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November 24, 2024

Dunedin cleanup carries $4.3M cost, but officials hopeful FEMA will
cover the tab

DUNEDIN — A 3-year-old relative of City Commissioner Moe Freaney got some enjoyment from a video about debris collection.

Freaney said her niece’s daughter watched a video of a claw truck picking up storm debris and had a different reaction from those who believe the video was painful.

“She thought that was the coolest thing,” Freaney said at the commission meeting Nov. 7.

Read the full story on tampabay.com

November 22, 2024

Inside St. Pete's efforts to remote debris from Hurricanes Helene, Milton

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – The City of St. Petersburg achieved an important milestone in its debris removal efforts after the Tampa Bay area and Gulf Coast regions were devastated by Hurricanes Helene and Milton.

The city is nearing the removal of one million cubic tons of debris – a volume unlike anything the area has ever seen. Over the past 40 days, more than 1.2 million cubic yards of debris have been cleared, equating to 22,000 truckloads.

Read the full story on fox13news.com

November 22, 2024

Behind the scenes of St. Pete debris management site

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) — 8 On Your Side went inside a debris management site in St. Petersburg. The city said they have never collected this much debris in such a short amount of time.

The process of clearing the streets and collecting debris relies on debris management sites. The site off 72nd Street in St. Petersburg, near Azalea Park, is one of four in the city.

“This site alone has received and processed over 810 thousand cubic yards of debris,” said Reid Loper, the Senior Vice President of Crowder Gulf, a nationwide disaster debris removal firm.

Read the full story on wfla.com

November 22, 2024

How is hurricane debris collected in St. Pete? 10 Tampa Bay takes an
inside look

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — On Friday, 10 Tampa Bay took a behind-the-scenes look at the debris clean-up process with CrowderGulf, one of the area’s largest debris-hauling contractors. 

CrowderGulf Disaster Recovery & Debris Management is responsible for debris collection in St. Petersburg, Clearwater, Oldsmar, Dunedin, Tarpon Springs and parts of Hillsborough County.

Read the full story on wtsp.com

September 3, 2023

WATCH: Expert gives advice for Hurricane Idalia victims looking to safely clean up debris

CrowderGulf Vice President Reid Loper joins ‘Fox News Live’ to discuss how leaders in Florida have handled the aftermath of Hurricane Idalia.

Watch Full Interview at FoxNews.com

August 28, 2023

Readers Digest: 16 Ways to Prepare for a Hurricane Right Now

Don’t wait until a hurricane is headed your way to figure out a plan. Learn how to prepare for a hurricane now to keep your family safe in the future.

Create an evacuation plan
If you live in a hurricane-prone area, formulate an evacuation plan now so you’ll be ready when a storm comes. “Blue-sky days” are the time to plan, says Reid Loper, vice president of CrowderGulf, a disaster-recovery and debris-removal business in Mobile County, Alabama. Loper says that’s when you’re thinking with your rational mind and you’re less likely to make knee-jerk decisions. Don’t wait until the skies are threatening.

“Plan out where your nearest shelter is and the different routes you can take to those shelters,” Loper adds. Call ahead to shelters and hotels to make sure they can take your pets, and listen to local authorities. Many natural disaster survivors wish they had evacuated when warnings came. If you are not asked to evacuate, the safest place to be is an interior, lower-level room away from windows, according to the National Weather Service.

Read Full Story on rd.com

November 7, 2022

NBC2 - Debris management sites fill up in Lee County as area continues to rebuild after Ian

LEE COUNTY, Fla. — NBC2 got a first look at a Lee Count ydebris management site on the corner of U.S. 41 and Cocoa Road in Estero.

The 20-acre property was vacant until the county hired CrowderGulf as its debris manager. The contractor put a debris removal plan in action as Ian formed in the tropics.

Hurricane Ian left thousands of homes in rubble. CrowderGulf opened 15 debris management sites to process and transport debris to its final destination, like a landfill, scrapyard, recycle center, etc. Debris is separated into vegetation, construction material, and electronic piles.

There, vegetation is turned into mulch through a grinder on site. The mulch is sometimes brought to a sanitization site before it’s sold for profit or laid down in public parks.

CrowderGulf believes the operation’s 350 crews will be needed for 6 to 8 more months.
On Wednesday, CrowdeGulf reported that 3 million cubic yards of debris were processed. The Estero site is responsible for 400,000 of that total.

Read Full Story on NBC-2.com

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