KPTV (Fox Portland) late news - 2006-11-26 - 1 of 2

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[0:00] Tonight,

[0:02] if you've gotten some of your things

[0:03] taken away at the airport, you might be

[0:05] able to get them back. We'll tell you

[0:07] where the TSA turns to sell your stuff.

[0:10] Plus, some of us had a messy drive home

[0:12] from the holiday weekend. But could snow

[0:15] be on its way for tomorrow morning's

[0:17] commute? We'll have your first live

[0:19] local forecast. But first, they went

[0:22] looking for a Christmas tree, but now

[0:23] the search is on for a missing family of

[0:26] six. They said they found tracks and

[0:28] footprints, but they don't know if

[0:31] that's theirs.

[0:32] >> Team coverage of the search in the

[0:34] mountains is First on Fox.

[0:37] >> Good evening. Thanks for joining us. I'm

[0:38] Wayne Garcia

[0:39] >> and I'm Shauna Parsons. First on Fox

[0:41] tonight, a family of six is missing in

[0:43] the mountains after a Christmas tree

[0:44] hunt. The two adults and four kids told

[0:47] friends they'd be in the Lost Lake area

[0:49] near Mount Hood looking for a tree

[0:50] yesterday, but the family never came

[0:53] home. Rescuers believe they're in an

[0:54] area around Lolo Pass Road. We have live

[0:57] team coverage tonight. KPTV's Jim Hyde

[0:59] will have reaction from those

[1:00] desperately waiting on the family safe

[1:02] return. But we begin with KPTV's Hillary

[1:04] Hutcherson live in Hood River with the

[1:06] latest on the search. Hillary?

[1:09] Yeah, we're at the Hood River County

[1:10] Sheriff's Office where we've just

[1:12] learned that the sheriff and the under

[1:14] sheriff have personally joined their

[1:16] deputies in an all-night search for the

[1:18] family. They told us that just moments

[1:20] ago they found tire tracks on a Forest

[1:22] Service back road and they have just

[1:24] begun to follow those tracks. So, we'll

[1:26] see how that develops. Also, we know

[1:28] that Clackamus County has joined in the

[1:29] search as well.

[1:32] >> County Sheriff's Office.

[1:33] >> Tonight, it's a juggling exhibition as

[1:35] Hood River County dispatchers manage

[1:37] calls from local and national media and

[1:40] coordinate a dual agency search for the

[1:42] missing Vancouver family,

[1:43] >> trying to find out, you know, when they

[1:46] were last seen, where they were going to

[1:47] be going. National Forest is pretty

[1:49] large, so where they were going to go to

[1:51] get their Christmas tree.

[1:52] >> Randy Kellums, his four daughters, ages

[1:54] 4, 7, 9, and 14, his live-in girlfriend

[1:57] Tam Waricki, and their golden retriever

[2:00] are missing. When they didn't return

[2:02] home yesterday from a Christmas tree

[2:03] hunt in Hood River County's Lost Lake

[2:05] area, a relative called 911.

[2:09] Deputies on snowmobiles roared over the

[2:11] freshly widened landscape today,

[2:13] searching for any sign of the family.

[2:15] >> We're looking for distress signs. We did

[2:17] check a couple side roads that kind of

[2:19] drop off down where there was some

[2:20] Christmas trees, but there was this it

[2:22] was just total snow. There was no

[2:24] markings of any uh vehicle going down

[2:26] there. And we also looked for footprints

[2:28] and there was no footprints.

[2:29] >> This would be the second night the

[2:31] Kellum spanned in the forest and the

[2:33] sergeant says the urgency grows by the

[2:35] minute

[2:35] >> up in this area. Um it the clouds can

[2:38] suddenly move in and it can start

[2:40] dumping a lot of snow.

[2:41] >> But a lead tonight in the dispatch

[2:43] center. A hunter called in to report

[2:45] seeing the missing family driving

[2:46] yesterday afternoon on a paved road in

[2:49] the Lost Lake area.

[2:50] >> We're not sure which route they went

[2:51] back home.

[2:54] >> Now, Randy Kellum's truck is a 2003 gray

[2:58] full-size Toyota Tundra pickup with a

[3:00] canopy and the words Pacific

[3:02] Communications written in white

[3:03] lettering on the side with an emblem of

[3:06] an eagle. Now, we're told the family

[3:08] likely has warm clothing and maybe some

[3:10] food and water, but certainly not

[3:11] prepared to spend one night, let alone

[3:13] two nights in the national forest.

