St. Bernard Sheriff’s Office to give out sandbags to parish residents or business from noon to 6 p.m. today at the rear of the Port of St. Bernard in Chalmette

Sheriff James Pohlmann said the St. Bernard Parish Sheriff’s Office is giving out free sandbags from noon to 6 p.m. today to parish residents and businesses at its sandbag barn in the old Kaiser facility at the rear of the Port of St. Bernard in Chalmette.

Pohlmann said, “We have some 35,000 sandbags that have been pre-made by prison work crews and are stockpiled at the rear of the Port at our sandbag barn and we will give out up to 15 sandbags per resident or business from noon to 6 p.m.”

Motorists can enter the road to the port off West St. Bernard Highway at Keane Drive, next to the old Kaiser smokestack, and follow the road to the rear of the port, near the Mississippi River levee.

Sheriff’s deputies will be there to assist people, Pohlmann said.
People should be prepared to show they are a resident of St. Bernard or have a business here, Pohlmann said.