We have a hundred-year-old house, so the temperature was noticeably cooler even 20 minutes later. We were sitting around enjoying a leisurely Saturday. Thom Hines, associate professor of interaction design at Portland State University

On Monday afternoon, WW spoke to two of the power-deprived, both residents of the Montavilla neighborhood. (More than 150,000 Portland-area households were without electricity on Saturday night.) That meant thousands of people were entering their third day of an indoor campout, with the weather outside barely cracking 20 degrees. 15, more than 22,000 Multnomah County customers still lacked electricity.

13, as winds out of the Columbia Gorge gusted to more than 50 miles an hour and sent trees tumbling into power lines. The power started going out across Portland shortly after noon Saturday, Jan. (Michael Raines) By Aaron Mesh Januat 8:27 pm PST