Flooding in St. Pete after Hurricane Idalia in 2023. Credit: CityofStPete/Flickr
Hurricane season officially starts this week, but you still have time to get ready for the next big storm.

With last year’s devastating hurricanes Helene and Milton in mind, the cities of Madeira Beach and St. Petersburg each host preparedness expos on Saturday.

Pinellas residents can learn how to prep early and what to do right before, during and after a storm with expert guest speakers, hurricane home improvement vendors and free snacks.

Barrier island residents can grab emergency passes at Madeira Beach City Hall.

At Willis S. Johns Recreation Center, St. Pete and Pinellas residents can enter a generator giveaway, see sandbag demos, get free shots and microchips for pets along with hurricane kits, talk to Bay News 9 meteorologists and register for the Special Needs Evacuation Program.

There is no cover for either event happening Saturday, May 31 in Madeira Beach and St. Petersburg.

Readers are invited to submit their own events to Creative Loafing Tampa Bay’s things to do calendar.

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This article appears in May 22-28, 2025.

Selene San Felice is managing editor of Creative Loafing Tampa Bay. Prior to joining CL in 2025, she started the Axios Tampa Bay newsletter and worked for her hometown paper, The Capital in Annapolis,...