Pinellas County Monitoring Tropical Depression 13

Press release from the Pinellas County Government:

Latest
storm/incident developments

·
National
Hurricane Center has placed Pinellas County in the five-day forecast of the
storm.

· Pinellas County
monitoring track of Tropical Depression 13.

·
Regardless
of the storm’s eventual track, high winds, rain, and flooding or storm surge may
affect Pinellas County as early as Monday. Please continue to monitor local
weather sources for information on potential for and timing of any local
impacts.

Pinellas
County response/action

• County
  Information Center is open for preparedness questions Monday – Saturday 9 a.m. –
  5 p.m. Call 727-464-4333. Residents who are deaf or hard of hearing can contact
  the CIC via online chat at bit.ly/PinellasChat.
• County crews are preparing drainage
  systems and roadways to reduce the risk of flooding.
• Web updates to
  be posted online at www.pinellascounty.org.

Advice
& Information for Residents

·
Look
up your evacuation zone in one of the following ways:

o
Visit
http://pinellascounty.org/knowyourzone.

o
Download the Ready Pinellas app for iOS
or Android

o
Call 727-453-3150 from a land-line in your
home, enter your 10-digit home phone number.

o Residents who are deaf or hard of
hearing can contact the County Information Center via online chat at www.bit.ly/PinellasChat.

· Stay
informed:

o
Sign up for Alert Pinellas at www.pinellascounty.org/alertpinellas

o
Monitor local news media, National Weather
Service, www.pinellascounty.org, Facebook @PinellasCountyNews and Twitter @PinellasCoNews.

o
Review
tips and planning tools in the 2020 All Hazard Guide online at www.pinellascounty.org/emergency.

· Review your
disaster plan:

o
Please
preregister for special needs shelters by calling the County Information Center
at (727) 464-4333.

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Residents
only need to register for special needs shelters once per season, so doing it
now will help you for the rest of the year.

o
Purchase
necessary items to complete survival kit now.

o
Prepare
your kit.
Be sure to include face coverings, sanitizer and necessary hygiene supplies, and gather important papers.

o
Review
checklist online at www.pinellascounty.org/emergency/prepareahead.htm

o
Sign up for pet shelters now by visiting www.pinellascounty.org/emergency/petpreparedness.

This press release was produced by the Pinellas County Government. The views expressed here are the author’s own.