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A2 THE BULLETIN • TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2022 The Bulletin How to reach us CIRCULATION Didn’t receive your paper? Start or stop subscription? 541-385-5800 PHONE HOURS 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday 7 a.m.-11 a.m. Saturday-Sunday and holidays GENERAL INFORMATION 541-382-1811 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri. ONLINE www.bendbulletin.com EMAIL news@bendbulletin.com AFTER HOURS Newsroom ................................541-383-0348 Circulation ................................541-385-5800 NEWSROOM EMAIL Business ........business@bendbulletin.com City Desk .............news@bendbulletin.com Features.................................................................. communitylife@bendbulletin.com Sports ................. sports@bendbulletin.com NEWSROOM FAX 541-385-5804 OUR ADDRESS Street .............. 320 SW Upper Terrace Drive Suite 200 Bend, OR 97702 Mailing ........... P.O. 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Heat records fell in all three states, topping old marks for the month by nearly a degree in Idaho and by more than a degree in Washington and Or- egon. Temperatures were far above normal. Idaho’s average temperature was 5.67 degrees Fahrenheit above the norm, while Wash- ington’s was 6.3 and Oregon’s 6.6. The three states also set re- cords for average temperature over a two-month period, July and August. The Northwest has now had hotter-than-av- erage summers for the past decade. “The real story is that we have this big cluster of years with temperatures well above normal,” Oregon State Clima- tologist Larry O’Neill said. “This is the kind of summer we’re expecting in the future. By 2050, this will be an aver- age summer,” he said. California nearly set a heat record for August. Only Au- gust 2020 was hotter. All four states, including California, set records for Au- gust nighttime temperatures. Washington State Climatol- ogist Nick Bond said green- BY MAXINE BERNSTEIN The Oregonian Two Nigerian nationals are accused of attempting to steal about $25 million from nearly two dozen hospitals, schools and universities around the United States, including about $2.9 million from Oregon’s Portland Public Schools dis- trict in 2019. Efeturi Ariawhorai, also known as Efeturi Simeon, 35, and Ikenna Nwajiaku, 41, each face an 11-count indictment, Power restored after fire, high winds Associated Press Dean Guernsey/Bulletin file Jeremy Prater douses his head July 26 at a cooling station on Hunnell Road in Bend, where temperatures hit 102 degrees, according to the National Weather Service. Oregon, Idaho and Washington recorded their hottest August temperatures in 128 years of record keeping. house gases are holding in heat at night, keeping tem- peratures up. “This is something we’re seeing more and more of,” he said. “It’s completely consistent with the physics. “It’s like we have a thin film of clouds even when it’s clear,” Bond said. “In the morning, you’re starting off at a higher (temperature) level.” Bond also noted there were few Pacific Ocean “weather disturbances” — the gentle summertime ver- sions of storms — to usher in cool breezes and sprinkles of rain. The hot summer came af- ter an unusually wet and cold April, May and much of June. Oregon’s summer was the fourth-warmest on record, surpassed by three recent years, 2016, 2017 and 2021. A warm north Pacific Ocean — reminiscent of “The Blob” that heated up the Northwest in 2013-15 — was another reason for the high temperatures, O’Neill said. Warm and humid air flowed into Oregon and also trapped heat, he said. “That was definitely a factor.” Idaho had its sixth-warmest summer, and California had its third-warmest. Across the U.S., it was the eighth hottest August on record Rain varied more in the states. Washington had its 16th driest August, while Or- egon had its 58th driest and Idaho its 69th driest. Califor- nia had its 18th wettest Au- gust. 2 Nigerian men charged in attempted fraud Alleged victims include Portland Public Schools, FBI says OREGON charging them with conspir- acy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. The two remain fugitives. Ariawhorai was arrested in Italy in November but fled house arrest before he could be transferred to Oregon. He’s believed to be living in the United Arab Emirates. Nwaji- aku is suspected of living in or near Lagos, Nigeria, according to federal investigators. The attempted theft from Portland Public Schools oc- curred when a fraudster pos- ing as one of the district’s con- struction contractors tricked employees into green-lighting the $2.9 million payment, dis- trict officials said at the time. The scam was caught while the millions were still in the fraudster’s bank account, and most of the money was re- turned to the district’s Wells Fargo account within days, of- ficials said. The two defendants’ alleged fraud occurred from August 2019 through December 2020 and targeted a total of about $25.2 million from 20 dif- ferent organizations, school districts or hospitals, the in- dictment said. The actual loss was $6.2 million to 15 organi- zations, according to investi- gators. Authorities urged victims of online or internet-enabled crimes to file reports online with IC3 at www.ice3.gov or call a local FBI field office. Utility companies said Monday they have re- stored power to tens of thousands of customers after shutting down ser- vice over the weekend to try to prevent wildfires during high winds, low humidity and hot tem- peratures. Both Portland General Electric and Pacific Power enacted planned power shut-offs Friday as high, gusting winds and low humidity moved into Or- egon, posing extreme fire danger. The utilities were con- cerned that the winds would cause power lines to break or sag, making sparks that could ignite tin- der-dry vegetation. Portland General Elec- tric halted power to about 37,000 customers in 17 service areas starting Fri- day, and Pacific Power shut down service to 12,000 customers. Power shut-offs due to fire weather, common in California, are new to the Pacific Northwest. The strategy appeared to be successful, with no major new blazes over the weekend. 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