Hurricane preparedness workshop scheduled in April

By S.T. Cardinal
| 5:00 a.m. April 2, 2026

Sarasota
News

Sarasota County is hosting a community conversation centered around hurricane preparedness.

The event will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 11, at Riverview High School.

“The event is designed to share lessons learned from previous hurricane seasons and help community members prepare for the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season, which begins June 1,” a Sarasota County news release states.

A panel will include experts from the National Hurricane Center, Florida Division of Emergency Management and Sarasota County. Registration is required, which can be done at SCGov.net/BePrepared.

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S.T. Cardinal

S.T. "Tommy" Cardinal is the Longboat Key news reporter. The Sarasota native earned a degree from the University of Central Florida in Orlando with a minor in environmental studies. In Central Florida, Cardinal worked for a monthly newspaper covering downtown Orlando and College Park. He then worked for a weekly newspaper in coastal South Carolina where he earned South Carolina Press Association awards for his local government news coverage and photography.