Опять похолодало…

После нескольких, очень теплых дней, в Портланде снова наступила весна, более того, уже начинают говорить о “почти рекордных низких температурах” мая. А, в общем-то, ничего необычного, снова льет дождь.

PORTLAND, Ore. — The thermometer only briefly reached 50 degrees Wednesday, breaking the record for the coldest high temperature for this date. The previous coldest high for May 22 was 55 degrees, back in 1980.
The records for coldest high temperatures during the last week of May range from highs of 53 to 57 degrees, althogh the record book shows record-low highs in the 50s as late as June 29th.
Timberline Lodge reported eight inches of new snow and mountain passes from Government Camp to Willamette Pass to Santiam Pass all had snowfall on Wednesday.
Mount Hood campgrounds like Trillium Lake that were bare and brown earlier in the week were also dusted in snow, despite a scheduled opening for the Memorial Day Weekend.

Полностью.

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Демократия в действии…

А еще, вчера в Портланде прошло незапланированное голосование. Одним из вопросов был, нужно ли добавлять в питьевую воду — фтор. Вопрос, явно, неоднозначный, кто-то говорит что это полезно для зубов, кто-то говорит, что это очень неполезно для всего остального организма. В общем, основные СМИ почти однозначно просили жителей Портланда проголосовать за добавление фтора. Однако, большинство решило что этого делать не стоит.

PORTLAND – Proponents of fluoride conceded Tuesday evening after the measure was losing with close to 60 percent of voters opposing it.
After 129,663 ballots were counted in Multnomah County, and 160,769 ballots returned, any hope for fluoride passing was gone Tuesday night.
Turnout in Multnomah County was near 36 percent, which was high for an off-year election.
The Portland City Council voted for fluoridation last fall. But an anti-fluoride group collected enough signatures to put it to a vote. Votes in three previous elections have rejected it.
“We again are really excited about it. Our volunteers have really done a lot of work. We’re all grass roots,” said Kellie Barnes with Clean Water Portland after hearing the results.
“I think what happened was they had a much simpler message ‘no’… It’s very difficult to fight against a campaign that can fight or say anything they want,” said Alejandro Queral with Healthy Kids, Healthy Portland.
Phone canvassers on Monday were working at Healthy Kids, Healthy Portland — the pro-fluoride campaign. They also had people going door to door. Clean Water Portland, the anti-fluoride campaign, was also working the voters in the final hours, arguing fluoride is not healthy.

Полностью.

“Против” проголосовало почти 60 процентов принявших участие в голосовании.

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