Good evening all, In the event of a calamity or disaster here in the Pacific North West region, the Seattle and Bellevue First Responders will have their hands full for days or even weeks. Communities and Neighborhoods need to be prepared to help themselves. Preparedness to deal with a major emergency is essential to us all. Last weekend, you received a Emergency Preparedness Pack and meeting notice in your mail boxes. This pack provides an easy to follow guide for Neighborhood Emergency Planning. In conjunction with this, we encourage you to attend : *Vuecrest Emergency Preparedness - Map Your Neighborhood, * *next **Monday evening, **October 16th, * *at Grace Lutheran - Pearson Hall*. M*eeting starts at 7.00pm. * Our Guest Speaker is Eli Johnston from Bellevue Fire Department - Office of Emergency Management. This introduction will give you the information on how to organize for our neighborhood Disaster Planning. We would appreciate it if you could reply to this email if you are attending. Many thanks, Jennifer Flake, (1031 Belfair Road), Dana Bathiche, (9428 Vineyard Crest) Eileen Foley, (917 Evergreen Drive).