It’s another great morning for fishing on the Columbia, with light wind and a pretty sunrise. 19,856 Chinook made it past Bonneville yesterday, and so did 1492 steelhead. If you’re out fishing this morning, you’ll want to exit the water by midday. As a cold front approaches this afternoon, we’ll see increasing westerlies. By noon, we should have 13-16 from Stevenson to The Dalles. The wind will increase to gusty 24-28 this afternoon. Stevenson looks like a good bet. Viento/Swell/Hood River should be good for a couple hours early afternoon. After that, you’re driving east to Rowena, Rufus or Arlington, although the chances of catching non-gusty Maryhill/Wall/Rufus are minimal. Continued after the chart.
| Your favorite beach | Dawn Patrol |
9am- 11:30a |
11:30a- 3pm |
3pm- dusk |
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| Rooster Rock | lots | of | sandy | skin | |
| Steven’s Locks | light | 10-13 | 21-24 | 24-28 | |
| Hatchery/White Salmon Sandbar (minus a few for Hood River) | 7-10 | 15-18 | 24-28 | 20-23 | |
| Doug’s, Lyle, Rowena | light | 10-13 | 24-28 | 24-28 | |
| Rufus, etc. | light | 10-13 | 24-28 | 24-28 | |
| Roosevelt, etc. | light | 10-13 | 20-23 | 24-28 | |
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Gorge Wind Forecast, continued…
Tomorrow sees high pressure rebuild over the Northwest behind the passage of that cold front. We’ll see westerlies at 7-11 in the morning and 13-16 by mid-afternoon, possibly fading in the afternoon. The strongest wind tomorrow will be Viento-Mosier early and Stevenson to Mosier in the afternoon.
Tuesday sees high pressure off the coast and low pressure inland. That’ll give us 10-13 to start and 22-25 in the afternoon, strongest near Hood River.
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Out on the coast, you shall find… (north/central/south)… Today: light/light/25-30, W swell 4′ @ 9 seconds. Tomorrow: 20-25/25-30/30-35, W 5′ @ 9. Tuesday: 5-10/15-20/30-35, W 5′ @ 9.
Jones n’ Sauvie’s beta test forecast. Jones today, 5-10. Jones tomorrow, 16-19. Jones Tuesday, 13-16. Sauvie’s today, no, sorry. Sauvie’s tomorrow, 10-13. Sauvie’s Tuesday, 10-13.
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Mt. Hood Snow Forecast
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Random Morning Thoughts
I’ve been thinking a lot about income inequality lately: here in America, wealth has not been this concentrated at the top since just before the stock market crash of 1929. That doesn’t mean there’s another crash coming; it’s just a point to consider. A discussion that seems to go hand-in-hand with talk of inequality is talk of income redistribution. And horror at the idea. An interesting point was raised by a politician the other day: over the last 30 years, money has been redistributed (mostly because of implementation of trickle-down economic theories) from the poor and middle class to wealthier folks.
That, apparently, is okay, because it’s in line with the American Dream: work hard, and you shall become successful and wealthy. And then when you’re wealthy, you’ll give lots of money to charity to help others. (As for that second point – as wealth moved up the food chain over 2006-2012, giving by the wealthiest as a percentage of income went down.)
I find myself angry here: Can anyone, in good conscience, say that the working poor, who often work 50, 60, 70 or more hours a week just to make ends meet, aren’t working hard? That they shouldn’t achieve the financial success bestowed upon others? Does nobody see that our society is built in such a way that there must always be millions of people pumping gas, flipping burgers, answering hotlines, and serving in other low-pay positions? There are not enough good-paying jobs for all of us to achieve income stability with the minimum wage far below a living wage.
I cannot tell you if redistribution of income downward by increasing taxes on the wealthy is fair. I cannot tell you if the redistribution of wealth upward by the tax policies of the last 30 years is fair. You have the right to make up your own mind on that. All I can point out is that Bernie is correct: we’ve increased inequality and redistributed wealth from the poor to the rich due to our policies over the last few decades, not due to people at the top working hard or people at the bottom slacking off. It’s time to decide whether we plan to do anything about this. Inequality: your contemplation for the day. May you be awesome.
Gorge Weather Forecast
Yet another beautiful sunrise happened in the Gorge today, and we’ll likely see another one tomorrow as a weak cold front moves through the PNW. Expect a mostly sunny morning with increasing clouds this afternoon. Temps will be in the low 50’s early and the upper 70’s later. Light wind early, moderate to strong wind late. Tomorrow starts off partly cloudy with temps in the low 50’s and clears off with temps in the mid 70’s in the afternoon. Light to moderate wind. Tuesday starts off chilly with temps in the low 40’s, but it’ll still warm up to the low 70’s. Light wind early. Moderate late. No rainbows for the three day period.
White Sprinter Van of the Day
Road and Mountain Biking
Nothing has changed on the trails since yesterday. Our next chance of change, in other words, our next chance of rain, is next Thursday or Friday. Despite that, we are down to Industrial Fire Protection Level 2, meaning Post has reopened to motorized use. In road biking news, the next three mornings look nice: light wind and no rain.
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Cascade Acupuncture Center
During the month of September we will be celebrating our 10th Anniversary by offering raffles for FREE services and products in all of our clinics. Come by our clinics and fill out a raffle form.
Hood River is open Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri and Sat, The Dalles is open Tue, Wed, Thur and Fri and Stevenson is open Mon and Thur. Call CAC for a free 15 minute consultation in any of their clinics!
Upcoming Events
Today’s events include the Gorge Kids Triathlon at Hood River’s Waterfront Park. All kids are welcome, even if they can’t swim- they can jog through the water instead – and even if they don’t have a bike – Anson’s Bike Buddies will be on hand with loaners.
Other events today include the three Sunday by-donation Yoga classes. There’s one at 9am at Yoga Samadhi in White Salmon, a YogaFaith class at Pure Yoga in The Dalles at 4, and a plain-old community yoga class at Root Down in Hood River at 6 tonight. There’s also pickup rugby at 3 in Mosier and Ping pong at Hood River’s armory at 5:30.
If you’re already looking ahead to next weekend, it’s HopsFest in Hood River on Saturday. Next Sunday is a fundraiser run for the Hood River Valley High School cross-country team. Meet next Sunday morning at 9am at Kickstand Coffee for a 4 mile run – all proceeds go to the Cross-Country team.
Have an awesome day today!
Temira
