Community Meeting on Planning for Hazards: Oil train explosions, floods, earthquakes, volcanoes, wild fire and other natural disasters

Margaret Fleek, Planning, City of Burlington, shares the attached flier regarding a community meeting on March 12, 2014, that will address Skagit County's Five-Year Update of the Multi-Jurisdictional All-Hazard Mitigation Plan.  Discussion topics will include the following:

• Train Explosions
• Floods
• Volcanoes
• Earthquakes
• Wild Fires
• Other Natural Disasters

Skagit County Community MeetingWed., March 127 p.m.Burlington City Hall833 S. Spruce St., Burlington, WA
Please note today's Skagit Valley Herald's article, The Bakken oil trains are coming . . . IS SKAGIT READY?  See the following segments:

• Bakken crude oil deliveries raise questions of safety at http://www.goskagit.com/all_access/bakken-crude-oil-deliveries-raise-safety-questions/article_db885f9d-901a-599d-9e75-2e67a64a7612.html
• With little info, officials can only prepare for worst at http://www.goskagit.com/all_access/with-little-information-county-officials-can-only-prepare-for-the/article_6f4a3fd2-5248-554e-8cae-d7cec5c07af7.html