Post Irma Treasure Coast Update Sept 14

Post Irma Treasure Coast Update Sept 14

• Power is being restored

• FPL says restoration for east coast is expected to be completed by end of weekend.
• West coast could be out of power until September 22nd.
• Customers may lose power more than once while they fix the grid.
• About 40% of FPL customers had their power restored in the first full day of repairs.
• 5am update, 22,440 customers in SLC (18%) and 19,520 in MC (21%) are still without power.
  • About 20,000 customers had power restored yesterday
• Another 1,534 Fort Pierce Utility customers (5%)
  • Down significantly from the 20k that were without power yesterday

• Garbage
  • Starting Tuesday
    • PSL, MC, SLC
  • Starting Thursday
    • Fort Pierce
• Keep hurricane debris in separate piles. Vegetative debris should be in one pile. Structural debris (fences, roofs, etc.) in another.
  • Will be picked up separately from regular trash/recycling/yard waste
  • PSL storm debris questions: 772-529-0934 from 7am-7pm starting today
  • Collection starts on Monday in PSL
  • Collection starts today in Stuart
  • Starts Saturday in MC
• Boil water notices
  • Lakewood Park Sampson Subdivision in SLC
• Emergency water supplies available at following locations
  • PSL
    • Shell gas station at Tulip Blvd and Darwin Blvd
    • Parkway Elementary at Selvitz Road and Manville Dr
    • Publix at Prima Vista Crossing at US1 and Prima Vista Blvd
    • Speedway on US1 near Kitterman Rd
  • MC
    • Water and tarps available at Sailfish Splash Waterpark.
      • While supplies last
      • 8am to 4pm

• Food

  • St Lucie Public Schools providing free breakfast and lunch for students today and tomorrow
    • 8am-9am, 11:30am-12:30pm
    • Students can go to any school
      • Bayshore Elementary
      • CA Moore Elementary
      • Northport K-8
      • Samuel S Gaines K-8
      • St Lucie Elementary
      • Village Green Elementary
      • Weatherbee Elementary
      • Windmill Point Elementary
  • BJ’s Wholesale has waived the membership fee
• Gas
  • Gas is still hard to find. Use GasBuddy app to help find stations near you with gas, and find cheapest prices
• Bridges
  • Bridges to North and South Hutchinson Island are open to everyone now, not just residents and business owners
  • Hobe Sound Bascule open to both vehicle and marine traffic
  • Old Roosevelt Drawbridge stuck in down position
    • Car traffic ok
    • Marine traffic not ok. Large boats cannot get through
• Schools
  • Out this week
    • Martin
    • St Lucie
    • Indian River
    • Palm Beach County
    • IRSC
  • Out “indefinitely”
    • Okeechobee
• Sailfish Splash
  • Park open to public through Friday, 10:30am to 5pm
  • $5.95 per day, free for season pass holders
  • sailfishsplash.com/buy
• Tree Giveaway
  • Keep Port St Lucie Beautiful tree giveaway cancelled
  • Scheduled for Saturday
  • No make up date has been confirmed
• Volunteers needed
  • RedCross.org/volunteer
  • Unitedwayslc.org
  • Mustard Seed in Fort Pierce accepting donations
    • Diapers
    • Wipes
    • Water
    • Cleaning Supplies
    • Buckets
    • Baby food/formula
• Jobs
  • CareerSource Research Coast St Lucie County Career Center in St Lucie West on University Blvd will open at 8am today
  • For residents who might need assistance with Emergency Unemployment or other services
• Businesses
  • Local businesses impacted by Irma asked to complete Florida Virtual Business Mergency Operations Center Hurricane Irma survey.
• Beaches
  • Water samples from testing done after Irma came back clean
    • Hobe Sound Beach
    • Hobe Sound Wildlife Refuge
    • Bathtub Beach
    • Stuart Beach
    • Jensen Beach
  • Beaches will be guarded once again starting today
• Phone Numbers
  • Martin County Hotline: 772-287-1652
  • St Lucie County Hotline: 772-460-HELP
  • Price Gouging Hotline: 1-866-9-NO-SCAM
• Websites
  • Martin.FL.US
  • CityofPSL.com
  • CityofFortPierce.com