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Time - Weather - Hurricanes- Newspapers - TV - Radio
Links about weather, tracks, evacuation maps, plywood shutters, emergency phone numbers
(handy to print out and keep in your "pack-up-and-go" bag), and
more.
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LSC is in evacuation level D -- yellow.
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OK, you have no plan and the hurricane is coming, at least you can
Start Here as soon as you can.
Several options and views
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Recorded weather forecasts by telephone added
3/29
Storm Team 8 fast, instant recorded weather:
813-225-2788 Good number to add to your cell phone.
NOAA recorded weather 813-645-2506.
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About once a month NOAA prepares a nationwide report on current
weather trends
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Tampa Bay Area - Lightning Capital of the U.S.
Between 1959 and 2000 lightning killed 30 people in Hillsborough
County -- tie with Dade County for most deaths as shown on a state map
of lightning deaths.
For the whole state displayed on a map of Florida
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Radio
860 AM WGUL Talk
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TV
WFLA Channel 8
Bay News 9
24-hour local cable news/weather
WTVT Channel 13
WFTS Channel 28
The next four are some of the local public or community/education
channels. They have many of the typical programs, and I watch them
for their many local history shows. If you can watch the ones with
Dr. Cantor Brown, you will get hooked on the history of this
area.
Big13 The history of
channel 13 before it became Fox 13
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The Times provides extensive coverage of the south Hillsborough County
area, if you read a paper for local news, you will want to get the Times.
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You can control this camera and view current conditions in downtown
Tampa.
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Have ads sent to you by e-mail when
posted.
National online classified ads, but this link is set to
list ads in and around the Tampa Bay Area. Ziply will also e-mail
ads to you for items you specify.
The Tribune is revising its ad-notification service.
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2006 Hurricane Season E-clectic Links
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Hurricane Preparation
OK, you have no plan and the hurricane is coming, at least you can
Start Here as soon as you can.
Great practical tips, straight to the
point
Thanks to LSC Homeowners and message board
poster "LSCMW" for several of these links
including the link to the MacDill
Aircraft Operations Center
Gettin Outta Dodge
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LSC is in evacuation
Level D
(Yellow)
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Weather and Forecasts
Links
Real-Time Hurricane
Satellite Images:
Key information pulled from several
sources and it's well organized.
BoatUS
-- Several looks at the tropics and multiple-track
predictions:
National Weather Service
Tropical Prediction Center National Hurricane Center
Tracks and Forecasts
Riverview
weather forecast. The link below has the current wind speed at
MacDill which I think is the closest wind speed data to Lake
St. Charles. Of course, that does not include my own wind
speed reports from within LSC, such as, "the trees sure
are swaying, it's really windy here":
General Weather and
Satellite Links:
The Atlantic
Hurricane Sector Color Enhanced IR:
Thanks to Cecil Wilson for this site.
From Cecil, "The site pulls information from a number of
other locations and presents them in a single web site.
"Some information may be a bit technical but it is
complete and concise."
Thanks to James Zeman for this site. From
James, "It is very well organized and stays up to date -
when the updates appear on NOAA, they are also here. I
especially like the Java hurricane tracker."
List for current and future years and a history of
naming storms. The first three for 2006 are
Alberto
Beryl, and Chris.
Prior to 1979 hurricanes were named only for women.
It was right and proper. Then men's names were
added. But that is when Global Warming and More
Intense Hurricanes began to appear. I think the
Hurricane Goddesses were not pleased with names of men
being attached to hurricanes and the lack of respect
this showed.
Hurricane
Hunters From the MacDill AOC web site:
"The
[MacDill] Aircraft Operations Center is a Center of the NOAA
Marine and Aviation Office. The airplanes and helicopters of
the Aircraft Operations Center (AOC) are flown in support of
NOAA's mission to promote global environmental assessment,
prediction and stewardship of the Earth's environment.
