Disaster and Emergency Resources

County Specific: Pacific County - Emergency Management
The Pacific County homepage no longer has a link to Road Closures specifically. Other information related to Emergency Management is on this webpage.

County Specific: Lewis County Road Closures and River Status
Lewis County's Emergency Services website links has a link to Road Closures and a link to River Status.

County Specific: Mason County Road Closures
Scroll down the window, the newest closures are at the bottom.

County Specific: Thurston County - Emergency Information and Advisories
Includes Road Closures, Flood Alerts, Sandbag Locations, Shelters open, News releases and more.

National Weather Service - water level predictions by NOAA
Flooding data and predictions for anywhere in the United States. Click on the spot on the map you want the predictions for.

Photos of January 2009 Storm Damage throughout Washington state
January 2009 storm damage photos collected and posted by the WA Dept. of Transportation. Click on Slideshow in the upper right to see all the photos of a collection, enlarged.

Road closures by county in Washington state (Department of Transportation)
Click on the map to find information about each county.

WA state Emergency Management Division's Shelter List
Information on types of emergency shelters currently open and location by county

WA state road closures and traffic alerts
See road alerts and closures. Click on area of interest on map.

Water flow rates in Western Washington
This is the "Real-Time Data for Washington_ Streamflow" for USGS river guages. Pick the station you are interested in in the column on the left.

Government Agencies

Applying for Disaster Assistance at the FEMA
Federal Emergency Management Agency

Drinking Water Emergencies
Washington State Department of Health

Washington state's Emergency Management Division
Home page of the agency, with many links to relevant information on conditions, travel, resources, assistance and preparation.

Preparedness

American Red Cross - Get Prepared
Describes how to be prepared for emergencies at home, school, work and in your community

City of Lacey's Preparedness
City of Lacey's checklist to be prepared for disasters and links to other information

Emergency Resource Guide
From the Washington Military Department comes a guide for being prepared for disaster--whether terrorism, biological agents, or natural disaster.

Restoring and Repairing

Brief Guide to Mold, Moisture, and Your Home

Saving Family Treasures Guidelines
Information on recovering paper documents, photographs, books, magnetic and electronic data after a flood or other disaster.

Revised 4/14/2009

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