Ewing shared photos on Facebook of classic gold wow the nearby fire orange glow, and trees going up on a nearby hillside -- the way neighboring was hard to tell in the dark.
"Wow -- it's a nightmare," he wrote, watching fire crews head up the highway.
Scenes like that were being repeated across much of the state, as a predicted windstorm came to pass amid high fire danger, sending trees toppling onto homes and highways and causing wildfires to spread quickly, including one that closed off 97 north of Chiloquin.
By late Monday night, according to ODOT TripCheck, a nearly 70-mile stretch of Highway 22, west from the intersection with Highway 20, was closed due to the fires and also downed trees. State Highway 126 also was closed by means of a wildfire, four kilometers west of McKenzie Bridge.
ODOT advised early Tuesday the wildfires had closed a nearly 70-mile stretch (milepost 82 to 13) of country Highway 22 between Stayton along with the Santiam Junction with Highway 20, along with also a 26-mile stretch (milepost 28-54) of state Highway 126 (that the McKenzie Highway) between Vida and country Highway 242.
"Evacuations are underway in the two regions," they counseled. "Watch for fire crews."
Forecasters and fire officials had warned for days the"end event" was likely to cause destruction -- and it did, with buy wow gold classic downed trees stranding many drivers until the streets could be cleared, together with the spreading wildfires.