Sandbags Available As Laguna Beach Prepares For Storm

LAGUNA BEACH, CA — The City of Laguna Beach is expected to be impacted by a storm Wednesday, March 21, 2018, through Thursday, March 22, 2018, which will bring intermittent periods of heavy rain and potential localized flooding. The most significant part of the storm is predicted late Wednesday evening and continuing through Thursday morning. A flash flood watch is in effect from March 21st, 2018 at 11 p.m. until March 23rd, 2018 at 5 a.m.

Downtown and Canyon residents and business owners are encouraged to put your flood gates
into place during the evening hours while your business is closed as a precautionary measure to
protect your property and inventory.

As a reminder, the City of Laguna Beach is providing pre-filled sandbags to residents and business owners from two locations. These sandbags are not for contractors.

1. Act V parking lot – 1900 Laguna Canyon Road
2. Aliso Beach East parking – 31118 Coast Highway

Sandbags are also available at Laguna Beach’s four fire stations. They are free; however, you must provide your own sand. It is not permitted to fill them with sand from Laguna’s beaches or playgrounds. For local locations of where you can purchase sand please visit our website
www.lagunabeachcity.net/cityha...

Go to AlertOC.com to register your cell phone numbers, text numbers, and email addresses into
the mass notification system. It is recommended that you register your work and home
addresses separately to ensure you receive proper notifications for each location. AlertOC is a
critical link for residents and businesses to immediately learn of any required actions.

To avoid being trapped when floodwaters threaten your area, the best way to protect yourself
and your family is to evacuate before the flooding starts. Weather watches, warnings, and
evacuations notices are science-based predictions that are intended to provide adequate time
for evacuation. Those who wait for actual confirmation of catastrophic levels may be trapped by
flooding or traffic.

Please visit www.lagunabeachcity.net/getpre... for further information about Emergency
Preparedness and for video footage from past Laguna Beach disasters.

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