{"id":67708,"date":"2026-05-29T17:11:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T21:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=67708"},"modified":"2026-05-29T17:11:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T21:11:20","slug":"2026-lakeland-hurricane-expo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2026\/05\/29\/2026-lakeland-hurricane-expo\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Lakeland Hurricane Expo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-dominant-color=\"1b1845\" data-has-transparency=\"true\" style=\"--dominant-color: #1b1845;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/26-Lakeland-Hurricane-Expo_Social_Watermark-1024x1024.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-67709 has-transparency\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/26-Lakeland-Hurricane-Expo_Social_Watermark-1024x1024.webp 1024w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/26-Lakeland-Hurricane-Expo_Social_Watermark-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/26-Lakeland-Hurricane-Expo_Social_Watermark-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/26-Lakeland-Hurricane-Expo_Social_Watermark-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/26-Lakeland-Hurricane-Expo_Social_Watermark-1536x1536.webp 1536w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/26-Lakeland-Hurricane-Expo_Social_Watermark-2048x2048.webp 2048w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/26-Lakeland-Hurricane-Expo_Social_Watermark-250x250.webp 250w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>WHAT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The City of Lakeland, in partnership with United Way of Central Florida, Age Friendly Lakeland, Home Instead, and community preparedness organizations, invites media representatives to attend the 2026 Lakeland Hurricane Expo. This&nbsp;FREE, family-friendly event will provide residents with valuable hurricane preparedness information, emergency planning resources, expert presentations, and opportunities to connect with public safety professionals and community organizations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>WHO:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Mayor Sara Roberts McCarley&nbsp;<br>\u2022 Meteorologist Denis Phillips, ABC Action News Tampa Bay&nbsp;<br>\u2022 Dr. Tracy Fanara&nbsp;<br>\u2022 Meteorologist Kyle Hanson, Spectrum Bay News 9&nbsp;<br>\u2022 Trinity Laurino, LkldNow&nbsp;(Panel Moderator)&nbsp;<br>\u2022 Representatives from City of Lakeland Emergency Management, Polk County Emergency Management, medical preparedness professionals, elder care preparedness specialists, and more.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>WHEN:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Saturday, May 30, 2026&nbsp;<br>10:00 a.m. \u2013 2:00 p.m.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>WHERE:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">RP Funding Center&nbsp;<br>701 W. Lime Street&nbsp;<br>Lakeland, FL 33815&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WHAT: The City of Lakeland, in partnership with United Way of Central Florida, Age Friendly Lakeland, Home Instead, and community preparedness organizations, invites media representatives to attend the 2026 Lakeland&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":67709,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"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":"dois","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":true,"token":"eyJpbWciOiJodHRwczpcL1wvaTAud3AuY29tXC9sYWtlbGFuZGdhemV0dGUuaW5mb1wvbmV3c1wvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDVcLzI2LUxha2VsYW5kLUh1cnJpY2FuZS1FeHBvX1NvY2lhbF9XYXRlcm1hcmsud2VicD9maXQ9MTAyNCUyQzEwMjQmc3NsPTEiLCJ0eHQiOiIyMDI2IExha2VsYW5kIEh1cnJpY2FuZSBFeHBvIiwidGVtcGxhdGUiOiJkb2lzIiwiZm9udCI6IiIsImJsb2dfaWQiOjE2MzA0MDY2MX0.HPL8_7LdSVnHZvGMUDYpbs6vB-_tWw3ocG00_Q5EqfYMQ"},"version":2,"media_source":"sig","attached_media":[{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/jetpack.com\/redirect\/?source=sigenerate&query=t%3DeyJpbWciOiJodHRwczpcL1wvbGFrZWxhbmRnYXpldHRlLmluZm9cL25ld3NcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjZcLzA1XC8yNi1MYWtlbGFuZC1IdXJyaWNhbmUtRXhwb19Tb2NpYWxfV2F0ZXJtYXJrLTEwMjR4MTAyNC53ZWJwIiwidHh0IjoiMjAyNiBMYWtlbGFuZCBIdXJyaWNhbmUgRXhwbyIsInRlbXBsYXRlIjoiZG9pcyIsImZvbnQiOiIiLCJibG9nX2lkIjoxNjMwNDA2NjF9.RQfGb_XfbdF0cB9tkbTnCTF3WG9yRGxNAHOY2c6YNmIMQ","type":"image\/jpeg"}]},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[12,14],"tags":[14731],"class_list":["post-67708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","category-news","tag-2026-lakeland-hurricane-expo"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67708","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67708"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67708\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67711,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67708\/revisions\/67711"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}