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October 15, 2009

Oregon's New Orleans

What other town in Oregon has been washed away not once, but twice in the last few years and come back fighting and refusing not to be a community anymore?

First came the 500-year flood of February 1996. The isolated Columbia County community 40 miles northwest of Portland was almost entirely cut off by washouts, and more than 2,000 residents had to leave their homes.

Most returned and rebuilt, however, only to be struck by another, even worse flood in December 2007. It destroyed Vernonia's schools, water and sewer systems and much of the community's housing.

The Oregonian's editorial board brings us up-to-date on Vernonia in the Coast Range. Catch up along with us.

The job of rebuilding is not yet done.

Posted by The Chinuk at October 15, 2009 05:54 PM