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Many timely, and important bits of news can be found on:

Ottawa Village Information http://www.ottawaohio.us/ottawa/

Putnam County Office of Public Safety (Many important links and updated info) http://pcops.org/
 
NorthWest Ohio Flood Mitigation Partnership, Inc.
The Northwest Ohio Flood Mitigation Partnership, Inc. was established to expedite the design and development of a long-range flood mitigation plan to help alleviate flooding throughout the Blanchard River Watershed.
 
PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT THIS SITE, SEND AN EMAIL TO A DOZEN PEOPLE and ORGANIZATIONS WITH A LINK TO THIS WEBSITE. IT CAN ONLY BE USEFUL AND GROW IF PEOPLE USE THIS SITE. IF YOU HAVE A WEBSITE, CONSIDER PUTTING A LINK TO OUR SITE ON YOUR SITE. THANK YOU.
OttawaFlood.com - A Disaster Relief project from citizens, for citizens of Putnam County
Mission Statement: To provide the quickest means to finding the relevant flood related info and point people via telephone numbers, web addresses and volunteer contacts to get the help to the people who need it, as well as show and explain succinctly to the outside world the help that is desperately needed from the Ottawa townspeople and surrounding severely flooded areas.
Obviously, a web page is of no help to a person without a computer or electricity. At the very bottom of each of these web pages, click on "Print View" and it will give you a very easy page to print out without the formatting, just the information. Please consider printing some or all of the web pages for a friend, relative, neighbor, flood victim and giving them a copy. What good are the services available to them if they don't even know they exist and have no way to contact them? Please consider posting this page on any bulletin board you know of.
Over 75% of the buildings and private residences
in the Village of Ottawa,
had major or massive damage in this flooding in the August 2007 flood
It is to be seen how many are again flooded in the February 2008 flood.
Explore the site to see what information is available!
  • HOME, This page, and explanation of what www.OttawaFlood.com is all about
  • Flood February 2008, Information about the latest flood situation
  • NEWS, Links to many of the news articles that were posted online, in approximate order
  • MEETINGS, Any flood related meetings we know about
  • PICTURES AND VIDEO, Literally hundreds of pictures and video's from many different sources
  • I NEED HELP, All the information about the resources available that we know about
  • I WANT TO HELP/DONATIONS NEEDED, Great place to start if you or your organization wants to volunteer, donate time, resources or money to help in our recovery.
    • VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED NOW, MORE THAN EVER! PLEASE CONSIDER COMING TO HELP REBUILD OUR TOWN.
    • ELECTRICIANS, PLUMBERS AND PEOPLE WHO CAN HANG WALLBOARD ARE NEEDED!
  • FAQs, Frequently Asked Questions, answered. ***NEW PAGE*** send us some questions via the contact page.
  • IMPORTANT LINKS, Dozens of links to agencies, media outlets, information, on line white and yellow pages, churches, libraries, topographic maps, flood maps, weather, etc.
  • FLOOD DISCOUNTS, Discounts listed for flood victims.
  • BACK IN BUSINESS, A listing of the local merchants who have opened their doors.
  • LONG TERM RECOVERY, A listing of the organizations involved with the long term recovery
  • ACRONYMS/INITIALS, So many initials for everything, here are many of them defined.
  • POSITIVE THOUGHTS, If you need a boost mentally, check this out.
  • FLOOD HUMOR, Even in the most challenging of times, you need to laugh.
  • THANK YOU!, A much too short list of people who have helped in the flood recovery.
  • CONTACT If you have any information or questions, PLEASE contact us. If you have a question, probably many others would benefit from our answering it here. Also, any scrap of information related to the flood. LET US KNOW. The more we know, the more we can share, and the more others will know to help them.
OttawaFlood.com Blog on the net http://ottawaflood.blogspot.com/
Note: When you are searching the internet for anything related to Ottawa, make sure to use the search terms "Ottawa," and "Ohio" or "OH" otherwise you will be bogged down by all things related to Ottawa, Canada, (probably not what you are looking for.) It can be useful to try the search with using either "Ohio" or "OH" or a combination of both. The different combinations of keywords will all reveal different results in your search for information.
There is a fund set up at Fort Jennings State Bank to send donation to victims of the flood.
Please contact or send monetary donations to:
Fort Jennings State Bank
1330 N. Locust Street, Ottawa OH 45875
PH (419) 523-3013, Fax (419) 523-3281,
FEMA pulled out of the local Ottawa Office on September 27, But the last day to register for aid with FEMA was October 26, 2007. The FEMA Representatives all stressed to register with FEMA if there is any doubt of water damage. It is better to register and not need the assistance, than the alternative, to have not registered and then need the assistance. Unfortunately, you are not able to register with FEMA unless you have registered initially prior to the cut off date.
The last day the SBA will have an office to get help at the ESC building, on Putnam Parkway in Ottawa will be
November 8, 2007.
Over and over, it is said that if FEMA or SBA denies any benefit, you should ALWAYS follow up, often times their are circumstances or incorrect information causing issues that cause the denial. So don't give up on the first try, try again, and again if you need to. See more contact detail on "I Need Help" page.
 
Local Media outlets for news and videos and other information:
The local media outlets are a great source for the latest information about many flood related items. Check out their sites for relevant and timely information about the local issues and stories.
Access Ottawa
www.AccessOttawa.com has many links to a great deal of helpful information, check it out to see what you can find

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