NOAA's aircraft operate throughout the United States and
around the world; over open oceans, mountains, coastal
wetlands, and Arctic pack ice. These versatile aircraft
provide scientists with airborne platforms necessary to
collect the environmental and geographic data essential to
their research:"
MacDill
AFB AOC:
MacDill
AFB AOC 2004 Storm Missions:
Knots to Miles Per Hour Conversion Table:
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Alafia River at
Lithia Gage Height: This does not affect LSC, it is only for
general information of those who follow the Alafia River.
A flood at Lithia does NOT directly affect LSC.
After
Hurricane Charley, the Alafia crested at over 15 feet at
Lithia.
The Alafia crested
at Lithia at over 22.2 feet on September 7, 2004 after
Hurricane Frances. That would make the Hurricane Frances
flood the 5th highest flood in the 70 years since records have
been kept.
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Historic Crests for Lithia on the Alafia River.
Flood Stage: 13.0 ft
(1) 28.50 ft on 09/07/1933 (45900 cfs)
(2) 23.98 ft on 09/12/1960 (20300 cfs)
(3) 23.24 ft on 09/20/1947 (17900 cfs)
(4) 22.83 ft on 07/31/1960 (17200 cfs)
(5) 22.14 ft on 08/29/1949 (14200 cfs)
(6) 21.71 ft on 09/08/1988 (9450 cfs)
(7) 20.52 ft on 09/05/1935 (11300 cfs)
(8) 20.06 ft on 03/18/1960 (8580 cfs)
(9) 19.91 ft on 03/21/1959 (8310 cfs)
(10) 19.71 ft on 10/17/1938 (7880 cfs)
(11) 19.69 ft on 07/26/1945 (7880 cfs)
(12) 19.62 ft on 06/25/1945 (7870 cfs)
(13) 19.35 ft on 06/16/1934 (7300 cfs)
(14) 19.13 ft on 10/21/1952 (7010 cfs)
(15) 19.10 ft on 01/02/2003
(16) 19.03 ft on 09/18/1959 (6860 cfs)
(17) 19.00 ft on 06/28/1943 (6390 cfs)
(18) 18.45 ft on 09/30/1948 (5590 cfs)
(19) 18.24 ft on 08/15/1967 (5060 cfs)
(20) 18.08 ft on 09/24/1947 (5470 cfs)
(21) 17.94 ft on 09/07/1950 (5030 cfs)
(22) 17.75 ft on 09/24/1979 (4780 cfs)
(23) 17.72 ft on 03/21/1998 (5170 cfs)
(24) 17.63 ft on 06/20/1959 (4770 cfs)
(24) 17.63 ft on 09/30/1949 (4760 cfs)
(26) 17.56 ft on 06/23/2003
(27) 17.54 ft on 12/28/1997 (4690 cfs)
(28) 17.30 ft on 02/21/1998
(29) 17.25 ft on 01/25/1948 (4770 cfs)
(30) 17.24 ft on 02/21/1998 (4640 cfs)
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Hillsborough County
Emergency Operations:
St. Pete Times
Newspaper Special Hurricane Report and Resources (Thank you
St. Pete -- they have super Local News and Resources -- like
this map):
Historical
Hurricane Tracks:
National
Data Buoy Center:
Dial-A-Buoy:
Who ya gonna call? Call Dial-A-Buoy and get the Gulf weather
data straight from the your friendly buoy in the Gulf.
Plywood
Shutters for Hurricanes:
Insurance
Company Look Up:
Emergency Phone
Numbers:
More Emergency
Phone Numbers:
Adult
Emergency Services (Crisis)
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272-2958
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Air
Force MacDill
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828-1110
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Brandon Hospital
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681-5551
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Bus
Trans, HARTline
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254-4278
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Citizen
Emergency Information and Assistance
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272-6900
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Coast
Guard
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228-2189
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Crisis
Hotline
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234-1234
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Emergency
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9-1-1
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Environmental
Protection
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272-5960
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Federal
Information
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1-800-688-9889
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Florida
Marine Patrol
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272-2516
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Florida State
Info
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272-0500
1-880-488-1234
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Florida
Highway Patrol
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632-6859
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GTE
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483-2011
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HCC
Campus Info
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253-7000
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H.
