Planes are grounded at the airport, the Blazers aren't playing, MAX still isn't running, every business in town is closed and the streets are lined with abandoned vehicles. Despite all this, I've been stranded in Beaverton since 9 AM yesterday because my department head refuses to close things down for something as "simple" as Oregon's nastiest winter storm in over a decade. To make matters worse, every other department in this building has been closed since 8 PM Monday.

My employers may not respect the dire straights of this winter storm but at least Matt Drudge is tipping his fedora. Earlier today, he linked to this story from the Statesmen Journal.