Mike Pomeroy, the Detroit Dam Operator

wilkyisdashiznit Terry Baker Club Wilkypedia Posts: 15,373	Mike Pomeroy, the Detroit Dam Operator Sept 25, 2020 13:39:51 GMT -8 Werebeaver and oldbeav like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by wilkyisdashiznit on Sept 25, 2020 13:39:51 GMT -8 Amazing story. Also, his family is apparently in Lebanon.

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Mike Pomeroy, the Detroit Dam Operator Sept 25, 2020 16:58:01 GMT -8 babs and wilkyisdashiznit like this

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Amazing story.

Also, his family is apparently in Lebanon.

Lots of people like to disparage any and all government employees. But I think Mr Pomeroy's dedication to duty is more the rule than the exception.

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Mike Pomeroy, the Detroit Dam Operator Sept 25, 2020 21:52:39 GMT -8 wilkyisdashiznit likes this

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There are several stories about real survival in the canyon during the fires. Mr pomeroy is one. One guy in Elkhorn that went to ground in the river & survived by hunkering under a plastic chair. The the folks in Detroit as they hunkered down on a boat ramp i think waiting for a copter

I think it was the Statesman that did some extraordinary writing

www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2020/09/16/oregon-wildfires-update-beachie-creek-fire-man-survives-sheltering-river/5799768002/

paywall alert: (it's $4/mo)

www.nytimes.com/2020/09/17/us/fires-oregon-detroit.html