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Mary Lago Quoted in The Oregonian on the Topic of Financial Disaster Preparedness

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By Mary Lago

August 7, 2026

On August 7, The Oregonian published an article titled, “When Disaster Strikes, You Need a Financial Go Bag. Here's How to Build One”. In it, our colleague, Mary Lago, CFP®, CTFA, shares lessons learned based on her family's experience in the face of the Paradise fire in California in 2018 and how they might apply to recent wildfires Oregon and other parts of the Pacific Northwest.

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