Also, the city is waiving disposal fees at the city's landfill through Feb. 11. The Palo Alto Sanitation Co. has placed trash bins at four locations for residents' use: Amarillo Avenue at Greer Park, Oregon Frontage at St. Francis Drive, Channing Avenue at Duveneck School, and Center Drive at Eleanor Park.
Flood
warning information: Santa Clara Valley Water District's flood hot line, 1-888-HEY-NOAH.
It includes a recording of sandbag locations.
Weather
information: National Weather Service at 364-7974.
Health
questions: Santa Clara County Public Health Department (8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday
through Friday) (408) 885-4214.
Flood
insurance information: National Flood Insurance Program claims, 1-800-427-4661.
Emergency-related
Internet links: http://www.fema.gov/fema/
Safety
tips for flood victims: http://www.fema.gov/fema/cpsctip.html
National
Weather service Web site: http://www.nws.mbay.net
Sandbag sites
Take your own shovel and alternative bags, in case sandbags run out at sandbag locations. Fill 40-pound sandbags half full, twist top of bag and secure. Lay sandbag on its side.
In Palo Alto: Limit is 20 bags per trip. Take your own shovel.
Mitchell
Park parking lot, 600 East Meadow Drive
Colorado
Avenue and West Bayshore Road
Palo
Alto Avenue at Hale Street
Palo
Alto Airport, 1925 Embarcadero Road (depleted as of Thursday morning)
Alma
Street and Hawthorne Avenue
In Menlo Park: No limit on sandbags. Take your own shovel.
Nealon
Park at 800 Middle Ave.
Burgess
Drive at Laurel Street
Onetta
Harris Community Center at 100 Terminal Ave.
Pope
Street and Chaucer Street
Sharon
Park Drive at Klamath Drive
In East Palo Alto: No limit imposed. Take your own shovel.
City
Corporation Yard, 350 Demeter St.
Shelters
In Palo Alto: Cubberley Community Center, 4000 Middlefield Road. 688-0415 (Red Cross). Shelter will remain open 24 hours per day. Food, coffee, blankets and "comfort kits," including toothbrush, soap and shampoo.
In Menlo Park: Burgess Gymnasium, 501 Laurel St. 858-3484.
In East Palo Alto: Bell Street Gymnasium, 560 Bell St. at University Avenue. 853-3142. (Cesar Chavez Academy, 2450 Ralmar Ave., may reopen if storm is severe enough.)
Emergency services
In Palo Alto:
City
of Palo Alto Public Works 496-6974
City
of Palo Alto Communications 329-2413
City
of Palo Alto Utilities customer service (business hours) 329-2161; or dispatch
(after hours) 496-6914.
For assistance
with pumping water, call Palo Alto Fire Department at 329-2413 or log information
at 329-2653.
For removal
of wet rugs and other items, call Palo Alto Sanitation Co. at 493-4894.
In Menlo Park:
For assistance
with removal of trees and other maintenance, call 858-3490.
At Stanford:
For flooding
and power outages, call facilities operation 24 hours a day, at 723-2281.
Stanford
University has set up a Web site at http://www-leland.stanford.edu/dept/news/report
In East Palo Alto:
Emergency
Services Center, 325-3917.
For Red Cross Emergency Services:
For public affairs information, (510) 595-4585 (24 hours).
For emergency shelter information, call 1-800-951-5600.
