Sand available at four locations within the county

Santa Rosa County Public Safety is closely monitoring Invest 97L for development and how it may impact Santa Rosa County. At this time, it is still too early to know the exact impacts but there are still ways residents can prepare for the potential tropical weather.

The county's public works department has sand available on a first-come, first-served basis at the following locations:

• The corner of Leisure St. and Citrus Dr. in Navarre
• Tiger Point Park in Gulf Breeze (1370 Tiger Park Ln.)
• Pace Fire-Rescue in Pace (4773 Pace Patriot Blvd.)
• The corner of Pine Forest Rd. and Carroll Rd. in Milton

Residents must provide their own sandbags and shovel.Bags can be purchased at many local hardware stores. For information on how to make and use sandbags, visit the Federal Alliance for Safe Homes (www.flash.org).While sandbags can help mitigate to an extent, buying flood insurance is the best protection against flood loss.

Floods are the nation's most common and costly natural disaster and cause millions of dollars in damage every year. And get it sooner rather than later - flood insurance requires a 30-day waiting period.

Prepare now. Make sure all family members know the plan.

• Visit Santa Rosa County's Know Your Zone for evacuation zone information.
• Review your disaster plan and make sure it includes your pets.
• Check your disaster supply kit and replenish necessary items. Remember, be one-week ready!
• Have multiple ways of receiving alerts.
• Every home should have a NOAA weather radio, the first line of defense before relying on alerts through a smartphone.
• Smartphone weather apps are also an excellent delivery source of severe weather information and other disaster updates - especially in the overnight hours. Santa Rosa County's alert app - AlertSantaRosa.com- provides updates on emergency incidents (hazardous materials as well as severe weather) in the county at addresses of your choice (work, school, home, etc).
• Be sure that you have not disabled your alerts on your phone and that it is fully charged and within reach. If you use the "Do Not Disturb" feature on your phone at night, turn it off so that any emergency calls may come through.

For current weather events, visit www.weather.gov/mob. For information on preparing for disasters, visit www.santarosa.fl.gov/974/Emergency-Management.

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