Bush Declares Northwest Counties a Disaster Area
This past week was quite a week in the Northwest, including the part of Washington State where I live. Storms that began last weekend dumped massive amounts of water on some parts of the state causing widespread flooding of historic proportions.
Kitsap County was one of the hardest hit counties. There were many stories of flooded basements on Bainbridge. Bremerton got 10″ of rain in one day. I personally heard stories of flooding in Poulsbo and Silverdale.
Further south near Olympia, I-5 which connects Seattle with Portland, was under water for four days and only recently reopened. That forced truckers and other travelers to take a long, expensive detour.
Today President Bush declared the flooding a disaster but Governor Gregoire and other state leaders want more.
Since we do not usually get flooding in this area, there are very few people who carry any kind of flood insurance and normal homeowners policies don’t cover that type of damage. Many people have lost everything including their homes and all their possessions. Entire businesses have been wiped out and because of that many people have lost their jobs on top of the damage to their property.
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