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UtterlyBoring.com is produced by Jake Ortman (e-mail, resume), a 30-year-old dad, percussionist, freelance Web designer, consultant and jack-of-all-trades computer geek, living in Bend, Oregon. He created this so that his expensive journalism and technology degree isn't getting totally wasted. In addition to editing this site in his free time, he is the IT Director and Ad Designer at both Sunray and Discover Sunriver. He has LinkedIn, MySpace, Facebook profiles if you're trying to stalk him.
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Central Oregon's burning to the ground -- againLooks like some areas East of Bend are on fire. Thanks to several consecutive days of 100+degree temps and very dry conditions, this entire county is going to go up in smoke in no time at all. Many of our guests here at work have tee-times today and tomorrow at Lost Tracks Golf Club -- and the road getting to the course is closed because of the fire. So it looks like we're going to be having a bunch of angry guests calling us because they can't golf. They'll hold us accountable, because they know we were the ones that started the fires. It's amazing to me how tourists leave their brains at home when they travel. Update on 7/24: The golf course is open, and actually being used -- they're taking water from the course's ponds and dumping it on the fire. The fire is now 2000 acres, and luckily the winds are blowing it away from Bend. The smoke in the air is pretty thick (as the fire's about 10 miles Northeast of my office) and there's a bit of ash on my car. Full Story on bend.com. I remember looking up at Pilot Butte (and big ol' butte right in the center of town) last night and looking at all the cars driving up to the top to see the fire. There were cars wrapped all the way up the butte full of people gawking at it. Posted by Jake on 07/24/03 @ 01:19 PM
Posted in Local | 5 Comments | Permalink Submit to digg, del.icio.us, reddit, or stumbleupon 5 CommentsRob Salzman said on 07/23/03 @ 03:34 PM:It sure felt good when **I** got home to put my brain back in. (grin) Jake Ortman said on 07/23/03 @ 03:38 PM: I believe it. I've seen too many people drive the wrong way around the traffic circles in Sunriver that I truly believe that folks leave their brains at home. How hard is it to FOLLOW DIRECTIONS! They've made the circles very difficult to go the wrong way on, but it still happens. It's a local joke around here that once you see somebody go the wrong way, Summer's officially here. Rob Salzman said on 07/23/03 @ 03:53 PM: I stopped by your office. But, being a tourist, I forgot that people don't work after 7:30. After all, it was still hot, and bright! Oh well, next year I'll visit you, if we have a job and can afford to come back. Barney Lerten said on 07/27/03 @ 02:35 PM: Thanks for the plugs of bend.com Jake, but tell me ... when oh when is someone gonna put a cool, wide-angle, zoomable, high-quality, high-speed, user-movable WEBCAM atop Pilot Butte? I think the props for whoever invested in such would be so magnanimous! I'd sure love it;-) Jake Ortman said on 07/29/03 @ 04:37 PM: If I had the means, I'd do it myself :-) I'd have to have some sort of fire-proof enclosure, however, for when the 4th of July hits. But if I could do it, I would, that's for sure. We just gotta convince Bend Cable to run some fiber up there and we're good to go! :-) Post a comment |
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