{"id":50553,"date":"2024-10-06T20:56:26","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T00:56:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=50553"},"modified":"2024-10-06T20:56:32","modified_gmt":"2024-10-07T00:56:32","slug":"polk-county-shelters-to-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2024\/10\/06\/polk-county-shelters-to-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Polk County Shelters to Open"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0Based on the current projections and estimated time of Hurricane Milton\u2019s arrival in Polk County, the following public shelters will be open at noon on Tuesday, Oct. 8:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"43688e\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #43688e;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"323\" height=\"156\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/images-3-jpeg.webp?resize=323%2C156&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-50554 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/images-3-jpeg.webp?w=323&amp;ssl=1 323w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/images-3-jpeg.webp?resize=300%2C145&amp;ssl=1 300w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Auburndale High School, 1 Bloodhound Trail, Auburndale<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Spessard Holland Elementary School, 2432 E.F. Griffin Road, Bartow<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Citrus Ridge Academy, 1775 Sand Mine Road, Davenport<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Horizons Elementary School, 1700 Forest Lake Dr., Davenport<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>George Jenkins High School, 6000 Lakeland Highlands Road, Lakeland<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Highlands Grove Elementary, 4510 Lakeland Highlands Road, Lakeland<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kathleen High School, 1100 Red Devil Way, Lakeland<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>R. Bruce Wagner Elementary School, 5500 Yates Road, Lakeland<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sleepy Hill Elementary School, 2285 Sleepy Hill Road, Lakeland<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mulberry Middle School, 500 S.E. Martin Luther King Jr. Ave., Mulberry<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lake Marion Creek Middle School, 3055 Lake Marion Creek Dr., Poinciana<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chain of Lakes Elementary School, 7001 Hwy. 653, Winter Haven<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Winter Haven High School, 600 6th St. S.E., Winter Haven<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Three pet-friendly shelters will also be open at noon on Tuesday, Oct. 8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They are located at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Haines City High School, 2800 Hornet Dr., Haines City<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lake Region High School, 1995 Thunder Road, Eagle Lake<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tenoroc High School, 4905 Saddle Creek Road, Lakeland<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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\">Special Needs shelters will also open at 7 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 8, for those residents with special and\/or medical needs. Special needs shelters are temporary emergency facilities capable of providing care to residents whose medical condition(s) may require the use of electrical equipment, oxygen, or dialysis, or individuals with physical, cognitive, or medical conditions who may require assistance from medical professionals. Although special needs shelters provide more care than general shelters, they do not provide the level of care found in a medical facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Special Needs shelters are located at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>FDOH Polk Specialty Care Unit, 1255 Brice Blvd., Bartow<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ridge Community High School, 500 W. Orchid Dr., Davenport<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>McKeel Academy, 1810 W. Parker St., Lakeland<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the most up-to-date information, please monitor your local news media or call the Citizen\u2019s Information Line at (863) 298-7500 (locally) or toll-free 866-661-0228. 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>\u00a0Based on the current projections and estimated time of Hurricane Milton\u2019s arrival in Polk County, the following public shelters will be open at noon on Tuesday, Oct. 8: Three pet-friendly&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50554,"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":"12","_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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2,"attached_media":[{"id":50554,"url":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/images-3-jpeg.webp","type":"image\/jpeg"}]},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[12,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50553","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=50553"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50553\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50555,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50553\/revisions\/50555"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}