Once there is a rain storm, there is a carpet of green all over the valley. There is no exposed dirt, so it really holds the soil in place.

Nobody escapes from this. Everyone in the valley is exposed to some degree. But there are a lot of options to combat this, and the benefits of improving the air quality are substantial.

By Tuesday, the storm should drop another inch of rain in the Willamette Valley and two to three inches of rain along the coast and the foothills of the Cascades.

Boulder Station, Santa Fe Station, Green Valley Ranch all have similar numbers.

He turned to look just in time to see the rain start falling out as if the storm had finally decided to weep with shame for what it had done to them.

How green was my valley