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Northwest
braces for
hottest day
of intense
heat wave
The Associated Press
PORTLAND — With an
unprecedented and danger-
ous heat wave gripping the
Pacifi c Northwest, offi cials
in Portland shut down light
rail and street cars due to
high temperatures, districts
halted summer school bus
service and people braced for
possibly the hottest day of the
scorcher.
Seattle, Portland and
other cities broke all-time
heat records over the week-
end, with temperatures soar-
ing well above 100 degrees
Fahrenheit. Forecasters said
Monday, June 28, would be
worse, with the mercury possi-
bly hitting 110 in Seattle and
115 in the Portland area before
it begins to cool June 29.
In Eugene, the U.S. track
and fi eld trials were halted
the afternoon of June 27 and
fans were asked to evacuate
the stadium due to extreme
heat. The National Weather
Service said it hit 110 in
Eugene, breaking the all-time
record of 108.
Portland on June 27
reached 112 degrees, break-
ing the all-time temperature
record of 108, which was set
just a day earlier.
The temperature hit 104 in
Seattle. The weather service
said that was an all-time
record for the city better
known for rain than heat and
was the first time the area
recorded two consecutive
triple-digit days since records
began being kept in 1894.
The heat wave stretched
into British Columbia, with
the temperature in Lytton, a
village in the Canadian prov-
ince, reaching 115 on June 27,
marking a new all-time high
recorded in Canada.
The heat wave also moved
into Idaho, where tempera-
tures above 100 are forecast
in Boise for at least seven
days starting June 28.
Cities were reminding
residents where pools, splash
pads and cooling centers
were available and urging
people to stay hydrated,
check on their neighbors and
avoid strenuous activities.
The National Weather
Service in Coeur d’Alene said
this week’s weather “will
likely be one of the most
extreme and prolonged heat
waves in the recorded history
of the Inland Northwest.”
An extended “heat dome”
parked over the Pacific
Northwest is causing the
extreme weather. Kristie Ebi,
a professor at the University
of Washington who stud-
ies global warming and its
eff ects on public health, said
the heat wave was a taste of
the future as climate change
reshapes global weather
patterns.
In Portland, authorities
said the high heat was strain-
ing the power grid and over-
head wires that propel the
MAX trains, so service was
being suspended through the
morning of June 29.
“The MAX system is
designed to operate in condi-
tions up to 110 degrees. Fore-
casts show it will likely only
get hotter,” the agency said in
a statement.
In Eastern Washington,
the Richland and Kennewick
school districts halted bus
service for summer school
because the vehicles aren’t
air-conditioned, making it
unsafe for students.
Cooling centers were
opened across the region
and people fl ocked to them
in Seattle, where only about
44% of households have air
conditioning, according to
U.S. census fi gures.
In Issaquah, Washington,
an outage June 27 left thou-
sands without power, and
some went to a community
center cooling station.
Donna Meade told The
Seattle Times that going
forward: “I will get air
conditioning. I thought I
could live through the heat,
but nope. We still have July,
August and the smoke to get
through.”
Tuesday, June 29, 2021
Lawmakers wrap up session with drama-free day
By CHRIS LEHMAN
The Oregonian
SALEM —The last day
of the 2021 Oregon legisla-
tive session was largely free
of drama or surprises. But
by the time the fi nal gavel
dropped at 5:37 p.m. Satur-
day, June 26, lawmakers had
approved billions of dollars
in spending that will touch
nearly every corner of the
state.
“This is truly historic,”
said Rep. Paul Holvey,
D-Eugene, as he urged the
House to approve a bill
that would fund more than
$2 billion in construction
projects at universities,
National Guard armories,
and a slew of other state
government buildings.
“Take note of that. You
won’t see that very often,”
he said, referring to the
overall amount contained
in the bill.
That sounded good to
Holvey’s colleagues, who
approved the measure 56-0
without debate.
All told, the House
approved 18 bills and the
Senate 46 on the fi nal day
of what turned out to be a
159-day session — one
day short of the maximum
allowed length for odd-num-
bered years under the
Oregon Constitution.
T he closi ng hou r s
featured breezy approvals
of agency budgets, a bill
to extend health insurance
coverage to low-income
Oregonians regardless
of immigration status, a
measure that would regulate
kratom and a bill to require
public schools to provide
free feminine hygiene prod-
ucts to students.
The Senate gave final
passage to the final eight
bills in a package of 22
designed to improve law
enforcement off icers’
training, regulate offi cers’
conduct and increase their
accountability for miscon-
duct. The eight included
bills to limit use of tear gas
and rubber bullets, require
large law enforcement agen-
cies to gain national accred-
itation and create model
training for workers across
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