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Author (#1588)August 2006 Archives


Eyewitness To The Aftermath: One Year Later

1:55 PM Mon, Aug 28, 2006 |

By: Lisa Helderop
KGW Special Projects Producer

One year after Hurricane Katrina dealt her deadly blow to New Orleans and beyond, my heart still aches when I watch and read the news stories. I cannot imagine what it must be like to have lived there-- or what it is like for the people trying to rebuild their lives now.

I was among a team of 8 news people KGW sent to New Orleans in the days after Katrina struck. My first a...



Sleeper Fires

10:48 AM Tue, Aug 08, 2006 |

Uh, sleeper what? It seems like a strange term.

By now, most of us are familiar with the term 'sleeper cells' that describe terrorist groups here in the U.S., just waiting to be activated. Well, a sleeper fire is also just 'waiting for the call' to jump into action.

After we have lightning storms, some fires are obvious. But many more are smoldering quietly. They're undiscovered, they're barel...