LAUDERHILL, FLA. (WSVN) - Residents in Broward and Miami-Dade counties can now pick up sandbags as Florida braces for Tropical Depression Fred.
Sandbags will be available for pickup at Veterans Park, located at 7600 NW 50th St. in Lauderhill, Friday.
The distribution begins at 9 a.m.
Legion Park, 6447 NE 7th Ave., as well as Grapeland Park, 1550 NW 37th Ave., in Miami, will also be offering sandbags, starting at noon.
“Had to come here before there’s a panic, just to be prepared,” said resident John Carr.
“I have a family, you know what I’m saying?” one resident said. “I have a pool in my backyard, so I have to prepare myself.”
“It doesn’t take too much rainfall and my place starts to flood,” said resident Norris Richard.
The men filling up sandbags said it was their wives who told them to do it.
“She the one who told me, so I got up this morning, determined to be on time,” one man said.
The sandbags will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis.
“Where I live is a flood zone,” one man said. “Will do my best.”
Each person is allowed eight bags and must fill them themselves.
Shovels will be provided.
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