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Our Village Voice

VOL. 33 NO. 7 www.seabreezepublications.com JULY 2022

Northern Notes Bill’s Box

Prepare Now For The Rainy By Bill Thompson
Season Cell Phones …
… are the bane to my
By Katie Roundtree, existence. They resent
Director of Finance and being thrown in the
Administration, Northern washing machine with
Palm Beach County sheets and stop working.
Improvement District Neither do they like to
June 1 was the start go with their owner in
of the Atlantic hurricane swimming pools. Two
season. Forecasters are of mine have been stolen … once from my locked car
calling for another active • Trim your trees and remove dead vegetation in your yard. and another was stolen from a bar while I was having an
season predicting 14 to 21 Do not trim trees if a significant storm is in the forecast. uplifting cocktail. Forgotten passwords are maddening.
named storms. However, • Check your community retention pond or lake for The service providers and software folks’ unyielding
it only takes one to cause obstructed pipes and contact the appropriate authority for insistence stop writing production. Trips to Apple and
significant damage. This year marks the 30th anniversary removal (your HOA, city, county, or local drainage district). Verizon are frustrating. Handwriting on a yellow pad
of Hurricane Andrew, the Category 5 storm that • Find out who is responsible for drainage in your won’t get it in this day and time. What else? As my
devastated Miami-Dade and surrounding areas. Aside community. Visit SFWMD.gov/FloodControl to input an irrigation man says, “Oh well.”
from named storms, local afternoon thundershowers can address to see who is responsible for that area. Ideas
be just as damaging but far less predictable. It pays to • Know your evacuation zone. Visit Palm Beach County Recently, I awoke with an idea of subjects for this
prepare. Here are some things that you can do now to Emergency Management’s home page for a link to the box. Handwriting becomes indecipherable for some of
get ready: Hurricane Evacuation Zone Lookup Tool. https://discover. advanced years. Notice, I didn’t say old. Thus, I have a
• Ensure drainage gates, ditches and swales in your pbcgov.org/publicsafety/dem/ hard time reading my own handwriting and have to get
neighborhood are clear of garbage, trash, leaves, limbs my younger and smarter wife to tell me what I said. With
or garden debris. Northern Notes on page 4 her on a trip, I’ll try. Maybe coffee will help.
Vacations
Waste Matters Several of my close neighbors have taken long
vacations since the kids are out of school – Hawaii,
Niagara Falls, all over. And here I sit, because I don’t
SWA’s July Household Commercial interests should call want to travel far – maybe Savanna, Key West or St.
(561) 687-1100 for disposal options.
Augustine. During my 48-year career, I flew on a lot of
Hazardous Waste Tip In the last fiscal year, Palm airplanes. Toward the end of that time, I became tired of
Beach County residents safely it, especially when the security requirements came into
Got A Sinking Feeling That Your Boat Might Harbor disposed of or recycled more than place. Such is life. Anyway, I am happy for my friends
Hazards? 4.9M pounds of home chemicals. and their children, who will remember for a lifetime those
When exploring South Florida’s beautiful natural This included more than: great family trips. One of our highlights was hiking the
environments, be watchful of what you leave in your wake. • 557,000 pounds of oils Appalachian Trail and camping along the way.
Items such as: • 230,400 pounds of cylinders, Racetrack
• flares including fire extinguishers For some of our Shores drivers, Lake Bend Drive from
• fire extinguishers • 95,000 pounds of fuels Longshore north on Lake Bend is a cutoff. The 25 mph
• deep cycle batteries • 85,000 pounds of batteries, including deep cycle speed limit is often ignored, and cars fly by my house at a
• mercury float switches batteries much higher speed. On our street there are approximately
• fuels and oils • 45,000 pounds of cleaning products 30 little tykes. From their view, the street is an extended
• cleaning products • 300 pounds of flares
• even boats themselves • Mercury float switches Bill’s Box on page 3
All need to be disposed of properly. Entire boats can be disposed of in the landfill at
Fortunately, proper disposal of many harmful boating 6330 N. Jog Road in West Palm Beach after all of the
products is easy and free for Palm Beach County residents. hazardous materials such as fuel, batteries and flares REPORT SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY
Just bring these items to any of the SWA’s Home Chemical have been removed by the owner or hauler. The removed IMMEDIATELY
and Recycling Centers (HCRC) listed below, where they will materials are accepted at any of the HCRC locations
be recycled or disposed of properly. listed above. To ensure the boat is hazard-free, SWA TO THE JUPITER POLICE
The SWA’s locations include (from north county to Hazardous Waste staff will inspect boats at the Home DEPARTMENT
south county): Chemical and Recycling Center located at 6161 N. Jog (561) 799-4445
• Jupiter Road in West Palm Beach Monday through Friday, from 7
North County Transfer Station a.m. to 5 p.m. SWA landfill operations staff will perform Use 911 for emergencies only.
14185 N. Military Trail (SWA Road) in Jupiter inspections outside of these hours. Built-in fuel tanks Lock car doors. Do not leave valuables in the car.
Monday to Friday: 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. must be accessible for inspection, but residents should
Saturday: 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. note that the SWA will not pump fuel from tanks. Disposal
rates are based on weight.
SWA staff cannot assist
with offloading boats from
trailers.
Proper disposal of old or
expired hazardous boating
items can be a real lifesaver.
More disposal information
for boaters can be found
on the SWA’s website or by
calling (561) 697-2700.