Severe weather shelter opens tonight


December 18, 2012 · 12:14 PM

Due to freezing weather conditions, the Kitsap County Department of Emergency Management has activated the county’s Severe Weather Shelter Plan.

The shelter will open at 6 p.m. this evening, Tues., Dec. 18. Hours of operation will be from 6 p.m. until 7 a.m. Guests will not be able to check into the shelter after 9 p.m.

The location of the shelter is the Bremerton Food Line, located at 1600 12th Street in Bremerton.

The shelter will serve all citizens in our area who require safe overnight refuge where none is available. Further activations will be weather dependent.

For more information about the process, call 211 or call Kitsap Community Resources at 360-478-2301.

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