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Lewis Count Floods

(We do a lot of work with Solid State Information Design.  One of the owners, Jodi Swanson, has family in Chehalis and has sent out this information.  Please help.)

I’m sure you’re all well-aware of the floods that hit Lewis County last week but I’m not sure if you understand the complete devastation most families experienced. This catastrophe is comparable to Katrina but on a smaller scale in terms of total number of people impacted.

My sister Karri and I have friends that lost their entire homes; they literally saw them crack apart and float down the river. There are entire communities in the outlying areas where the water systems were washed away and no longer have running water. Dairy farmers lost entire herds of cattle, horses, barns and all of their farming equipment. Homes that were flooded but left standing have up to 6 feet of river mud inside; all of their belongings are a total loss. Many don’t have flood insurance because their homes were not located in flood areas. To make things just a little worse, all of the stores where they’d normally buy replacement products were flooded and most are not going to re-open (i.e. K-Mart, Yard Birds, etc). Wal-Mart is still closed which, believe it or not, is the store of choice in that area.

Volunteers are needed to help with clean up and rebuilding. Victims are in desperate need of food, water, clothing and basic household items such as toilet paper, soap, toothpaste, etc. Farmers need hay, grain and water for their animals.

I’m asking you to help. Don’t go out for just one meal this week; donate the money you would have spent on that dinner.

--You can bring donated items to me before noon on Friday, December 14th, and I’ll deliver them this weekend. I am heading down on Friday to help for the weekend.  (contact jodi@solidstateid.com for directions)

--If you’d like to make the largest impact, please give cash. Karri and I will buy gift certificates at locally-owned Darigold Farm Store and Palmer-Lumber Ace Hardware and deliver these gift certificates to people in need, allowing farmers to buy fence posts, grain, hay, farm equipment, household items, etc. You have my word that every penny will be spent this weekend on the victims

--If you’re more comfortable giving to the United Way, here is link to a site where you can donate funds (this site was set up by locally-owned Century 21 Lund Realtors; it is a legitimate site), http://lcfloodhelp.typepad.com/ or the official Lewis County United Way site at http://www.lewiscountyuw.com/, then click “Ways to Give” on the left.

Thank you in advance for your generosity.

Warmly,

Jodi

SOLID STATE INFORMATION DESIGN

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Jodi Swanson, Partner
T 206.443.9000 C 206.321.4789
www.solidstateid.com

For a little fun! Take a look at our flash slide show of showing the Mukilteo/Clinton ferry in a storm.

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Working with Solid State Info Design, Juli Poth Jacobsen did the graphic design, Dan Pewzner the photography and Jodi Swanson was the producer. LineAngle coded the site and developed the web graphics and site functionality.

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