Lee Moffitt Hosp
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972-4673
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Haley
VA Hospital
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972-2000
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Hills
Co. Information
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272-5900
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Hills.
Co. Fire Rescue
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272-6600
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Hills.
Co. Solid Waste
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272-5680
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Hills.
Health Dept.
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307-8000
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Hills.
Co. Water Dept.
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272-5977
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Hotel/motel
info
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223-2752
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Humane
Society
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876-7138
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Hurricane
Information
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272-6900
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Kindred Hospital
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874-7575
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Kindred
Hospital
South
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839-6341
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MacDill
AFB Fire/Police
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828-3630
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MacDill
AFB Hosp
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828-5393
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Manatee
Emer. Mgt
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941-748-2241
941-748-4501
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Memorial Hospital
of Tampa
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873-6400
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Mental
Health Care Inc.
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272-2244
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National Hurricane Center
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305-229-4470
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Pasco
Co. Emer Mgt.
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727-847-8137
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Peoples
Gas
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1-877-832-6747
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Pinellas
Emer. Mgt.
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727-464-3800
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Plant
City Fire
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757-9131
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Plant
City Police
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757-9200
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Plant
City Emer. Mgt.
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757-9131
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Plant
City Public Works
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757-9288
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Poison Information Center
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844-4444
1 -800-222-1222
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Polk
Co. Emer. Mgt.
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863-534-0350
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Red
Cross (So. Pinellas)
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727-898-3111
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Red
Cross (Hillsborough)
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251-0921
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Red
Cross (No. Pinellas)
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727-446-2358
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Red
Cross (Manatee)
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941-792-8686
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Red
Cross (Pasco)
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727-849-7794
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Resident
Emergency Information and Assistance
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272-6900
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Sarasota
Emer. Mgt.
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941-861-4636
941-951-5283
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Sheriff
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247-8200
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Shriners
Children's Hosp.
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972-2250
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South
Bay Hospital
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634-3301
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South Florida Baptist
Hospital
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757-1200
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St. Joseph's
Hospital
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870-4000
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St. Joseph's
Women's Hospital
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879-4730
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Suicide
Crisis Hotline
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234-1234
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Sun
Cty. Cntr. Emer. Squad
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634-3800
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SWFWMD
Emergency After-Hours
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352-796-7211
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SWFWMD
Brooksville
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228-9858
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Tampa General Hospital
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844-7000
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Tampa
General Hospital Univ. Psych. Ctr.
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844-7950
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Tampa Int.
Airport
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870-8700
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Tampa
Int.
Airport
Police
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870-8760
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Tampa
Police
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231-6130
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Tampa Port
Authority
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905-5044
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Tampa Water
Emergency Service
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274-7400
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TECO
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223-0800
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Temple Terrace Fire
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989-7121
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Temple Terrace Police/EM
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989-7110
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Temple
Terrace
Public Works
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989-7170
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Town & Country Hospital
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885-6666
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Travelers
Aid
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264-9949
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United
Cab
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253-2424
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UCH
of Carrollwood
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932-2222
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University
Community
Hospital
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971-6000
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USF
Campus Info
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974-3180
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USF
Police
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974-2628
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Vencor
Hospital
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839-6341
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Weather
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645-2323
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Yellow
Cab(wheel chr van)
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253-0121
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Lake St. Charles Area Handy Phone
Numbers.
Handy
List
PDF
File of this Handy List in a one-page format for printing.
Handy List
I included the link for power failures so that when your
power goes off, you can turn on your steam-powered computer and find the
number quickly!
