Portland firefighters and the Portland Bureau of Transportation ran an evacuation exercise of the Portland aerial tram. Employees were "mock-rescued” by Portland Fire and Rescue crews.

The PNW and Portland metro were buffeted by strong winds and stormy weather Wednesday night, and by early Thursday morning over 20,000 households were left without power due to downed lines ...

The closure, which runs from Thursday night to Tuesday morning, will allow crews to shorten the tram’s haul rope ... efforts to reinforce Portland’s Burnside Bridge have been delayed.