HASSO HERING

A perspective from Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley

Mirror pond still reflects Periwinkle School

Written January 28th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

At the risk of seeming repetitive, here’s another look from Albany’s Periwinkle Park toward Periwinkle Elementary School, taken Sunday.


Draining a ‘lake’ behind Albany school

Written January 26th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

The huge puddle behind Perwinkle Elementary School in Albany was being drained today, the city parks department reports.


Staying out of trouble on flooded road

Written January 19th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

On my first bike ride after Oregon’s mid-January ice and snowstorm, I found Bryant Way closed near the Albany city limit.


Checking riverside parks for high water

Written December 4th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

The Willamette River at Albany was expected to crest at just under 20 feet in the early hours Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service, well below the flood stage of 25 feet.


Try to save some of that water?

Written December 15th, 2015 by Hasso Hering

One of my bike routes takes me to first to Bryant and then to Bowman Park on the Willamette River in Albany. And every time the regular seasonal flooding closes the parks, as now, I wonder the same thing: Wouldn’t it be useful if we could store at least some of the water that rushes […]


It was just a trickle

Written December 25th, 2014 by Hasso Hering

The sign on Bryant Way was right on Christmas Eve, but just barely.


Look at all that wasted rain

Written December 23rd, 2014 by Hasso Hering

The flooding that had been forecast for the Willamette River over the last few days did not materialize. But there’s still a lot of water running down the river past Albany. Shouldn’t we try to store some of that water?


 
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