Deschutes County Sheriff Larry Blanton says this is one of the worst storm we've seen in awhile - with lots of power outages- he has this advice and warning: “Lots of power lines down this morning. This snow that we’re experiencing that just keeps coming is probably some of the heaviest snow that we’ve had in a long time. It gets in the branches and the trees, and gets on the power lines and knocks the power lines down. Also just the mere weight of the snow collecting on the power lines is causing an issue. We have power lines down inDeschutes River Woods Area, Redmond area, Tumalo area. We just ask that people use caution in their travel. If you see a power line down, do not get out of the car and try to touch the power line. Just call and we’ll try to get out and remedy the situation and get the Power Company out as soon as we can.”