Hurricane Irma Middle Georgia evacuee shelters | The Telegraph

Middle Georgia counties have opened shelters in anticipation of Hurricane Irma making landfall in Florida this weekend.

A fourth shelter in Macon-Bibb County has opened after three other shelters reached capacity and are no longer accepting evacuees.

The new shelter at Memorial Park Recreation Center at 764 Long St. opened at 4 p.m. Saturday.

Below is a list of some of the shelters open or planning to open in midstate. If you know of any other shelters that are open, email them to breaking@macon.com.

Bleckley County

Shelters will open as capacity is reached in the order listed.

Christ Chapel Church, 478-230-2995

The Hanger, 478-308-1253

House of Grace, 478-934-4494

RV Park

Hillside Campground, 478-230-2969

Animal Shelters

Georgia Canine Rescue, 478-271-4277

City of Cochran, 478-298-2345

Dodge County

Lakeside Assembly , Tyler Kirkley , 478-484-6525

Antioch Baptist, Fred Parker, 478-231-9155, 478-231-2422

Liberty Baptist, Chris Groves, 478-231-4378

Cottondale Baptist, Pat Ward, 478-290-8626, 30-40

The River, 520 Dublin Hwy., Gerald Conley, 478-231-9143

Friendship Baptist, Billy Lee, 478-374-1017, 20

Chauncey Gym, James Atkins, 404-823-4304, 229-315-0130

Grace Baptist, Nell Sanders, 478-231-0012, 100

Slo-Poke ATV Park, 327 Fish Road, Eastman

Laurens County

Evacuees can register at Dublin Civitan Fairgrounds, 2503 Ga. 257, Dublin, before heading to Dublin High School, which opens as a shelter on Friday.

Houston County

Southside Baptist Church, 1040 South Houston Lake Road, 478-953-9388

Trinity United Methodist Church, 129 South Houston Road, 478-923-3797

Macon-Bibb County

East Macon Recreation Center (at capacity), 3326 Ocmulgee E. Blvd.

Encounter Church, 2675 Gray Highway, 478-304-8003

Theron Ussery Recreation Center (at capacity), 815 North Macon Park Drive

Frank Johnson Recreation Center, (at capacity) 2227 Mercer University Drive

Macon State Farmers Market (pet shelter), 2055 Eisenhower Pkwy.

Memorial Park Recreation Center, 764 Long St.

Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church, 5455 Mt. Pleasant Church Road, 478-832-3690

Rosa Jackson Recreation Center, 1211 Maynard St.

Wimbish Seventh-day Adventist Church, 640 Wimbish Road, 478-973-5083

Peach County

Fort Valley Festival Park, which has 45-hookups for recreational vehicles for water and electricity with restroom facilities.

Peach County fire stations: No. 1 at 6711 Peach Parkway, Byron, and No. 6 at 1770 Ga. 341, Fort Valley.

For more information on Hurricane Irma visit the National Hurricane Center’s website at www.nhc.noaa.gov.