Is Skagit County Prepared for a Flood or an Earthquake?

In 2007 Washington was pounded pretty hard with rain.... There was devistating flooding in Southern Washington that destroyed a lot of homes and closed I-5 for days.

In 2006 Washington was pounded pretty hard by wind storms... I remember that at one point, over a million people were without power.

Fortunately Skagit County was let off pretty easy by mother nature in both of these storms. Skagit County had damage, but we were not devistated by the storms like other areas were.... In short, we were lucky!

What will we face in 2008??

Skagit Count Commissioner Sharon Dillon, District 3 wrote a very good article on December 19th, 2007 summerizing her thoughts on this issue. The article discusses what could happen in the Mount Vernon area as well as how you can prepare yourself and your home.

Here is a link to Commissioner Dillon's article:
http://www.skagitcounty.net/Common/asp/default.asp?d=Home&c=General&P=press/121907.htm


Also, you can see my family's Disaster Preparedness Kit by clicking on the link below:

Disaster Preparedness Kit You can view/print a list of what is in our disaster preparedness kit by clicking here.