Next Meeting: The Message, Meteorology & Myths of the Great Flood & Winter of 1861/62

RESCHEDULED NOVEMBER AMS MEETING

Oregon AMS members, colleagues, et al:

Due to a scheduling conflict, we are moving our November Oregon AMS meeting to early December. This will also allow for increased capacity. Please see updated information below. Again, there will be NO Oregon AMS meeting on November 19th 2019 at McMenamins. The next Oregon AMS meeting will occur on December 3rd 2019 at Stark Street Pizza. Same meeting, but on a different date and at a different (and larger) location.

NOVEMBER AMS MEETING NOW BECOMES DECEMBER AMS MEETING

When: Tuesday, December 3rd 2019. Social hour from 6-7:00pm, with the formal meeting beginning at 7:00pm.

Where: Stark Street Pizza – 9234 S.E. Stark Street in Portland. One block west of I-205 @ Stark

Driving Directions: https://tinyurl.com/y7yvm6co  

Topic / Title: “The Message, Meteorology & Myths of the Great Flood & Winter of 1861/62.”

Guest Speaker: Larry Schick, Seattle area TV Meteorologist, Atmospheric River Event Expert, Retired U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Meteorologist & More

Details: The winter of 1861-62 produced extreme flooding and cold along the West Coast of the United States from Washington and Oregon to California – the likes we have never seen. The Willamette River and many other rivers in Oregon and California saw record-high flows, which remain their records peak to this day. The Columbia and Fraser rivers are frozen. Sacramento is underwater. A vast inland sea inundates California’s Central Valley. A steamer navigates an engorged Willamette falls. East of the Cascades, a thermometer explodes from the cold. This presentation will explore the nature of these storms and the extraordinary weather produced in an eight-week period. The intensity, extent, and concentration of the storms are unprecedented.  But what really makes this winter unique and could it happen again?