(Portland, OR)  --  Violent weather is causing a number of problems in northwest Oregon and southwest Washington, including power outages for thousands.  Officials say about eleven-thousand Portland General Electric customers and five-thousand customers of Clark Public Utilities are without electricity this morning.  PGE says about 67-hundred are without power in Clackamas County and nearly 45-hundred are without electricity in Multnomah County.  Officials hope to have all power restored no later than 9:45 this morning.