![]() Mango Tree Lake site will be staffed from noon to 6:30 p.m. The locations are: Fire StatHibiscus Drive Mango Tree Lake, 901 Mango Tree Drive and the airport staging area, 1898 Airpark Road. Residents should bring their own shovels and bags. The city of Edgewater has stocked three locations with sand piles, and they are accessible 24 hours a day. Residents must provide proof of residency and fill the bags themselves. Saturday and Sunday at Festival Park, 191 Howland Blvd. The city will set up sandbag filling stations from 8 a.m. There will be a limit of 10 bags per household. Sandbags will be limited to DeLand residents only so please bring your ID. 24, in the Melching Field parking lot at the corner of East Hubbard Avenue and South Woodland Boulevard. Residents should bring a shovel and be prepared to fill the bags.Ī self-service sandbag station will open from 9 a.m. Bags are not available for commercial businesses. There is a limit of 10 bags per household. Sand and bags will be distributed at DeBary City Hall, 16 Colomba Road, from 9 a.m. There is a limit of 10 sandbags per household or business. Residents should be prepared to fill the bags. The city will provide bags, sand and shovels. Sunday at the Shores Community Center, 3000 Bellemead Drive. Saturday at Daytona Beach Shores City Hall, 2990 S. Sand and bag distribution will be held from 9 a.m. There is no charge for sandbags, and there is a 10-bag limit per vehicle. Residents are asked to bring their own shovel. Monday in the parking lot near the southeast corner of Orange Avenue and Jean Street. Sandbag supplies will be available for residents and business owners from 8 a.m. Sunday in the parking lot of the Volusia County Correctional Facility located at 1354 Indian Lake Road in Daytona Beach. Volusia County will provide free sand and empty sandbags to residents from 10 a.m. Here's a rundown of where residents can get sand and bags. Tropical Storm Ian: threatens Panhandle, west coast of Florida could become hurricane I've had no issues before, so why would I have any now?" "I don't go crazy when these things come," she said. "If it's the same track as Charley, that storm took my roof," Ginorio said.įerrante, who said she she has been through plenty of storms, wasn't stressed about Ian's potential arrival. A resident of Deltona for nearly 30 years, he said he is uneasy about Ian because the storm is projected to possibly follow a track similar to Hurricane Charley that left behind major damage when it smacked into Volusia County in 2004. ![]() Nearby, another Deltona resident, Jose Ginorio, 54, waited his turn in his Dodge Ram pickup. ![]() In Deltona, cars waited in a drive-through line at Festival Park on Howland Boulevard, a process that unfolded smoothly, according to resident Christine Tancrell, 65. "I went to Winn-Dixie in Port Orange to stock up on water and it seemed like they still had quite a bit on the shelves. "This is the last bit of preparation that I have," she said. She was among dozens of city residents shoveling sand into bags at that city's distribution location at Reed Canal Park. "I have a healthy concern, but I'm not overwhelmed with worry," said Cayla Cue, 24, a hairdresser and lifelong resident of South Daytona. 26. Residents may call 86 for storm-related information, sandbags, disaster preparation and community resources.Īlthough bottled water aisles in many stores already were empty by Saturday afternoon and gas pumps at a few stations already were covered with plastic bags to indicate that supplies were at least temporarily gone, many residents approached storm preparation with a sense of routine. Most cities require proof of residency for the sand bag distribution, which unfolded at sites from Ormond Beach to Deltona to New Smyrna Beach.Īs Volusia County Emergency Management officials continue to monitor the storm, the county announced that it will open its Citizens Information Center from 8 a.m. More information to get ready for Ian: Your guide to the 2022 hurricane season in Florida "I'm getting prepared," said Stan Pinson, 72, among the residents who arrived early on Saturday to load his limit of 10 sand bags into the back of his SUV in the parking lot of Daytona Beach Shores City Hall. There is still plenty of uncertainty where it ends up, but folks on Saturday were getting ready for the worst. The tropical storm is expected to strengthen rapidly with models showing it plowing into the southwestern part of the state as it treks northward, according to the National Hurricane Center. Watch Video: Hurricane season: Tips for the best hurricane survival kitĭAYTONA BEACH - Volusia County and several municipalities started offering free sand and bags on Saturday to residents to get ready for the possible impact of Ian. ![]()
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