TECO Peoples Gas
........................................ 275-3700
Water
Department ......................................... 272-6680
Auto Tag
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635-5200
The auto tag offices of the county Tax Collector also provide voter registration & driver license services (except for testing which must be
done through the state Department of Highway Safety & Motor
Vehicles). For map to the
closest Tax Collector's office which is on Falkenburg road, see Driver
License link below which includes maps to Auto Tag Offices.
Driver
License ............................................
272-2713
Voter
Registration ...................................
272-5850
Verizon
Telephone ............................ 1 800-483-4000
Verizon DSL
........................................ 1 888-587-7333
Sales 684-6400
Customer Service 684-6400
24 Hour Technical Support 684-6400
Order 1-888-547-6602
Technical Service 316-2626
School
Choice ..............................................
272-4692
Select Riverview Elementary from selection box, then click
"Go."
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EVACUATION
MAP
LSC IS IN
LEVEL "D" -- YELLOW
top
of section
Here is the link to the
entire County evacuation map:
Below are the sections of
County evacuation map showing an
enlargement of the Lake St. Charles area and the color codes. Lake St.
Charles is in the yellow area, Level D.
The LSC streets are not
all shown on the map. You need to orient yourself by
finding I-75, then US 301 (not labeled), then Krycul (not
labeled).
The evacuation map and the excerpts below are
from the St.
Petersburg Times newspaper.
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E-clectic Link's
Big Disaster Checklist
Set out below is a checklist, but you may want the
Printable
PDF version to keep handy when the power is off.
Basic items/categories you should stock
for an emergency include:
__ Water at least 1 gallon daily per person
for 5 to 10 days
__ Food
__ First Aid Supplies
__ Clothing/Bedding
__ Tools & Emergency supplies
Now is the time to go over your hurricane
preparedness. If you have not made any emergency plans, you should do
them now. Planning ahead will save you unnecessary stress from not
knowing what to do or not having the supplies you will need to get you
through the hurricane watch, warning, storm, and aftermath. Print and
post this list on the refrigerator or somewhere it will be easily seen
and reviewed, and discussed.
Plan Before You are Sitting in the Dark!
__ Appoint a Disaster Captain.
__ Assign responsibilities for planning and staying prepared.
__ Create An Emergency Plan.
__ Discuss with family members what could happen
__ Discuss where to meet
__ Discuss what to do if an evacuation is needed
__ Discuss shelters/rules
__ Discuss what to do with family pets
__ Discuss how to protect elderly
__ When you know storm will hit, tell neighbors where you will go
__ Review the above Emergency Plan with your family every 3 to 6 months
Review Dates of Planning
1. __/__/__
2. __/__/__
3. __/__/__
4. __/__/__
Stored Supplies
Replace stored water every three months
1. __/__/__
2. __/__/__
3. __/__/__
4. __/__/__
Replace stored food every six months
1. __/__/__
2. __/__/__
__ Replace stored batteries
__ Test fire extinguishers according to instructions
__ Store your supplies in a convenient, dry place.
__ Review your supply needs yearly.
__ Keep items in air tight plastic bags.
__ Replace clothing articles for growing children.
As
the Hurricane is FAR AWAY
__ Begin making lots
of ice. Set refrigerator/freezer to coldest
__ Fill cars with gas
__ Place all rechargeable batteries for all tools in the chargers
__ Know how to shut off water, gas, electricity to your home
__ Refill prescriptions
Supplies to Have on Hand
__ A large, clean garbage can in
which you can store your supplies until needed.
This can also be used to store clean water for use
during the storm.
__ CASH if the electricity goes out no automatic tellers will work.
__ Credit cards.
__ Identification/Valuable papers in a waterproof container or
watertight
resealable plastic bag: insurance, medical records,
bank account numbers,
Social Security card, etc.
__ Phone numbers for your insurances
__ List of phone numbers emergency services
__ Your existing address and phone lists of family, friends, coworkers,
doctors
__ Drinking water for 5-10 days (1 gallon/person/day). Do not use milk
containers that
will break or decompose; use plastic soda bottles.
