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February sets snowfall
record in Pendleton
Settlement brings reforms
to Douglas County jail
Feb. 7 and 5 more on Feb.
8.
Smith said weather
systems have been “very
active” and keeping NWS
staff on the lookout for
changes. The agency
issued a winter weather
advisory over the region,
including northern Uma-
tilla and Morrow coun-
ties, which is in effect until
Thursday at 10 p.m.
That advisory warned
travel could be difficult due
to mix of snow, rain and
freezing rain, and drivers
needed to plan ahead for
slippery road conditions
and limited visibility.
For the latest road con-
ditions call 511 or go
online to www.tripcheck.
com.
The area looks to warm
up Friday with tempera-
tures into the high 30s and
lower 40s with the possi-
bility of a rain and snow
mix falling at night. Tem-
peratures drop to the 30s
on Saturday and early next
week any precipitation
probably will be snow, but
it may not amount to much.
The recent cold spell
also set a daily low tem-
perature on Feb. 7 in Mea-
cham, when the mercury
fell to -14 degrees, top-
pling the record from 2001
by a full 10 degrees.
By PHIL WRIGHT
East Oregonian
Snowfall for February
in Pendleton has already
risen to record highs. The
accumulation is more than
making up for the meager
trace that dusted the town
last month.
Jim Smith, meteorol-
ogist with the National
Weather Service in Pendle-
ton, said total snowfall for
February as of Wednesday
was 19.1 inches.
“The normal snowfall
for the month of Febru-
ary is 3.3 inches,” he said,
while the previous record
for the month was 16.8
inches in 1994.
“That was mostly on
one day,” he said, “when
16.1 inches fell on Feb. 24.”
Pendleton’s
typical
amount for the whole sea-
son is 19.8 inches. The
NWS takes the mea-
surements outside its
offices near the airport in
Pendleton.
Hermiston’s snowfall
for the month stands at 8.8
inches, Smith said, accord-
ing to the measurement at
the city’s water treatment
plant, which has been the
official site for 20 years.
The city’s record for Feb-
ruary is 9 inches from
2014, when 4 inches fell on
Woman sues
for inhumane
conditions
By ANDREW SELSKY
Associated Press
SALEM — Officials
in Douglas County agreed
Thursday to lower the num-
ber of inmates crammed into
a single cell and take other
actions after a woman filed a
lawsuit saying she was jailed
under inhumane conditions.
Under the settlement in
U.S. District Court, staff at
the Douglas County jail in
Roseburg — once known as
the timber capital of Amer-
ica — must document the
procedures so advocates
can ensure they’re being
followed.
Kelly Simon, an Ameri-
can Civil Liberties Union of
Oregon lawyer who repre-
sented plaintiff Terri Carl-
isle, said the documentation
is necessary because such
settlements can be used to
pull back a “steel curtain”
hiding conditions in over-
crowded jails across Amer-
ica that often operate with
little to no oversight.
Forecast for Pendleton Area
TODAY
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
Cloudy
A rain or snow
shower in spots
Mostly cloudy and
cold
Cold with partial
sunshine
Spotty showers in
the afternoon
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PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
31° 20°
33° 25°
30° 22°
HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
40° 28°
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Seattle
Olympia
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Longview
Kennewick Walla Walla
39/27
Lewiston
47/37
39/28
Astoria
48/37
Pullman
Yakima 36/25
45/33
40/25
Portland
Hermiston
48/35
The Dalles 40/28
Salem
Corvallis
49/37
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La Grande
40/24
PRECIPITATION
John Day
Eugene
Bend
50/37
40/24
40/24
Ontario
47/27
Caldwell
Burns
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28°
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29°
65° (2011) -11° (1929)
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Albany
49/36
Boardman
Pendleton
Medford
46/33
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WINDS (in mph)
45/26
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through 3 p.m. yest.
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TEMP.
Pendleton 38/21
51/37
24 hours ending 3 p.m.
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HERMISTON
Enterprise
40/27
37/28
28°
23°
46°
29°
66° (1898) -4° (1936)
AP Photo/Andrew Selsky, File
In this May 24, 2017, file photo, Terry Carlisle looks at the
Douglas County Jail in Roseburg where she was incarcerated
under what she describes as horrific conditions in 2015 for
drunken driving.
Carlisle was locked up in
2015 for driving under the
influence. She says a jailer
accused her of hoarding her
medication for a nerve dis-
order and punished her by
moving her to a hot, stinking
cell for six days crammed
with other female inmates
with one open toilet.
Some cellmates were
menstruating and denied
hygiene products, the lawsuit
says, adding that at least one
woman had an open sore but
received no medical atten-
tion and another woman was
vomiting.
Conditions were so grim
in the jail’s general popu-
lation that one inmate had
another break her arm so
she could get out for medical
treatment, Carlisle said.
The settlement also
allows inmates to shower
twice a week and provides
menstruating prisoners with
hygiene products.
