{"id":25534,"date":"2022-09-26T17:02:18","date_gmt":"2022-09-26T21:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=25534"},"modified":"2022-09-26T17:02:33","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T21:02:33","slug":"polk-shelters-will-open-tuesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2022\/09\/26\/polk-shelters-will-open-tuesday\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Polk Shelters will open Tuesday<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1110\" height=\"624\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/polk-ian.webp?resize=1110%2C624&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25535\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Based on the current track and estimated time of arrival in Polk County of Hurricane Ian, the following public shelters will be open on Tuesday, September 27 at 12:00 p.m.:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Horizons Elementary School<\/td><td>1700 Forest Lake Dr, Davenport<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Sleepy Hill Elementary School<\/td><td>2285 Sleepy Hill Rd, Lakeland<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>R. Bruce Wagner Elementary School<\/td><td>5500 Yates Rd, Lakeland<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Chain Of Lakes Elementary School<\/td><td>7001 Hwy 653, Winter Haven<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Mulberry Middle School<\/td><td>500 SE Martin Luther King Jr Ave, Mulberry<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Spessard Holland Elementary&nbsp;<\/td><td>2342 E.F. Griffin Rd, Bartow<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Auburndale High School<\/td><td>1 Bloodhound Trail, Auburndale<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Citrus Ridge Academy<\/td><td>1775 Sand Mine Rd, Davenport<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>George Jenkins High School<\/td><td>6000 Lakeland Highlands Rd, Lakeland<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Highlands Grove Elementary<\/td><td>4510 Lakeland Highlands Rd, Lakeland<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Kathleen High School<\/td><td>1100 Red Devil Way, Lakeland<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Lake Marion Creek Middle School<\/td><td>3055 Lake Marion Creek Dr, Poinciana<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Winter Haven High School<\/td><td>600 6<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;St SE, Winter Haven<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Special Needs shelters will also open at 7 a.m. on Tuesday, for those residents with special medical needs. Polk County Emergency Management\u2019s Special Needs Program is designed to provide shelter and\/or transportation for residents with medical or physical conditions and\/or dependent on medical electrical equipment who require assistance during an emergency. The Special Needs shelters are located at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>FDOH Polk Specialty Care Unit<\/td><td>1255 Brice Blvd., Bartow<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>McKeel Academy<\/td><td>1810 W. Parker St., Lakeland<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Ridge Community High School<\/td><td>500 Orchid Dr., Davenport<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pet friendly shelters that will be open Tuesday, September 27 at 112:00 p.m. will be at<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Tenoroc High School<\/td><td>4905 Saddle Creek Rd., Lakeland<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Lake Region High School<\/td><td>1995 Thunder Road, Eagle Lake<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Haines City High School<\/td><td>2800 Hornet Drive, Haines City<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pet owners must bring shot records for their pets, an airline-approved carrying case or crate and pet food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the most updated information, please continue to monitor your local news media and check the county website for updates at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.polk-county.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.polk-county.net<\/a>. You may also obtain further emergency information at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/polkcountyem\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.facebook.com\/polkcountyem<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/polkemergency\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.twitter.com\/polkemergency<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Based on the current track and estimated time of arrival in Polk County of Hurricane Ian, the following public shelters will be open on Tuesday, September 27 at 12:00 p.m.:&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25535,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"0","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","default_image_id":71799,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[12,14],"tags":[3504],"class_list":["post-25534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","category-news","tag-polk-shelters-will-open-tuesday"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25534\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}