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The National Weather Service in Seattle has
issued a flood watch for portions of Western Washington, including
the following counties: Grays Harbor, Clallam, Jefferson,
Skagit, Whatcom, King, Kitsap, Lewis, Mason, Pierce, Snohomish,
Thurston.
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Welcome to WIDRO
Washington Interfaith
Disaster Recovery Organization (WIDRO) is a network of faith-based
groups committed to collaboratively maximizing the deployment
of our respective resources when responding to Washington
State disasters.
WIDRO provides an essential and
primary link for communicating key information and guidance
among faith-based
groups / individuals / communities following a disaster event.
WIDRO also engages in disaster related education, preparation
and mitigation efforts between disaster events.
WIDRO maintains a network of
people and organizations from faith based and secular
organizations willing to share information, experiences,
resources and strategies.
During an active disaster event
and recovery activities, WIDRO will contact
network partners providing services within impacted area and
assess their potential capacity to respond.
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Photo ©2007 by Paul
Henderson
How does a family recover from a disaster like the
December 2007 devastating storm? For most families, recovery
will be based primarily on their own resources. But for a
substantial number of survivors who either don’t have those
resources already or who may not have access to the financial
help they need, recovery will likely depend almost entirely on
extensive assistance from the voluntary sector, and especially
the faith-based community.
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