Over a week since an inundated Guadalupe River sent floodwaters tearing through homes and youth camps in Texas, optimism for rescuing any of the dozens of people still missing from Hill Country on Jul...

Last week, I dipped into The Oregonian/OregonLive’s formidable archives to refresh my knowledge of the deadliest natural disaster in recorded Oregon history: the Heppner flood of 1903.

“It’s hard not to feel like you are surrounded by a higher power when you’re down there, because it’s just so beautiful,” my friend Olivia Marrus told me.