'I was soaked to the bone, pouring sweat with nervous tension'

'I was soaked to the bone, pouring sweat with nervous tension': "In the wake of back-to-back storms, wind and rain continued to hammer the station, one of four used for Clatsop County's public safety radio transmissions. Gore, a ham radio operator, powered up the system on a generator. Meanwhile, visibility had dropped from 300 feet to about 10 atop 3,000-foot-tall Wickiup.

Climbing into a basket and getting hoisted by cable into a Coast Guard helicopter - the only way in or out because of down trees clogging roadways - was not an appealing prospect for Gore."