__ Canned/packaged food (1-2 weeks).
__ Canned meats, canned fish, canned fruits & vegetables, canned juices,
dried fruit, bread, crackers,
peanut butter, jelly and bottled water. Try to purchase
in one meal packages, once opened they
will spoil quickly.
__ Sugar, salt, pepper.
__ Coffee, instant coffee, tea bags.
__ Powdered soft drinks
__ Hard candy, especially for diabetics.
__ Special dietary foods.
__ Baby food/formula/diapers.
__ Food and medication for pets.
__Pet care items
proper identification / immunization records / medications
ample supply of food and water
a carrier or cage
muzzle and leash
__ Toilet paper/paper towels/personal items/baby diapers.
__ Shampoo, soap, toothpaste, toothbrush.
__ One change of clothing and footwear per person.
__ Two-week supply of prescription medicine.
__ Extra pair of glasses/contacts.
__ Aspirin/First Aid Kit.
__ Anti-diarrhea medicine
__ Rubbing alcohol
__ Latex gloves
__ Hydrogen peroxide
__ Petroleum jelly
__ First aid book
__ Scissors
__ Tweezers
__ Antiseptic
__ Thermometer
__ Rolls of gauze or bandages
__ First aid tape
__ Adhesive bandages (in assorted
sizes)
__ Sanitary wipes or liquid hand sanitizer
__ Suntan Lotion.
__ Mosquito Repellant.
__ Non-electric can opener
__ Two portable coolers one for food; one for ice.
__ Battery-operated radio or TV.
__ Eating utensils/paper plates, cups, plasticware.
__ 2-3 flashlights/extra batteries.
__ Lantern with fuel.
__ Bleach (for disinfecting).
__ Liquid dish soap
__ Tarps.
__ Trash bags.
__ Zip-Lock food bags, Aluminum foil
__ Paper plates
__ Matches (waterproof) and candles.
__ ABC Type Fire extinguisher.
__ Work gloves
__ Oven mitts
__ 100 feet of rope.
__ Sleeping bags/blankets.
__ Duct tape.
__ Plywood/tools (hammer, screwdriver, nails, etc.).
__ Camp stove with extra fuel.
__ Extra car and house keys.
__ Car tire sealant.
__ Rain gear.
__ Books, cards, games, toys, etc. (for children).
__ Charcoal/ice.
__ Clean-up supplies (mop, bucket, towels, disinfectant).
__ Camera and film.
__ Compass
__ Signal flares
__ Needles, thread
__ Medicine dropper
__ Whistle for each member of your family
__ Plastic sheeting
__ Map of the area
__ Utility knife
__ Tent
__ Hammer, pliers, vice grips, screwdriver, saw
__ Crowbar, Hatchet
__ Assorted nails
__ Wood screws
__ Disinfectant
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E-clectic Link Categories
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Handy Move-In
List Key Links and Phone Numbers for Utilities, Car, School |
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Schools
Education Day Care- Summer Programs
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More Education, Higher-Up Education |
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Homework Libraries
References Clubs, Groups, Organizations |
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Parenting |
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Fast Fact When You First Move To Riverview
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State
and Local History and Cultural Heritage
Link added 12/19 |
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Tampa Hillsborough County Area Guides Sites Giving
Tampa/Hillsborough Information The List of Lists |
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Sports, Sports Teams Fan Clubs Recreation
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Specific Area Attractions |
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Arts, Music, Museums |
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Nature Gardening
Snakes Wildlife Environment Pests Link
added 2/4 |
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Hunting Fishing Camping
Parks Boating Hiking Biking
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Florida Welcome Center Florida Attractions
Other Cities
Link added 1-10
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The Technical Tourist
Links added 1-9
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Shopping Businesses |
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Home, Home Improvement, Family
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Real Estate |
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Computers and the Internet |
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Riverview's Web Sites Other South County Community Web Sites |
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Pets, Hobbies, Special Interests
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