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Walla Walla specialist to help prepare for hurricane Irma landfall

By Annette Cary
High winds and rain sweep through the streets of the Matelnillo community during the passage of hurricane Irma, in Fajardo, Puerto Rico, Sept. 6.
High winds and rain sweep through the streets of the Matelnillo community during the passage of hurricane Irma, in Fajardo, Puerto Rico, Sept. 6. Carlos Giusti AP

A Mid-Columbia employee of the Army Corps of Engineers deployed on Wednesday to Georgia to help prepare for hurricane Irma’s anticipated landfall in Florida.

Brigida Sanchez, a public affairs specialist in the Corps’ Walla Walla District, is an Army veteran with broadcast and media-relations experience. Her family lives near Ocala, Fla.

The Corps serves as the nation’s lead agency to respond to disasters with public works and engineering support and coordinates long-term infrastructure recovery.

This story was originally published September 6, 2017 at 6:13 PM with the headline "Walla Walla specialist to help prepare for hurricane Irma landfall."

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