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Peter SchorschSeptember 12, 2017

Saying its “hearts and minds” are with Hurricane Irma survivors, Uber on Tuesday said it was “donating $400,000 (worth) of rides, food, and relief to families and communities affected, as well as (to) first responders.” The San Francisco-based ride-booking company made the announcement on its blog. “To make sure these resources are deployed where they […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 11, 2017

A weakened Irma weakened took its parting shot at Florida on Monday, triggering severe flooding in the state’s northeastern corner, while authorities along the storm’s 400-mile (640-kilometer) path struggled to rush aid to victims and take the full measure of the damage. The monster hurricane that hit the Florida Keys on Sunday as a Category 4 was […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 11, 2017

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Mitch Perry and Jim Rosica. — THE LATEST — Hurricane Irma is getting weaker as it moves over the western Florida peninsula early Monday. Irma hit Florida on Sunday as a powerful Category 4 hurricane, hammering much of the […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 10, 2017

Hurricane Irma has pushed water out of a bay in Tampa, but forecasters are telling people not to venture out there, because it’s going to return with a potentially deadly vengeance. On Bayshore Boulevard in Tampa, about 100 people were walking Sunday afternoon on what was Old Tampa Bay — a body of water near […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 10, 2017

Tamara Lush is the Associated Press correspondent and multimedia journalist for the Tampa-St. Petersburg area, covering Florida’s Gulf Coast. She has covered 10 storms – including the recent Hurricane Harvey in Houston. She returned to St. Pete, where she’s lived for seven years, to cover Irma and soon found herself among Florida’s many evacuees as […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 9, 2017

The plate of spaghetti models being served up by the National Hurricane Center does not look good for Tampa Bay. After spending the better part of this past week scaring the sh*t out of South Florida, the latest forecast has Hurricane Irma tacking more and more west. Instead of riding the Atlantic coastline north or […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 9, 2017

Catastrophic, life-threatening, extremely dangerous. Scary? Forecasters hope so. The National Weather Service are using as fearful words as they can, on purpose, to warn people about Hurricane Irma and shock them into action, just as they did last month for Hurricane Harvey. “Words like catastrophic, get out, life-threatening, hopefully it will sink in,” said National […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 9, 2017

Publisher’s Note — As Hurricane Irma looks more likely to track up the middle of the state, we’re publishing an abbreviated version of “Takeaways from Tallahassee” this week so staff and readers have more time to prepare for the storm. Be safe, everyone. — We all need some non-hurricane news, so how about a lawsuit […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 8, 2017

House Speaker Richard Corcoran’s political committee has hired Taylor Budowich, privately described as a “first rate organizer” who has “contacts throughout the conservative movement.” Budowich joins Watchdog PAC from Tea Party Express, the nation’s largest Tea Party political action committee, where he served as the organization’s executive director and national spokesperson. “Taylor’s proven record of identifying and […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 8, 2017

They call it the Big One — a mythic, massive hurricane that would obliterate the densely populated southeast coast. And it has long been the stuff of Florida’s nightmares. Irma, it appears, could be it.

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Girls at a Boys & Girls Club in Rhode Island. Image via AP.

Uber donating $400K toward hurricane relief

The latest on Irma: Hurricane’s eye leaves Florida

Sunburn for 9.11.17 – Still standing

Water empties from bay in Tampa, but folks warned: stay out

Anxiety, panic, work: A reporter’s day with storm hours out

If Irma hits Tampa Bay, blame the mother*cking Washington Post

Nowhere will be safe: Can scary words save public from Irma?

Takeaways from Tallahassee — Be safe, everyone

Personnel note: Richard Corcoran committee hires Taylor Budowich

Irma looms as the mythical ‘Big One’ Florida has long feared