🔋 Storm prep

• Stock your hurricane kit with these essentials. The Florida Disaster Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday kicked off over the weekend and allows residents to pick up generators, batteries, flashlights, and other hurricane essentials without sales tax through Friday, Sept. 8.
• The City of Tampa is giving out free sandbags at Himes Avenue Complex, Al Barnes Park, and Macfarlane Park — bring proof of Tampa residence to collect up to 10 sandbags.

🛏️ Shelters

• Hillsborough County opened ten shelters to the general public yesterday. Check availability online.
• Pinellas County opened one shelter last night + is opening nine more today. Check the list.

🏫 Schools

✈️ Tampa International Airport

🗺️ Storm tracking

• Talent Within: The Dalí Staff Art Show | Tuesday, Aug. 29-Monday, Sept. 4 | 10 a.m.-6 p.m. | The Dalí Museum, 1 Dali Blvd., St. Petersburg | Free | Take in the work of the legendary museum’s staff from drawing and mixed media to pottery and sculpture.
• Fiction, Fantasies & Epics Book Club | Tuesday, Aug. 29 | 6:30-7:30 p.m. | Virtual | Free | Oxford Exchange hosts a discussion of V.E. Schwab’s “A Darker Shade of Magic,” a tale of a magician with the rare ability to travel between parallel Londons.

• Michelle Wolf | Wednesday, Aug. 30 | 7 p.m. | Tampa Theatre, 711 N. Franklin St., Tampa | $29.50-$51.25 | See the standup comic who has performed on Comedy Central + “Late Night with Seth Meyers” as she makes a stop on her “It’s Great To Be Here” tour.

• NEEDTOBREATHE | Thursday, Aug. 31 | 8 p.m. | Seminole Hard Rock, 5223 Orient Rd., Tampa | $105-$195 | The Grammy-nominated band rocks the stage with hits like “Multiplied” and “Brother.”

• First Friday Wine Tasting | Friday, Sept. 1 | 7-8 p.m. | La Vid Wine Bar, 14610 N. Dale Mabry Hwy., Tampa | $25-$30 | Head to the new vinoteca (“wine bar”) to find your new fave blend.

• P1 Offshore St. Pete Grand Prix | Saturday, Sept. 2-Sunday, Sept. 3 | 10 a.m.-4 p.m. | St. Petersburg Pier, 800 Second Ave. NE, St. Petersburg | Free | Watch as powerboats race on a six-mile course and personal watercraft riders compete on a 1.7-mile course right alongside the St. Pete Pier.

• Prohibition is long over (by about a hundred years), but Amendment XXI is bringing back the vibes. The menu at Chef Fabio Viviani’s new Westshore restaurant is packed with dishes like dry-aged ribeye, bone marrow, and Prohibition Era-inspired drinks. (Tampa Bay Business Journal)

• Ready to hit the links, but don’t want to tee up outside in these temps? Tampa’s new indoor golf simulator facility, The Birdie Club, opens tomorrow, Aug. 30 at 3407 S. Dale Mabry Hwy. The space will feature three simulators + a 280-sqft putting green. (That’s So Tampa)

• No. 5. That’s where WalletHub ranked Tampa on its Best Real-Estate Markets by city size. The finance site also ranked the Cigar City at No. 17 on its list of best places to buy a house. (WalletHub)

• Fall is fast approaching + Ybor City’s Spookeasy Lounge is offering ghost tours starting this Friday, Sept. 1. The $35 tour includes an inside look at the venue and some of the historic district’s haunted spots. (That’s So Tampa)

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Hillsborough updates

• Sign up for emergency notifications on Alert Tampa or HCFL Alert.
• The City of Tampa’s hurricane information website has multiple resources, including: evacuation zones, map of reported street floodings, and solid waste services updates

☀️ Pinellas updates

• Sign up for Alert Pinellas for emergency updates
• Pinellas County’s website also provides a plethora of hurricane resources including: an evacuation zones tool + disaster assistance

🔌 Outages

• Tampa Electric has outage resources including an outage map, outage notifications, and information on how to report an outage.
• Report Duke Energy outages and check the service map.

☎️ Emergency phone numbers and radio stations

• American Red Cross: 863-294-5941
• Citizens Information Line: 833-872-4636
• United Way Information: 211 or 888-370-7188
• TECO power outage line: 1-877-588-1010
• Report price gouging: 1-866-966-7226
• NOAA Radio Broadcast Channels: 162.500 & 162.550 MHz