People cool off in the Willamette River at Wallace Marine Park on Sunday, July 18. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) This article was updated following the governor’s declaration of a state of emergency. Salem is expected to get another round of hot weather this week, with temperatures forecast to reach more than[Read More…]
Tag: HEAT WAVE
Uncategorized ‘We thought the danger was over’ – five local lives lost in heat wave
A Meals on Wheels volunteer carries a large electric fan for delivery to a client ahead of a heat wave on June 25, 2021 (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) Vickie Jones asked her great-grandson to check on her husband as he watched TV upstairs in the old farmhouse in northeast Salem the[Read More…]
Uncategorized Free transit, functioning call centers could have saved lives during heat wave, state says
Paul Smith, right, watches a movie while cooling off at the cooling center at Mid-Willamette Valley Community Action Agency on Saturday, June 26, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) As Salem is predicted to see more triple digits temperatures, the Oregon Office of Emergency Management said better planning could have saved lives[Read More…]
Uncategorized Marion County heat-related deaths include unsheltered, RV residents without AC
A sign for cooling centers at Mid-Willamette Valley Community Action Agency on Saturday, June 26, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Lisa Letney found Anthony Mathis, 61, up against a fence trying to get shade near Market Street along Interstate 5. It was Saturday, June 26, when temperatures in Salem topped 104[Read More…]
Uncategorized PHOTOS: Salem turns to river, ice cream to cool off in face of record heat
Adam Frey splashes Oliver the dog with water as the two float in an inflatable kayak at Wallace Marine Park on Saturday, June 26, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) People stand in the shade of the Marion Street Bridge in Wallace Marine Park while others cool off in the Willamette River[Read More…]
Uncategorized HEAT WAVE FORECAST: Salem’s Saturday temperature sets record, another likely Sunday
People cool off in the Willamette River at Wallace Marine Park on Saturday, June 26. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Salem recorded triple digit temperatures Saturday afternoon, with local temperature peaking at a record 105 at 4:56 p.m., according to the National Weather Service. Records were set throughout the Willamette Valley, with[Read More…]
Uncategorized HEAT WAVE: As health agencies advise staying inside, farmworkers will be on the job around Salem
(Yadira Lopez/Malheur Enterprise) Farmworkers in the Willamette Valley know hot weather means blueberries will ripen faster. That means more work to be done during a heat wave that’s expected to send local temperature soaring into the triple digits this weekend. As the Salem area prepares for the heat, organizers with[Read More…]
Uncategorized HEAT WAVE: Meals on Wheels delivers fans to elderly in need
A free standing electric fan awaits delivery to a client of Meals on Wheels in Salem on June 25, 2021. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) When Jim Franklin reported for his Thursday shift delivering food to the elderly for Salem’s Meals on Wheels program, staff members said they were short about 10[Read More…]
Uncategorized HEAT WAVE FORECAST: Here’s the latest forecast ahead of a hot weekend
Atlas St. Onge, 18 months, pulls a truck through the Willamette River below Wallace Marine Park while walking with his uncle, Jack Baumeister, and grandmother, Melanie Baumeister, on Thursday, July 30. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Sunday could be hotter than initially expected, with a chance of hitting 115 degrees, according to[Read More…]
Uncategorized HEAT WAVE: Know when to seek medical attention for heat-related illness
People gathered on the gravel bar below Wallace Marine Park to cool off in the Willamette River on Thursday, July 30, 2020. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Dr. Ralph Yates has spent much of his medical career caring for athletes as a family medicine doctor. While seniors and young children are especially[Read More…]
