “Emergency Alert. Tsunami danger on the James Poulson/Daily Sitka Sentinel via AP People line the hallway at Sitka High School Tuesday, in Sitka, Alaska after tsunami sirens and cell phone messages told residents to find higher ground after a 7.9 mag- nitude earthquake struck in the Gulf of Alaska. coast. Go to high ground or move inland. Listen to local news.” There were no reports of damage, not even on Kodiak Island, the closest land to the epicenter. Only after the all-clear was sounded did a little levity emerge. In Kodiak, a customer’s Facebook post suggested a post-evacuation meal at King’s Diner: “Hungry? Tsunami got you up early?” Eleanor King opened the diner at the usual time of 6 a.m. By the time customers started arriving, the excite- ment had passed and people just sat around quietly eating their meals, speaking little of the quake. The temblor reminded King of a deadly 1964 quake that generated tsunamis that killed 129 people and wreaked widespread devas- tation — events that remain vivid in the memories of many Alaskans. “It started out just like the big one,” she said. “It was very slow and rolling, a good resemblance to the big one. That’s what scared us.” Tuesday’s quake was recorded at 12:32 a.m. in the Pacific Ocean about 170 211 S.E. Byers Ave., Pendleton 541-276-2211 333 E. 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Circulation Manager: Marcy Rosenberg • 541-966-0828 • mrosenberg@eastoregonian.com Copyright © 2018, EO Media Group FRIDAY THURSDAY Cloudy, a little rain; breezy Intermittent snow and rain 51° 33° 47° 36° SATURDAY An afternoon shower Occasional rain and drizzle 48° 43° Cloudy with a little rain 55° 45° HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 50° 35° 54° 32° PENDLETON through 3 p.m. yesterday TEMPERATURE HIGH LOW 47° 31° 42° 28° 63° (1935) -20° (1930) PRECIPITATION 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Last year to date Normal year to date 0.09" 1.24" 1.11" 1.24" 1.33" 1.11" HERMISTON through 3 p.m. yesterday TEMPERATURE HIGH Yesterday Normals Records LOW 39° 30° 43° 29° 60° (1947) -26° (1930) PRECIPITATION 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Last year to date Normal year to date 0.02" 0.81" 0.96" 0.81" 1.39" 0.96" SUN AND MOON Sunrise today Sunset tonight Moonrise today Moonset today First Full Jan 24 Jan 31 7:25 a.m. 4:50 p.m. 11:19 a.m. none Last New Feb 7 48° 44° 57° 42° Seattle 49/37 ALMANAC Yesterday Normals Records 49° 35° Feb 15 Today SUNDAY PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 45° 35° Spokane Wenatchee 40/30 38/25 Tacoma Moses 49/35 Lake Pullman Aberdeen Olympia Yakima 48/30 43/31 48/39 47/36 49/28 Longview Kennewick Walla Walla 49/39 51/33 Lewiston 54/33 Astoria 49/35 50/39 Portland Enterprise Hermiston 49/37 Pendleton 43/26 The Dalles 54/32 51/33 48/31 La Grande Salem 45/25 49/38 Albany Corvallis 48/37 48/36 John Day 47/26 Ontario Eugene Bend 45/32 46/35 45/27 Caldwell Burns 47/33 42/18 Astoria Baker City Bend Brookings Burns Enterprise Eugene Heppner Hermiston John Day Klamath Falls La Grande Meacham Medford Newport North Bend Ontario Pasco Pendleton Portland Redmond Salem Spokane Ukiah Vancouver Walla Walla Yakima Hi 50 42 45 48 42 43 46 51 54 47 41 45 43 46 48 49 45 53 51 49 48 49 40 43 49 51 49 Lo 39 25 27 40 18 26 35 32 32 26 23 25 25 32 40 40 32 31 33 37 23 38 30 23 39 33 28 W r c r r c sn r r r c r r r r r r c r r r r r r r r r sh Hi 49 41 40 47 36 38 44 45 50 42 37 41 39 45 47 49 45 48 47 47 42 47 38 38 46 46 45 Today Beijing Hong Kong Jerusalem London Mexico City Moscow Paris Rome Seoul Sydney Tokyo Lo 8 62 44 42 44 11 44 42 1 73 26 W s pc pc r pc c c s s c pc Lo 39 24 28 40 20 26 35 34 35 31 25 29 28 34 40 39 29 34 36 38 25 37 29 27 38 36 27 W r sn c r c sn r sn sn c sn sn sn r r r c sn sn r c r sn sn r sn sn Thu. 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Northern California: Downpours today, except snow in the interior mountains. 