10/09/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 10/09/2024 11:16
October 9, 2024 - As Hurricane Milton approaches St. Pete, the City of St. Petersburg continues to monitor the storm and encourages residents to make final preparations.
If you have not evacuated yet, you are quickly running out of time and need to get to a safe place immediately.
Whether that's a shelter or a friend's house, now is the time to figure out where you will shelter as the storm passes.
When significant sustained winds arrive, our first responders will not be able to respond to calls for help until after the storm moves through the area.
The County has opened additional shelters in St. Pete at New Heights Elementary School and Fairmount Park Elementary School. Please check disater.pinellas.gov for most updated list of shelters and their occupancy.
Shelters will not turn you away and are open for you to have a safe place to be during the storm.
If you need assistance getting to a shelter, please call the County Information Center at 727-464-4333.
Please use the resources available to you, it could save your life.
Anticipated storm surge levels could necessitate the shutdown of the Northeast and Southwest Sewer Treatment Facilities. If the facilities are shut down, residents may be unable to use plumbing, including toilets, showers, and laundry.
Restoration of these services could take more than 24 hours post-storm, depending on the severity of impacts.
Note, there is no set time when this might occur. Our teams will be watching the winds and the storm surge closely, which influences our decision to evacuate staff and power down facilities. We will make a call closer to the storm's landfall.
Check which sewer treatment plant serves your home or business, here: https://csp.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=d6d372efa98b44df87a2f9be6272a81e
The City does not have plans to preemptively shut down drinking water, but we may need to take the wastewater facilities offline depending on the level of storm surge and related damage.
Sign up for Alert Pinellas at stpete.org/hurricane and download the Ready Pinellas app in the App Store or Google Play store for real-time storm updates.
Monitor local news media, National Weather Service, disaster.pinellas.gov , Facebook @StPeteFL, X @StPeteFL and IG @StPeteFL. Check for updates at least every 6-12 hours as storm forecasts and guidance can change quickly.
Visit stpete.org/hurricane for more.