News

City officials extend sandbag hours as tropics heat up - St Pete Catalyst

St Pete Catalyst · last updated

City officials extend sandbag hours as tropics heat up - St Pete Catalyst

City officials extend sandbag hours as tropics heat up

August 25, 2023 - The City of St. Petersburg is extending operational hours at free sandbag sites through Sunday as a tropical system develops in the Caribbean. Free sandbags are now available from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. at the Pavement and Traffic Operations Building at 1744 9th Ave. N. In addition, Florida’s Disaster Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday starts Saturday and runs through Sept. 8.

View full article

Related Knowledge Center: Energy storage

State of Play

A key to the adoption of renewable energy is the development of economical ways to store energy, in the form of batteries or other technologies. 

More information

here today, more tomorrow

We’ve launched briefing.center with a focus on the press and media.

And we’ve added Citizen Cartwright, a daily quick-read news summary by veteran Washington journalist Linda Cartwright. We’ve also created a new voting rights knowledge center for Citizen Cartwright subscribers. (You can sign up for a dedicated morning email at citizencartwright.com.)

You can sign up here for full access to press and media and Citizen Cartwright on briefing.center.

You can use briefing.center as the center of your information management, or just one of your tools. We’re happy to discuss your information needs.

Sign up