I imagine they get lots of shelter from the mountains. talkswithstrangers   Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Actually the bad weather comes from the ocean, not the land. We get protection from the elements in Portland from the mountains. Probably from tsunamis too. :) LGrant   Wednesday, September 10, 2008

but in places like that, most of the rain falls on one side of the mountain. talkswithstrangers   Wednesday, September 10, 2008

That would be the Cascades and the Rockies. They block the rain from going to Eastern Oregon. It's more high-desert whereas the Coastal Range is smaller and limits some of the rain and cooler weather coming over to the Willamette Valley where Portland is but the folks right on the ocean like these get it all--full bore. LGrant   Wednesday, September 10, 2008