HASSO HERING

A perspective from Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley

Power failure results in sewage spill

Written April 19th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

Bowman Park on the Willamette River in Albany was closed today because of an overflow of untreated sewage caused by a power failure that shut down the city’s treatment plant and related pump stations.


A noisy time at the farmers’ market

Written June 16th, 2018 by Hasso Hering

[youtube video=”1Hd7uG1twJs”] What’s a little extra noise when you’re at the Albany Farmers’ Market?


Power failure: What caused it

Written May 1st, 2014 by Hasso Hering

A crew was working at Pacific Power’s Hazelwood substation in West Albany Thursday, installing a modern breaker to replace one that suffered a “catastrophic failure” on Monday afternoon, causing a widespread power outage in Albany and Corvallis. To learn more about the cause, I talked Thursday with Doris Johnson, Pacific’s Albany-area business representative, and James […]


No signals but no chaos

Written April 28th, 2014 by Hasso Hering

When a power failure hit the Albany area on Monday afternoon and knocked out all the traffic signals, motorists did what they usually do when this happens: Without being told, they took turns.


 
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