0 0 1 1 0 NEWS • To submit news tips and press releases: call 541-966-0818 or email news@eastoregonian.com • To submit community events, calendar items and Your EO News: email community@eastoregonian.com or call Tammy Malgesini at 541-564-4539 or Renee Struthers at 541-966-0818. • To submit engagements, weddings and anniversaries: email rstruthers@eastoregonian.com or visit www.eastoregonian. com/community/announcements • To submit sports or outdoors information or tips: 541-966-0838 • sports@eastoregonian.com Business Office Manager: Janna Heimgartner 541-966-0822 • jheimgartner@eastoregonian.com COMMERCIAL PRINTING Production Manager: Mike Jensen 541-215-0824 • mjensen@eastoregonian.com Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. WORLD CITIES Hi 28 71 52 56 66 20 55 59 15 86 43 Classified & Legal Advertising 1-800-962-2819 or 541-278-2678 classifieds@eastoregonian.com or legals@eastoregonian.com NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY Thu. WINDS Medford 46/32 Coastal Oregon: Rain, heavy at times today. Showers tonight. Occasional rain tomorrow. Corrections REGIONAL CITIES Forecast “really, really loud,” and it became clear quickly they needed to evacuate, he said. The family decided to flee to Alemany’s parents’ home. They had to decide on the fly whether to take their dog and three cats. They didn’t, in spite of their son’s protestations. “I’ve never seen so much traffic on our roads,” he said. “At 3:30 in the morning, it was like there were 4,000 extra people in town or something because everybody was headed up the street.” The time between the siren sounding and the all-clear was tense, and his son and daughter were scared. “But in the main, I think people kind of knew what they needed to do and just waited for information,” he said. Back in Alaska, people reported on social media that the quake was felt hundreds of miles away, in Anchorage. Reports varied about how long the quake’s shaking lasted, depending on location. The quake was the planet’s strongest since an 8.2 magnitude in Mexico in September. The East Oregonian works hard to be accurate and sincerely regrets any errors. If you notice a mistake in the paper, please call 541-966-0818. ADVERTISING Advertising Director: Marissa Williams 541-278-2669 • addirector@eastoregonian.com Advertising Services: Laura Jensen 541-966-0806 • ljensen@eastoregonian.com Multimedia Consultants: • Kimberly Macias 541-278-2683 • kmacias@eastoregonian.com • Jeanne Jewett 541-564-4531 • jjewett@eastoregonian.com • Dayle Stinson 541-278-2670 • dstinson@eastoregonian.com • Angela Treadwell 541-966-0827 • atreadwell@eastoregonian.com • Audra Workman 541-564-4538 • aworkman@eastoregonian.com • Grace Bubar 541-276-2214 • gbubar@eastoregonian.com Subscriber services: For mail delivery, online access, vacation stops or delivery concerns call 1-800-522-0255 ext. 1 — Founded Oct. 16, 1875 — TODAY miles southeast of Kodiak, home to one of the nation’s largest Coast Guard bases. It prompted the warning across thousands of miles of Alaska’s southern coast, from Attu in the Aleutian Islands to Canada’s border with Washington state. Kodiak is about 200 miles south of Anchorage, the state’s largest city, which was not under a tsunami threat. Elsewhere in the United States, Washington state, Oregon, California and Hawaii were under tsunami watches, which eventually were lifted. Officials in Japan say there was no tsunami threat there. The state has an active tsunami-readiness program, and many communities have sirens and evacuation plans. In British Columbia, sirens blared and officials banged on doors to wake people from their sleep as a tsunami warning was issued along a large swath of the Canadian province’s coastline. “I just heard the firetrucks going around, honking their horns and on the loud speaker saying there is a tsunami warning,” said Gillian Der, a University of British Columbia geography student who is studying on Haida Gwaii, off the coast of British Columbia. “It was very apocalyptic.” Chris Alemany, who lives in the Vancouver Island community of Port Alberni, Canada, said he was sleeping soundly with earplugs when his 10-year-old son barged into his bedroom and woke him up. Alemany had not heard the sirens, even though they are a block and a half from his home. When he took out his earplugs, the noise was 0 8 a.m. 10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. 0-2, Low 3-5, Moderate 6-7, High; 8-10, Very High; 11+, Extreme The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ num- ber, the greater the need for eye and skin protection. Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2018 -10s -0s showers t-storms 0s 10s rain 20s flurries 30s 40s snow ice 50s 60s cold front 70s 80s 90s 100s warm front stationary front 110s high low National Summary: Seasonable air is forecast today for the Midwest and East with snow showers from the upper Great Lakes to the Appalachians. Heavy rain with mountain snow will fall from Northern California to Washington. Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states) High 84° in Hollywood, Fla. Low -18° in Angel Fire, N.M. 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