Largo to host pre-storm sandbag giveaway<\/p>\n
The city of Largo will host a one-time, drive-through Sandbag Giveaway and Preparedness Event on Saturday, April 18, from 9 a.m.\u2013noon at the Starkey Road Recycling Center, 1551 Starkey Road.<\/p>\n
Participants will receive up to 10 pre-filled sandbags per household to help protect against localized flooding this storm season. Sandbags will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis while supplies last. The event is open to city of Largo residents only, and proof of residency is required, such as a valid Florida driver\u2019s license or a recent utility bill displaying a City of Largo address.<\/p>\n
Sandbags will be loaded into vehicles by city team members; each household may receive up to 10 ore-filled sandbags.<\/p>\n
Residents will receive information on how to properly use sandbags to help protect against slow-moving floodwaters up to 15 inches deep.<\/p>\n
Guests must remain in their vehicles throughout the duration of the event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Largo to host pre-storm sandbag giveaway The city of Largo will host a one-time, drive-through Sandbag Giveaway and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2598,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[4085,596,101299,202,204,203,199,201,200,4088],"class_list":["post-223830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-largo","tag-pinellas-county","tag-sandbag-giveaway","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news","tag-starkey-road-recycling-center"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223830\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}