[3:15] Reporting live tonight in Hood River,

[3:17] Hillary Hutcherson, the 10:00 news.

[3:19] >> As searchers comb the area around Mount

[3:21] Hood, searching for the Kellum's family,

[3:23] Ry's mother and ex-wife in Vancouver can

[3:25] only sit at home and wait for news.

[3:27] KPTV's Jim Hyde talked with Ry's family

[3:30] today and continues our team coverage

[3:31] live in Vancouver. Jim,

[3:33] >> that's right, Wayne. We are outside the

[3:34] home now where his mother, Randy

[3:37] Kellum's mother, and his ex-wife are

[3:38] indeed waiting patiently in Vancouver,

[3:40] waiting for word from the searchers,

[3:43] hoping that the four girls, her

[3:45] ex-husband and his friend are simply

[3:47] stuck in the new fallen snow together.

[3:51] >> This morning, Kim called me and said

[3:53] they weren't back yet, and so we came

[3:55] right over here and started making phone

[3:57] calls.

[3:58] >> Deborah Carter met her former

[3:59] daughter-in-law at Ry's home. That's

[4:01] where he daughters Madison, Emily,

[4:04] Autumn, and Jessica, ages four to 14,

[4:07] were to return by Saturday night. Ry's

[4:10] girlfriend Tam Waricki also joined in

[4:12] the trip to Mount Hood to cut a

[4:14] Christmas tree. Hood River Sheriff's

[4:16] search and rescue team members were

[4:17] joined by Clackamus County deputies this

[4:19] evening. They searched in the snow while

[4:21] Deborah Carter and Kim Kellums tried to

[4:24] pinpoint on a map where the six people

[4:26] could be. Kim was particularly concerned

[4:28] about 9-year-old Autumn, who takes daily

[4:31] medication for seizures.

[4:32] >> She has autism and seizures um caused

[4:35] from the bright light. So, I'm mainly

[4:38] concerned of the snow and the brightness

[4:40] of it.

[4:40] >> The women are trying to remain positive

[4:42] about the prospects, though the six

[4:44] people in Randy Kellum's four-wheel

[4:46] drive truck are more than 24 hours

[4:48] overdue.

[4:49] >> They said they found tracks and

[4:51] footprints, but they don't know if

[4:54] that's theirs or somebody else's. Both

[4:56] women say they talked by phone with the

[4:57] sheriff's department in Hood River and

[4:59] they're waiting for some good news.

[5:01] >> They need to get their buns home.

[5:03] >> A neighbor here in Vancouver tells me

[5:05] tonight that Randy Kellum's headed to

[5:07] Lost Lake Road to look for a Christmas

[5:09] tree last year. This year they hope the

[5:11] search is just taking a little bit

[5:13] longer and that they all they will all

[5:15] six be found soon. Reporting live here

[5:18] in Vancouver, Jim Hyde, the 10:00 news.

[5:21] >> Tomorrow's commute could be slowgoing.

[5:23] Tonight, temperatures are dropping and

[5:25] we could wake up to some snow or ice on

[5:27] the roads tomorrow. We have team

[5:29] coverage tonight. Fox 12 chief

[5:30] meteorologist Mark Nelson will have the

[5:32] latest information in his forecast. But

[5:33] we begin with KPTV's Kevin Quarry who's

[5:36] live in the West Hills to tell us how

[5:37] the weather is affecting people in our

[5:38] area tonight. Kevin? Right. And Sean, in

[5:40] just the last 10 to 15 minutes, we've

[5:42] started seeing some rain mixed with

[5:43] snow. It's too faint for the camera to

[5:45] pick it up, but it's been falling pretty

[5:46] steadily out here. Also dropping

[5:48] steadily has been the temperature. Our

[5:49] thermometer bouncing between about 35

[5:51] and 36° out here tonight. Now, people we

[5:54] talked to tonight who know Portland

[5:55] weather well say these are the kind of

[5:57] conditions they've just come to expect.

[6:03] Earlier tonight, drivers had no problem

[6:05] navigating the roads one of Portland's

[6:07] highest spots, but streets like this

[6:09] could look a lot different in the

[6:11] morning.

