Emergency officials are telling folks to prepare for days, or even weeks, of isolation due to the threat of road-closing landslides and falling trees this winter. FOX13
Emergency officials are telling folks to prepare for days or even weeks of isolation due to the threat of road-closing landslides and falling trees this winter.
When the Bolt Creek Fire hit, the Skykomish Harvest Food Bank stepped in to help those who were stuck byThe food bank sits below an area that Karen says is still smoldering despite the rainy, cold weather. While everyone is back in their homes, the damage done by the wildfire could cut off the surrounding communities again this winter.
King County Emergency Management officials warned residents during a community meeting Tuesday in Baring and Wednesday night in Skykomish, that residents that homes near the Bolt Creek Fire burn scar could be isolated this winter should falling debris block the highway. "I think it’s good we are having the meeting," said Stubrud. "Just to be prepared for what they are saying we will be facing this winter, which would be floods, mudslides, road closures."