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On a whole, we struggle with conflict in this society. We take feedback as a criticism of ourselves, rather than as an invitation to modify our behavior. By personalizing feedback, we increase the chances that we’ll get defensive or aggressive in response to a comment. Why is this important? Because this dynamic contributes to us avoiding giving direct feedback. In the case of this pandemic, the results of avoiding conflict can be life-threatening. People are violating the laws intended to protect us. They are wearing masks incorrectly, which spreads the virus. If we avoid conflict and don’t give feedback on this behavior, we side with the virus and allow it to grow. This is a gentle reminder to speak up. Take a deep breath and gently speak up. Let people know, with kindness, how they can help protect all of us. We are all in this together!
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The Forecast
| Your favorite beach | Dawn Patrol |
9am- 11:30a |
11:30a- 3pm |
3pm- dusk |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rooster Rock | beach | closed | buns | clothed | |
| Steven’s Locks | W5-15 | W5-15 | W5-15 | W5-15 | |
| Swell-Hood River | W5-15 | W5-15 | W5-15 | W5-15 | |
| Doug’s, Lyle, Rowena | W5-15 | W5-15 | W5-15 | W5-15 | |
| Rufus, etc. | W5-15 | W5-15 | W5-15 | W5-15 | |
| Roosevelt & Arlington | W5-15 | W5-15 | W5-15 | W5-15 | |
Gorge Wind Forecast
Here is the latest update on launch sites. All land managers are encouraging people to not travel to access recreation, and all are carefully watching to see if people maintain social distancing. If crowding happens, water access will be revoked. If you are local and lucky enough to have water access in your community, please do this: rig, play, leave. Recreate and go home. That’ll both help limit the spread of SARS-COV-2 and will increase parking availability.
Washington and Oregon State Parks in the Gorge will likely remain closed until the end of May (Rowena, Doug’s, Hatchery, Viento). Swell City is closed. The Hook is open for windsurfing and SUP. No kiting allowed from the Hook. The Spit and Marina are open. The Event Site is closed. Army Corps has reopened Avery and Roosevelt but NOT The Wall or Rufus. Mosier is only open for residents of Mosier. Stevenson launches are closed. Arlington is open.
Low pressure continues to plague the coast waters for the next week or so. Westerlies lie low, perform unreliably, and practice extreme gustiness in response. For Wednesday, expect a cloudy day with light wind. Morning westerlies peak at 13-16 near Viento and 5-10 in other locations. The rest of the day brings up and down westerlies all through the Gorge. Max wind at any given place at any given time will be 13-16 or so, but it’s not really possible to make any guarantees about any particular launch.
Thursday starts with calm wind. It picks up to W 10-13 from Stevenson to The Dalles after 2pm. We may see a short-lived burst of gusty 20-23 east of The Dalles in the evening, but that’s also unlikely; atmospheric instability, rain, and possible thunder is likely to nullify afternoon wind potential.
Friday starts with W 12-15 east of Biggs and decreases to light easterly during the day as a frontal system approaches. Saturday looks light and variable, and Sunday looks slightly windier, but quite rainy. Thanks, upper level low!
Jones, Sauvie’s, and Coast forecast are on break to discourage travel.
Mt. Hood Weather Forecast
Timberline will be reopening on May 15th with exemplary guidelines for protecting guests and staff from the transmission of novel coronavirus. Please read their guidelines and rules here. Well done, T-Line! The Mt. Hood weather forecast will be on vacation unless something interesting happens in the weather up there. For now, and neither in-bounds nor out-of-bounds snowsports are available to you. Some of you will be tempted to go out backcountry skiing. Please don’t – accidents do happen, and you may put others at risk. Timberline, Skibowl, and Meadows are all closed to uphill traffic at this time.Hood River Weather Forecast
Cloudy weather starts the day and ends it. There’s a tiny chance of thunder later, but it’s probably way too cloudy. Temps will be near 50 early and in the mid 60’s later. Light west wind. 12% chance of rainbows. Thursday looks cloudy with sunbreaks in the afternoon. Chance of thunder, heavy showers, and hail in the afternoon. Temps will be in the upper 40’s early and low 60’s later. Calm wind early. Light westerlies later. 18% chance of rainbows. Friday looks partly cloudy early, clear midday, and partly cloudy later. Temps will be in the mid 40’s early and near 70 in the afternoon. Light and variable wind. No rainbows. Rain returns midday Saturday and sticks around for the weekend. Looking for a complete Columbia Gorge forecast? Looking for more humor in your weather? Obscenities? You’re looking for my TATAS: Temira’s Awesome Travel Advisory Service on Facebook.Cycling
Trails and roads on Hood River County land (Post Canyon, Pine Mont), have opened for residents of Hood River County ONLY. There is no parking in the county forest. Giant signs say “No parking, no exceptions”. USFS lands (Syncline, 44 Road Trails) remain closed. State Parks (Columbia Hills) are closed.
Kreps and SDS lands have reopened. Most DNR lands (including Buck Creek, Nestor Peak, and I believe Cold Creek) have reopened. BLM trails in Oregon (Sandy Ridge) appear to be open. Please do not travel outside your own community to access trails at this time – the official recommendation is to travel no more than 50 miles from home. Please maintain social distancing and do not recreate (shuttle, carpool. ride) with people from outside your household.
When I was in Post Monday, I saw six cars parked past the giant “No Parking, No Exceptions” sign. I also saw three large groups of people riding – clearly not riding “with members of your household only”. I want to thank the other two concerned locals who stopped me to talk about this and also took a very important step: talking to the people who were violating the rules. People, your actions could result in the trails shutting back down. Not cool. Other people: if you see people doing this, please say something to them. It’s important that we work as a community on this rather than avoiding conflict and remaining silent. People are most likely to hear the message if it’s delivered to them personally, rather than over social media.
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