What will you do?

To The Eagle:

If Wahkiakum County is cut off from the rest of the world due to some sort of disaster, manmade or natural, what will you do? If you have to evacuate, where will you go and how will you get there? If you can’t evacuate, will you have enough food and water? If we have no electricity, how will you stay warm, how will you heat water, how will you cook food? If our water and sewer systems are inoperable, how will you flush your toilet?

Beau Renfro, Wahkiakum County’s disaster preparedness expert, will be at the Cathlamet Community Center at 10 a.m. this morning, March 19. He will tell us what the county is doing to prepare for a disaster, how they expect to “get the word out” to warn residents about impending problems and the plans they have in place to help us. But, even more importantly, he’ll discuss the additional steps you need to take to protect yourself, your family, and your pets. Please join us at the Cathlamet Community Center, 101 Main St. For more information call me at 360-795-0018.

Hannah Booth

Cathlamet