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© St. Petersburg Times, published May 26, 2002
Lockhart Elementary, 3719 N 17th St.
McKitrick Elementary, 5503 Lutz-Lake Fern Road, Lutz
Chiles Elementary, 16541 W Tampa Palms Blvd.
Gaither H.S., 16200 N Dale Mabry Highway
Sickles H.S., 7950 Gunn Highway
Bloomingdale H.S., 1700 E Bloomingdale Ave., Valrico
Wharton H.S., 20150 Bruce B. Downs Blvd.
Orange Grove Magnet, 3415 N 16th St.
Randall M.S., 16510 Fish Hawk Blvd., Lithia
Walker M.S., 8282 N Mobley Road
Benito M.S., 10101 Cross Creek Blvd.
Riverview H.S., 11311 Boyette Road, Riverview
Essrig Elementary, 13131 Lynn Road
Burnett M.S., 1010 N Kingsway, Seffner
Cypress Creek Elementary, 4040 19th Ave. NE, Ruskin
Bevis Elementary, 5720 Osprey Ridge Blvd., Lithia
Pride Elementary, 18241 Kinnan St.
Rodgers M.S., 11910 Tucker Road, Riverview
McDonald Elementary, 501 W Pruett Road, Seffner
Durant H.S., 4748 Cougar Path, Plant City
Plant City H.S., 1 Raider Place, Plant City
Church of Jesus Christ L.D.S., 8020 N Gunn Highway
Good Samaritan Mission, 14920 Balm Wimauma Road, Wimauma
Red Cross public shelters are indicated on the map and
cross referenced by number on this page. Public shelter
spaces are extremely limited so shelters may fill up
quickly during an evacuation. In addition, shelters provide
only a basic living environment. Those who need to evacuate
should make every effort to afford themselves of
some protected location other than public shelter. This
may include homes of friends/relatives which do not have
to be evacuated, hotels/motels in safe areas, or depart the
to open refuges to accommodate evacuees. Thes
facilities have not been fully certified as Red Cross shelters
and may not have the extent of services available at
tune in to local television and radio stations for update
information. Announcements will be made confirming
shelter openings and alternate refuges, if necessary.
Hillsborough County provides a shelter program for
those residents requiring special medically related care.
Special care shelters will be available for people requiring
more skilled medical care than available in a regular
shelter but not requiring an acute care facility such as a
hospital. If this type of extended care is needed, contact
the Emergency Operations Center, 272-6900, to be considered
all shelters listed are projected to be opened. Under othe
scenarios (such as certain hurricanes on the lower end of
the intensity scale), a reduced number of shelters will be
opened. All or a portion of those shelters indicated by a ¥
will be opened under reduced shelter scenarios.
The colored areas on this map are vulnerable to storm
surge. Storm surge is salt water flooding which rushes
over coastal and river areas near where the eye of the
hurricane strikes, destroying homes and businesses in its
path. Nine out of 10 hurricane-related deaths are caused
depending on the strength of the winds. Storm surge ca
reach 7 feet above sea level in a Category 1 hurricane to
as much as 28 feet above sea level in a Category 5 hurricane.
Depending on the track and strength of a threat-ening
hurricane, local officials may order one of five evacuation
(see legend). These levels correspond to the floodin
which is likely to occur from the five categories of hurricanes.
If you live in a mobile home, manufactured home or
recreational vehicle, you must evacuate regardless of
where you are located. These structures are extremely vulnerable
home, manufactured home or RV, gather your emergenc
supplies, secure your home and leave immediately.
Failure to obey an evacuation order is a violation of