[6:11] >> I live in Portland.

[6:13] You never know what it's going to do.

[6:15] Five, wait 5 minutes, it'll change.

[6:17] Susan Hughes was out in the elements

[6:18] tonight. And a main reason she relies

[6:20] solely on public transit is the weather.

[6:23] >> Crazy drivers out there that drive 70

[6:25] mph when it's pouring down rain and it's

[6:28] slick out there or it's icy out there.

[6:30] It's easier to ride try.

[6:32] >> Other riders have no problem braving the

[6:34] roads in winter. Gary Beck usually

[6:36] drives himself.

[6:37] >> I have a Jeep actually and I have u you

[6:40] know gets it's four-wheel drive and I've

[6:42] got snow tires. It gets around pretty

[6:44] good.

[6:46] But earlier today, mother nature gave

[6:48] Portland a taste of what she can

[6:50] deliver. High winds knocked out power to

[6:52] hundreds of homes and knocked down

[6:54] several trees.

[6:55] >> We heard what we thought was lightning

[6:57] or something. Some horrendous crash.

[6:59] >> Jerry Osako and his wife were napping

[7:01] when the rain soaked ground gave way,

[7:03] sending this tree right into their

[7:05] house.

[7:08] It took creative cutting and some fancy

[7:11] footwork to get it all down with a price

[7:13] tag of $100 an hour.

[7:16] >> That's the going rate for a Sunday, I

[7:18] guess.

[7:18] >> The tree hit right above the master

[7:20] bathroom, clipping the gutter and

[7:22] putting a hole in their home, but no one

[7:23] was hurt. And while some consider

[7:25] today's weather a warning, others take

[7:27] it all in stride.

[7:29] >> I'm never prepared. No, I just take it

[7:31] like it goes. You know, I don't I'm not

[7:33] prepared. Okay, just wait and see.

[7:35] >> Just wait and see.

[7:37] Well, Portland city officials tonight

[7:39] say their crews are prepared. Plows,

[7:41] deicing equipment, and sanders are all

[7:43] chained up and ready to go just in case

[7:45] things do pick up overnight. Reporting

[7:47] live in the West Hills tonight, Kevin

[7:48] Kawari, the 10:00 news. Well, they slog

[7:51] through all sorts of bad weather for a

[7:53] living in 65,000 lbs of steel. And

[7:55] truckers perhaps know better than

[7:57] anybody how important it is to be

[7:59] mindful of your own driving and the

[8:01] driving of others when travel conditions

[8:02] get treacherous. We caught up with one

[8:04] trucker today as he was chaining up at

[8:06] government camp. Calvin Pierce also took

[8:08] time to help a fellow road warrior who

[8:10] got stuck. Pierce was delivering pallets

[8:12] for Costco when he hit the slick roads.

[8:14] But Calvin says more than anything, it's

[8:16] other drivers who create the big hazards

[8:18] in stormy weather.

[8:20] >> Mostly the four-wheel drive pickup

[8:22] trucks and SUVs, they go way too fast.

[8:26] Like they can go 50 m hour out here,

[8:28] they think, but really should only be

[8:30] going 30, 35. and he told us, "Be sure

[8:33] to never cut off a big rig because that

[8:36] could cause the trailer to jack knife."

[8:38] Even drivers headed to the coast had to

[8:40] deal with some snowy conditions. Snow's

[8:41] been falling in higher parts of the

[8:42] coast range and piling up in some areas.

[8:45] Dana and Jay Ashlin drove to the coast

[8:47] today. They just moved to Portland from

[8:49] Camp Pendleton, California. That's near

[8:50] San Diego, and say they're having to

[8:53] adjust to the weather.

[8:55] >> I talked to a friend today. He said he

[8:57] was in flipflops and shorts today. So,

[9:00] it's a lot different.

[9:02] And there is a snow chains advisory for

[9:04] travelers coming through that area this

[9:06] evening. Drivers should also prepare for

[9:08] the possibility they may not able to see

[9:10] too well throughout the night.

[9:12] >> As if the snow and the rain just weren't

[9:13] enough, a small earthquake rocked the

[9:15] Northwest this evening. But don't be

[9:16] surprised if you didn't feel it. The

[9:18] magnitude 2.7 quake was 14 miles deep

[9:21] and hit just after 6:30 tonight.

