I was walking the neighborhood on the morning of December 4th when I heard siren after siren and thought nothing more of it than a probable automobile accident on a dangerous stretch of Highway 99 that parallels Westmoreland Park. That evening, I watched the news on television and learned what the sirens were all about: at approximately 7:30 AM, high water on Johnson Creek in SE Portland swept away a man under the Tacoma Street bridge, the site of a homeless encampment.
Sad state of affairs. Looking forward to part II..