MEDIA AVAILABILITY: Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team invites media to attend hurricane preparedness event

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 06/10/2019 09:17 PM EDT

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Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team invites media to attend hurricane preparedness event

 

WHO: Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team St. Petersburg

 

WHAT: A boat ride showing and discussing hurricane preparedness

 

WHERE: 600 8th Ave. S.E., St. Petersburg, Florida, 33701

 

WHEN: 10 a.m., June 12, 2019

 

PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team (ANT) St. Petersburg is inviting media members to get underway Wednesday to discuss hurricane preparedness and showcase some of the work the ANT performs in St. Petersburg during hurricane season.

 

The boat will get underway at 10 a.m. from the pier and the crew will perform maintenance on an LED light in Bayboro Harbor.

 

Media members should arrive by 9:30 a.m. and expect to be back at the pier by 11 a.m.

 

Media interested in attending the event should RSVP by calling Lt. Cory Pray at 727-748-9334 by noon on Tuesday in order to reserve a spot on the boat.

 

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