What should Oregon do better when the next heat wave arrives?

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No images? Click here Saturday, July 10, 2021 SATURDAY FIRST LOOK Good morning, Northwest. In the wake of 116 heat-related deaths — and counting — we asked first-response, disaster-planning and communications experts what the state should do differently next time. Here's your First Look at Saturday's news.   How should we protect Oregonians from extreme weather? Oregon wasn't prepared for last month's record-breaking and deadly heat wave. Pictured, emergency workers respond to a heat exposure call on June 26, in Salem. And those high temperatures won't be the last time extreme weather threatens the state. Andrew Phelps, director of Oregon’s Office of Emergency Management, said he’s “more than concerned” that future heat waves could coincide with deadly wildfires, putting further stress on the state’s emergency infrastructure and testing its response in ways it never has before. Here's what Phelps and other experts say we should do to prepare for next time. (Amelia Templeton and Sam Stites) Learn more   An Oregon writer, on growing up Chicana Portland writer, Emilly Prado's debut memoir, “Funeral for Flaca,” features a collection of Chicana coming-of-age essays, which follow her chronologically through almost her entire life. Prado, explores her own identity, tracing it, sorting it, writing it and then rewriting it. She joined OPB’s Jenn Chávez recently for a conversation about memory, identity, healing, self-worth and everything in between. (Jenn Chávez) Learn more   Are you enjoying First Look? Share it with your friends:     The push to oust Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler has officially begun "Total Recall PDX," will be hitting the town with the goal of booting Mayor Ted Wheeler from office and needs to collect 47,788 valid signatures — 15% of the total number of Portlanders that voted in the 2018 gubernatorial election — to force a recall election. It’s a big lift for a group of leftist volunteers with a little over $50,000 in contributions, no big-name backers and less than three months to convince a city that just went through a mayoral election to do it again. (Rebecca Ellis) Learn more   Smoky skies in Southern Oregon as wildfires grow South and Central Oregon are seeing air quality advisories as two major wildfires in the regions burn through forests and force road closure as well as evacuation orders in some rural communities. The Bootleg Fire in Klamath County, which started on Tuesday, is 0% contained and likely to grow. In Douglas County, meanwhile, the Jack Fire is mirroring the Bootleg Fire with 0% containment as well. (Courtney Sherwood and Jeff Thompson) Learn more   Reporting you can trust. Stories that move our world forward. You make OPB possible.​ Become a Sustaining member       A billion-dollar deal for a Northwest winery Woodinville, Washington-based Ste. Michelle Wine Estates has been sold for about $1.2 billion to a private equity firm by its parent, the tobacco company Altria. The wine giant says it's the nation’s third-largest wine company, farming nearly 30,000 acres across Washington, Oregon and California and selling wines under labels including Chateau Ste. Michelle, 14 Hands, Columbia Crest, Erath, Intrinsic and Patz & Hall. (AP) Learn more     First Look is supported by: Become a sponsor You received this email because you opted to be a part of the OPB community. Thank you! OPB's "First Look" keeps you connected to what is happening here in the Pacific Northwest. Have feedback you'd like to share about First Look? We're all ears. Enjoying First Look? Share it with a friend.   Did you receive this email as a forward? Opt-in here. We won't share your email address with marketers. Contact OPB  | 7140 S Macadam Ave, Portland, OR 97219 | 1-800-241-8123       Share    Tweet    Share    Forward  Preferences  |  Unsubscribe