[9:24] Seismologists say it was centered about

[9:25] 2 miles west northwest of Malala.

[9:31] And we have been telling you about snow

[9:32] around the metro area that could fall

[9:34] tonight. Fox 12 chief meteorologist Mark

[9:36] Nelson is here now. Mark, is the snow

[9:38] coming down in the West Hills yet?

[9:39] >> Yeah, we've had some reports of flurries

[9:41] up there. We also saw it in our tower

[9:42] cam at about 1,800 feet. And what we

[9:44] want to avoid is this at Sanm Pass uh

[9:46] earlier this evening about 4:30. Big

[9:48] traffic pile up all the folks coming

[9:50] back from central Oregon. But take a

[9:52] look over here at our live radar. And

[9:53] what you see is lots of showers

[9:55] streaming inland. And it looks like

[9:56] that's going to continue the next 24

[9:58] hours. We don't really have a big storm

[9:59] headed towards us. In fact, here's the

[10:01] full view. And you can see a band of

[10:02] showers just move through the metro

[10:04] area. That's when we did see those

[10:06] showers in the middle of town and also

[10:07] up in the West Hills. Looks like some

[10:09] showers up maybe around Germantown Road

[10:11] up there. Also around Banks and Forest

[10:12] Grove, but heavier showers out on the

[10:14] east side of town. We think the snow

[10:16] level right now is at about 1,400 ft.

[10:18] That's 1,400 ft. And it's going to drop.

[10:20] So, there is a snow advisory for all

[10:22] areas west of the Cascades except the

[10:24] coast range and a winter storm warning

[10:25] for the Cascades. We'll give you that

[10:27] updated forecast, let you know if you've

[10:29] got to do your homework for tomorrow

[10:30] morning and you're headed to school.

[10:31] That's coming up.

[10:32] >> Okay. And as you know, snowy and rainy

[10:33] conditions often go handinhand with

[10:35] power outages. And here are some numbers

[10:37] that you'll want to keep handy to report

[10:39] an out outage in your area. For PGE, the

[10:41] number in Portland is 503-464-777.

[10:46] If you're outside the Portland area, you

[10:47] can call 1800-544-1795.

[10:50] For Clark Public Utilities, it's

[10:52] 360-9928000.

[10:55] And you can always get the latest road

[10:57] conditions by calling 511. And children

[11:00] did go to bed tonight, not with G, not

[11:02] just with dreams of snow, but also

[11:04] wondering if the snow will close

[11:06] tomorrow, close schools. Well, school

[11:07] districts from around the state will be

[11:09] collecting weather related information

[11:10] throughout this evening. And

[11:12] administrators will then decide if

[11:14] they'll cancel classes or open one to

[11:16] two hours late. Now, that decisions

[11:18] usually be made about 5 or 6:00 in the

[11:20] morning, depending on the district. One

[11:22] of the biggest concerns, of course, is

[11:24] whether the buses can take kids safely

[11:26] to and from school. Stay tuned to Fox 12

[11:29] for continuing coverage of the weather.

[11:30] We'll have a full forecast later in this

[11:32] newscast. And tomorrow on Good Day

[11:34] Oregon, we'll update you on all the

[11:35] traffic alerts and tell you which

[11:37] schools may be delayed. And Good Day

[11:40] Oregon will start a little early

[11:41] tomorrow so you can get all the news you

[11:42] need. That begins at 4:30.

[11:46] >> The 10:00 news is just getting started.

[11:49] A prank forces people living in these

[11:51] apartments out of their homes. What they

[11:53] found in the laundry room that brought

[11:54] the cops to their building.

[11:56] >> When it talks, it makes it beep.

[11:59] >> This local boy has some serious skills

[12:01] when it comes to Legos. How his version

[12:03] of a Portland landmark is getting

[12:05] attention online.

[12:07] >> A student fighting to make the lives of

[12:09] a local family a lot easier.

[12:11] >> I don't think there's any way to thank

[12:12] her enough.

[12:13] >> How you can help Eric and his family.

[12:16] And we've seen lots of snow in the

[12:18] mountains, but is it the most we've ever

[12:20] seen this early in the season? The

[12:22] answer is coming up in the final cut.

[12:25] >> You're watching the 10:00 news first

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[12:31] >> Hey parents, stay in the no this winter.

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