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Hello WAD members and Wisconsin Deaf communites: I am fully aware of the lack of information and communication to provide updates for everyone to take advantage of using this website to retrieve information in the event of flooding and other severe storms which has struck in Southern Wisconsin area. I happened to be in a Catch 22 situation with many severe storms which has struck in my home area, Delavan. I have already spotted 5 active funnel clouds in the surrounding area in Walworth county. Gov. Jim Doyle has already declared 31 counties in State of Emergency mainly due to flooding from lakes, river and streams including dry creeks. We have received a new record rainfall for June 2008 of 10.81 inches. The old record was documented in 1917 with 10.20 something inches. We have surpassed the total amount of rainfall in the month of June already. More rains are expected to come in the couple of days. It is believe more severe storm will be continuing to hit Southern Wisconsin area. I feel that it is my obligation to create a progress which WAD board has created a committee called Emergency Disaster Preparedness committee before my term as a Vice President. We need to iron out the miscommunications and misunderstandings. I can see how it can impact to every Deaf and Hard of Hearing individuals. I am also the coordinator for Emergency Disaster Preparedness committee for WAD. I have been in close contact with Emergency Management in Walworth county and we are very ovewehelmed with many calls reporting damages and some flooding. The counties are facing similar issues with resources. Therefore I will be creating a blog on Emergency Disaster Information Blog which will be a better tool of communication including Vlogs. If you have any new information on road closures, evacuations, and other flood related issues, please do contact me at
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. It is very important to have better networking eventhough TV, radios, and etc does not really benefit to every individuals. Please keep an eye on latest news on current updates relating to floods and etc. |
