February 7, 2025
Customers head to home improvement stores to buy storm supplies

CLEARWATER, Fla. — The Town of Clearwater encouraged inhabitants to keep educated about Tropical Despair #9.

The route is unsure, but consumers are getting storm materials.

On Friday, clients headed to Lowe’s Dwelling Enhancement on U.S. Highway 19 in Clearwater.

Various persons were being obtaining turbines, such as Richard Taylor. Taylor mentioned he was headed to Ga this morning but resolved to keep in town.

“I woke up this early morning. We ended up driving to Georgia for a excursion and on the way, we checked the spaghetti plots and some of the information stores and resolved to transform all around and come back again,” stated Taylor.

Taylor put in the previous 30 a long time residing in Chicago, but his fiancé is from Florida.

“She’s out acquiring food, and I’m below getting a generator and gasoline cans,” reported Taylor.

“I bought this inverter generator that was fairly tiny for the reason that it in good shape in my car or truck and can electrical power a fridge and a window unit just this minimal small unit for just one bed room,” reported Taylor.

“We have two full freezers comprehensive of food items and our generator we have at residence is not practical so just to be safe, just incase. It is really not 100% guaranteed it is headed this way,” mentioned Alana Fraddosio.

Men and women should prepare a hurricane kit. The package really should consist of a to start with aid kit with bandages, sanitary wipes, flashlights with billed batteries and a battery-operated fan.

You really should also have one particular gallon of drinking water for each particular person for at the very least 3 times and 3-7 days worth of foodstuff for you and your pet.

It is a great concept to continue to keep some food stuff that necessitates zero preparation like bread, peanut butter, bananas, canned fruits, electricity bars and granola.

The Town of Clearwater encourages residents to signal up for Warn Pinellas and down load the new All set Pinellas application in the App Keep or Google Play shop for genuine-time storm updates.