Day Nine~Write a News Artical

 Snow Day?

People everywhere in Central Oregon woke up on last Tuesday to a foot or more in snow. Central Oregon is known for its erratic weather. It can snow, rain, and be sunny all on the same day, but snow in January? Does not happen much.

Several feet deep in places, this sudden drop of snow caused delays, school cancellations, and several power outages. At least 12,000 households were without power for several hours. 500-1000 households were without power even longer than several hours. Days, actually. Some households had to go two nights with no power. While a shelter was provided by the city, families opted to sleep over at relatives and friends.

The snow, wet and heavy, collected on the branches of trees. Many branches, unable to support the extra weight, snapped, falling on power lines. This is the main cause to many of the power outages.

Over the next week, snow continued to fall. None with quite the result though. On Saturday, snow fell again, falling even deeper in some areas than the snow on Tuesday's. Yet being more dry, less heavy, and falling at a slower rate, it did not cause the problems that Tuesday's dump had caused.