County Commissioner
Chris Boice, who signed the
settlement, declined to com-
ment. Sheriff Jon Hanlin,
named as a defendant, was
unavailable for comment,
his office said. A department
spokesman didn’t return a
call.
Nationwide, jails log 12
million admissions a year,
mostly low-income people
arrested for minor offenses
who can’t afford bail,
according to the Vera Insti-
tute of Justice, an organiza-
tion based in New York that
seeks to improve the jus-
tice system. It says many
jails are crowded, with poor
sanitation.
“Lawsuits can help stop
counties from crowding peo-
ple into jail cells without
meeting their basic needs,”
said Jacob Kang-Brown at
the institute. “But because
litigation has constraints, we
need to have a larger conver-
sation about oversight across
the U.S. that can ensure
incarcerated people’s rights
are respected.”
Carlisle’s civil rights were
violated under the Eighth
Amendment, which prohib-
its cruel and unusual pun-
ishment, according to the
lawsuit filed in U.S. District
Court in Eugene in May 2017
by the ACLU of Oregon and
the Criminal Justice Reform
Clinic at Lewis and Clark
Law School.
It claims medicine to
relieve her peripheral neu-
ropathy was withheld as
punishment, causing sharp
pains.
Under the settlement, no
inmate can have prescription
medicine discontinued with-
out medical review; the jail
commander will meet with
medical staff at least once
a week with the meetings
documented; and the hold-
ing cell, where up to a dozen
women had been held, will
be limited to nine inmates.
The suit also names Cor-
rect Care Solutions, head-
quartered in Nashville, Ten-
nessee, which contracted
to provide medical care
for inmates. It did not join
the settlement and litiga-
tion against it continues.
The company previously
declined comment on the
allegations.
Simon credited Carlisle,
a former health care worker,
for standing up for her rights.
“I don’t think we have
change without people like
Terri Carlisle who have the
courage to raise their voices
and say ‘enough is enough,’
to have the courage to claim
their dignity in the face of
people who want to treat
them like animals,” Simon
said.
Carlisle said she hopes
the county adheres to the
settlement.
“I’m concerned about
accountability,” Carlisle said
in a phone interview. “Who’s
going to make sure that
they’re holding up their end
of the bargain?”
Under the settlement,
Douglas County also agreed
to pay Carlisle’s attorney
fees of $25,000.
PRECIPITATION
Moses
Lake
46/31
Aberdeen
32/23
33/22
Tacoma
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Wenatchee
46/35
Friday, February 15, 2019
Today
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Klamath Falls
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NATIONAL EXTREMES
Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states)
High 84° in McAllen, Texas Low -28° in Dunkirk, Mont.
NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY
Feds requiring regional response
teams for potential oil train wrecks
By JOHN RABY
Associated Press
CHARLESTON, W.Va.
— Federal transportation
officials are requiring rail-
roads to establish regional
response teams along oil
train routes following a series
of fiery derailments.
The new rule announced
Thursday is aimed at having
crews and equipment ready
in the event of an accident.
It applies to oil trains in con-
tinuous blocks of 20 or more
loaded tank cars and those
having 35 loaded tank cars.
The U.S. Department of
Transportation’s
Pipeline
and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration issued
the rule in coordination with
the Federal Railroad Admin-
istration. The pipeline safety
agency said a review identi-
fied challenges that occurred
during previous responses to
derailments.
“This final rule is neces-
sary due to expansion in U.S.
energy production having
led to significant challenges
for the country’s transpor-
tation system,” the agency
said.
In 2014, the agency issued
a report detailing the con-
cerns of fire chiefs and emer-
gency management officials
Telegraph Herald via AP/Mike Burley, File
In this March 5, 2015, file photo, smoke and flames erupt
from the scene of a train derailment near Galena, Ill.
in oil train accidents, includ-
ing that emergency respond-
ers were not fully aware of
resources available from
railroads and other organiza-
tions that would be helpful in
preparing for such disasters.
Rail carriers now will be
required to provide infor-
mation about oil trains to
state and tribal emergency
response agencies and iden-
tify someone to oversee
each response zone along
with organizations, crews
and equipment that would
be used in a “worst-case
discharge.”
Environmentally sensitive
areas along the route must
be identified, along with the
location where the response
team will deploy and the
location and description of
equipment. A railroad must
indicate whether information
should be exempt from pub-
lic disclosure due to security
or proprietary concerns.
Transportation Secretary
Elaine Chao said in a state-
ment the rule “will make the
transport of energy products
by railroad safer.”
The greatest share of oil
now moved by the nation’s
140,000-mile freight rail net-
work goes from the Bakken
oil patch of North Dakota
and Montana to the West
Coast.
In 2013, a runaway train
carrying crude oil from
North Dakota derailed in
Lac-Megantic, Quebec, and
exploded, killing 47 peo-
ple. Other fiery crashes and
fuel spills have occurred in
Alabama, Illinois, Montana,
North Dakota, Oregon, Vir-
ginia, West Virginia and
elsewhere.
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