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Cowlitz County public works weighs mass-notification tools after storm and I‑5 closures
Summary
Public works staff reported using Facebook during a recent weather event and described plans to pursue a mass-notification system with geofencing, reverse-911 capability and a citizen work-order feature to improve real-time alerts and field reporting.
Savannah Clement, public works, told the Cowlitz County Board of Commissioners on an agenda item that county crews relied heavily on Facebook during a recent weather event and on I‑5 closures and are now researching a mass-notification system to reach affected residents faster.
Clement said the county saw local roads become congested when navigation apps rerouted nonlocal drivers and semitrailers onto unfamiliar side streets after freeway closures. "One of the reasons I wanted to bring it up is, we're trying to, every time we have an event, we really try to look at what was the good, the bad, the…
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