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Photos: Gainesville residents fill sandbags ahead of Hurricane Idalia

WUFT | By Gabriel Velasquez Neira
Published August 29, 2023 at 3:39 PM EDT
Gainesville Public Workers fill sandbags at the Public Administration Building in preparation for Hurricane Idalia on Tuesday, Aug. 29th, 2023. (Gabriel Velasquez-Neira/WUFT News)
Gainesville Public Workers fill sandbags at the Public Administration Building in preparation for Hurricane Idalia on Tuesday, Aug. 29th, 2023. (Gabriel Velasquez-Neira/WUFT News)
Thirlise Prinous, left, helps her son, Ireous McCloud, 14, as he shovels sand into bags at Citizens Field in preparation for Hurricane Idalia on Tuesday, Aug. 29th, 2023. (Gabriel Velasquez-Neira/WUFT News)
Thirlise Prinous, left, helps her son, Ireous McCloud, 14, as he shovels sand into bags at Citizens Field in preparation for Hurricane Idalia on Tuesday, Aug. 29th, 2023. (Gabriel Velasquez-Neira/WUFT News)

A long line of cars wait to pick up sandbags at the Public Works administration building in preparation for Hurricane Idalia on Tuesday, Aug. 29th, 2023. (Gabriel Velasquez-Neira/WUFT News)
A long line of cars wait to pick up sandbags at the Public Works administration building in preparation for Hurricane Idalia on Tuesday, Aug. 29th, 2023. (Gabriel Velasquez-Neira/WUFT News)

Dwight Daniels, left, catches a sandbag from Supervisor Squeaky Robinson, right, tosses to him at the Public Administration Building in preparation for Hurricane Idalia on Tuesday, Aug. 29th, 2023. (Gabriel Velasquez-Neira/WUFT News)
Dwight Daniels, left, catches a sandbag from Supervisor Squeaky Robinson, right, tosses to him at the Public Administration Building in preparation for Hurricane Idalia on Tuesday, Aug. 29th, 2023. (Gabriel Velasquez-Neira/WUFT News)

Gainesville residents fill sandbags at Citizens Field in preparation for Hurricane Idalia on Tuesday, Aug. 29th, 2023. (Gabriel Velasquez-Neira/WUFT News)
Gainesville residents fill sandbags at Citizens Field in preparation for Hurricane Idalia on Tuesday, Aug. 29th, 2023. (Gabriel Velasquez-Neira/WUFT News)

Squeaky Robinson and Harris Stanley load sandbags into the trunk of a car at the Public Administration Building in preparation for Hurricane Idalia on Tuesday, Aug. 29th, 2023. (Gabriel Velasquez-Neira/WUFT News)
Squeaky Robinson and Harris Stanley load sandbags into the trunk of a car at the Public Administration Building in preparation for Hurricane Idalia on Tuesday, Aug. 29th, 2023. (Gabriel Velasquez-Neira/WUFT News)

James Tisdale loads sandbags into the bed of a pickup truck at Citizens Field in preparation for Hurricane Idalia on Tuesday, Aug. 29th, 2023. (Gabriel Velasquez-Neira/WUFT News)
James Tisdale loads sandbags into the bed of a pickup truck at Citizens Field in preparation for Hurricane Idalia on Tuesday, Aug. 29th, 2023. (Gabriel Velasquez-Neira/WUFT News)

Gainesville Public Workers fill sandbags at the Public Administration Building in preparation for Hurricane Idalia on Tuesday, Aug. 29th, 2023. (Gabriel Velasquez-Neira/WUFT News)
Gainesville Public Workers fill sandbags at the Public Administration Building in preparation for Hurricane Idalia on Tuesday, Aug. 29th, 2023. (Gabriel Velasquez-Neira/WUFT News)
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Gabriel Velasquez Neira
Gabriel is a reporter for WUFT News who can be reached by calling 352-392-6397 or emailing news@wuft.org.
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