Kent residents can pick up free, empty sandbags starting Oct. 15 at the City Operations facility, 5821 S. 240th St., also known as West James Street.<\/p>\n
Residents can get the sandbags between 7:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday Oct. 17, Oct. 24 and Oct. 31. Each household is limited to 100 sandbags.<\/p>\n
City staff will hand out brochures with the sandbags that describe how to properly fill and place them.<\/p>\n
You can fill your sandbags at one of six locations during daylight hours, although you should bring your own shovel. The six locations are:<\/p>\n
\u2022 The old Panther Lake Elementary School, 20831 108th Ave. S.E.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Fred Meyer store, 10201 S.E. 240th St.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Earthworks Park, 742 E. Titus St.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Home Depot store, 26120 104th Ave. S.E.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Totem Middle School, 25630 40th Ave. S.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Grandview Park, 3600 S. 228th St., in SeaTac.<\/p>\n
City officials are looking for volunteers to help people fill, transfer and stack sandbags, which can weigh up to about 70 pounds.<\/p>\n
For more flood information as well as volunteer forms, go to www.ci.kent.wa.us\/emergencymanagement and click on Green River\/Hanson Dam or call Kent Emergency Management at 253-856-4440.<\/p>\n
For more information on sandbags, call the public works operations division at 253-856-5600.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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