Ma mua o ka hapalua miliona mau kānaka i hoʻoneʻe ʻia ma muli o ʻO nā ahi ahi ahi o Oregon. Hōʻike kēia ma luna o 10 pākēneka o ka mokuʻāina holoʻokoʻa o 4.2 miliona.
Ma ka liʻiliʻi he 3 mau kānaka i make i ke ahi ma muli o ka hoʻokau ʻia ʻana he haneli mau tausani e heʻe mai ko lākou mau home. Maikaʻi ʻole ka maikaʻi o ke ea ma nā wahi he nui, a ke hana nei nā outages uila i nā wahi he nui.
Ma kahi o 800 mile kuea o ka ʻāina i puhi ʻia me kahi ahi 3,000 ma kahi o ke ahi e hakakā ana me 37 mau ahi ahi e ʻā ana i kēia lā. Ma mua o 100,000 mau ʻeka e ʻā ʻia e nā ahi 5 me 1 wale nō ka pākēneka e paʻa ana.
ʻAneʻane kokoke i nā wahi nui āpau o Oregon mai Ashland a Portland ma Interstate 5 e hoʻopili ʻia. Aia he 2 mau ahi ma nā kalana o Clackamas a me Marion a nā luna e manaʻo ai e hui pū ʻia, e hoʻoneʻe i nā poʻe noho o Molalla a me Estacada. Ke makaʻala nei ʻo Portland no ka hiki ke hoʻoneʻe ʻia. ʻO ka hoʻoweliweli mai kēia mau ahi 2 i hoʻonāukiuki i nā luna o ka mokuʻāina e haʻalele iā Coffee Creek Correctional Facility, kahi e noho ai ka mokuʻāina i nā wahine āpau e mālama a hana i nā paʻahao āpau e komo i ka ʻōnaehana hoʻoponopono.
Ma kēia manawa ʻaʻohe wahi o Multnomah County i neʻe ʻia, eia naʻe, kauoha ʻo Meia Ted Wheeler e pani ʻia nā pāka o ke kūlanakauhale no ka maikaʻi ʻole o ka ea, a ke hana nei nā luna kalana e wehe i ka Oregon Convention Center ma Portland ma ke ʻano he puʻuhonua no ka poʻe e holo mai ke Kalana ʻo Clackamas.
Ua haʻi aku ke kiaʻāina ʻo Oregon ʻo Kate Brown i kahi pilikia kūloko ma ka mokuʻāina holoʻokoʻa a ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia e ʻike paha ka mokuʻāina i ka lilo nui loa o ka waiwai a me nā ola mai nā ahi ahi ahi i kāna mōʻaukala e ʻōlelo nei ua ʻike ka mokuʻāina i nā kūlana ahi i loko o 3 mau makahiki. ʻO nā kūlana maloʻo a me ka haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa e hāʻawi i nā ahi ahi a me nā makani hikina o ka wā kauwela, ka loli, a me ka kūkulu wahie ulu lāʻau.
Ua hoʻopuka ke kiaʻāina ʻo Brown i kahi kauoha hoʻokō i kēia lā e hōʻemi i ka hōʻemi kālā ʻana i ka wā o ka ulia pōpilikia āpau. Ua hoʻolaha ʻo ia i kahi "hoʻohaunaele mākeke kūlohelohe" ma hope o ka hōʻike ʻana i kahi piʻi maʻamau o ka uku hoʻokipa no ka poʻe Oregonians i koi ʻia e neʻe ma muli o nā ahi ma ka mokuʻāina holoʻokoʻa. Wahi a Brown, aia kekahi mau hopohopo no ka hiki i nā ahi ahi ke alakaʻi i ka hemahema o nā waiwai a me nā lawelawe e pono ai.
"I ka wā o ka ulia pōpilikia mokuʻāina, ʻaʻole ʻae ʻia e hōʻemi i ke kumukūʻai o ka poʻe Oregonian i kū ʻē ʻia a ke kū nei i ka nalo weliweli," wahi a ke kiaʻāina. "Hāʻawi kēia kauoha i ka Loio Kuhina a me ka Oregon Department of Justice e noiʻi i kēia mau hanana."
