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Windstorms -- Oregon -- Portland

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

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Dorothy Knittel letter about windstorm in Portland

 Collection
Identifier: Coll857
Abstract

Letter from Dorothy Knittel to Robert W. Jorg, in which she describes her experiences in a windstorm the previous day. The windstorm blew from Washington State to the San Francisco Bay Area, reaching gusts over 70 miles per hour in the Willamette Valley and causing property damage and power outages in the Portland area.

Dates: 1945 December 5