(Portland, OR) -- Numerous potholes are a by-product of the recent storms that swept through the Portland area, and transportation officials say they'll get a "patch-a-thon" underway today. Transportation commissioner Dan Saltzman will get the process started when he fills in a pothole this morning. Brady says the patch-a-thon will continue until the pothole backlog is cleared. PBOT says it fills more than eight-thousand potholes each year in Portland.