ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Pinellas County commissioners are holding an emergency meeting Tuesday morning to decide whether they’ll declare a State of Local Emergency for Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine.
It comes as crews across the county started preparing Monday for the storm’s potential impacts.
“This is a typical storm approach for us where, as soon as we get notice that there’s a potential impact, we’ll start sending our street sweepers to get loose debris off the streets,” said Marshall Hampton, the City of St. Petersburg’s director of the Stormwater, Pavement and Traffic Operations Department.…