LAKEPORT, Calif. – The city of Lakeport Emergency Operations Center will host a community meeting to discuss the latest information on the ongoing flood event.
The meeting will take place beginning at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 28, in the council chambers at Lakeport City Hall, 225 Park St.
City officials said the meeting is open to the public but is mainly intended for Lakeport residents in flood-affected areas. A translator also will be available for Spanish speakers.
Four city neighborhoods along the lakeshore were ordered to evacuate on Feb. 20, with city officials reporting that 225 people were evacuated.
Those city residents remain under a mandatory evacuation order, with evacuation shelters set up at the Lakeport Seventh-day Adventist Church, 1111 Park Way, and the National Guard Armory, 1431 Hoyt Ave. in Lakeport.
City officials said Monday that Verizon has installed a temporary “cell on wheels” at the church to improve wireless communications for emergency workers and the close to 100 evacuees sheltering there.
The city said the Verizon Crisis Response Team outfitted the Lakeport Emergency Operations Center last week with enhanced wireless data connectivity allowing for better coordination among emergency workers and city officials.
Verizon also provided a portable wireless hotspot and Internet-connected laptops to the Seventh-day Adventist Church’s evacuation center for a homework room for schoolchildren, as Lake County News has reported.
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Lakeport officials to host Feb. 28 flood information meeting
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