Emergency Numbers- Shelter Locations

September 11, 2018 Weather Watch
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North Charleston Citizen (843-740-2800)
Charleston County Citizens (843-746-3900)
Dorchester County (843-832-0393)
Berkeley County (843-719-4817)
SCDOT (855-467-2368)

 

CHARLESTON, SC –

Here is a list of shelters that will be provided in the Lowcountry due to Hurricane Florence.

BERKELEY COUNTY:

  • Berkeley Middle School
  • Cane Bay High School – This a pet-friendly location. Citizens must stay with their pets during their time at the shelter. Pet owners are NOT allowed to drop-off their pets at the shelters
  • St. Stephen Elementary

CHARLESTON AND BERKELEY COUNTIES:

  • Goose Creek High School (primary for Charleston Co residents, but Berkeley Co. residents are welcome as well)

COLLETON COUNTY

  • The emergency evacuation shelter at Colleton County High School (150 Cougar Nation Drive, Walterboro, SC 29488) will open on Tuesday, September 11, 2018 at 12:00 PM.

DORCHESTER COUNTY:

  • DuBose Middle School (pet-friendly, opens at noon) (only allows small, crated, domesticated animals)

GEORGETOWN COUNTY

  •  Pleasant Hill Elementary School, 127 Schoolhouse Drive, Hemingway, SC 29554.
  •  Andrews Elementary School, 13072 County Line Road, Andrews, SC 29510.

WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY:

  • C E Murray High School
    222 C E Murray Boulevard
    Greeleyville, SC 29056
  • Kingstree Senior High School
    616 MLK Jr. Avenue
    Kingstree, SC 29556
  • Hemingway High School
    402 S. Main Street
    Hemingway, SC 29554

 

COMCAST OPENS FREE HOTSPOTS

Comcast opened nearly 7,000 Xfinity WiFi hotspots in Charleston, S.C., Savannah, Ga., and Augusta, Ga., ahead of Hurricane Florence. The hotspots will help residents and emergency personnel stay connected as the weather event makes its anticipated landfall later this week, according to a company press release.

The hotspots will be available to anyone who needs them, including non-Xfinity customers, for free.

Specifically, Comcast has opened over 3,200 hotspots in Savannah; 2,100 in Charleston; and 1,600 in Augusta. The hotspots will remain open until Monday, September 17 at noon EDT.

For a map of the Xfinity WiFi hotspots, residents can visit www.Xfinity.com/wifi and enter their zipcode. Once in range of a hotspot, they should select the “xfinitywifi” network name in the list of available hotspots and then launch a browser. Xfinity internet customers can sign in with their usernames and passwords, and will be automatically connected to Xfinity WiFi hotspots in the future.

Non-Xfinity internet subscribers should visit the “Not an Xfinity Internet Customer” section on the sign-in page to get started. Non-customers will be able to renew their complimentary sessions every two hours while the hotspots are available.