Emails & Opinions

Joe HendersonSeptember 13, 2017

The images of sunken cars, water-soaked homes and submerged streets in the aftermath of hurricanes in Florida and Texas should be enough to convince politicians to finally address the issue of flood insurance. Millions who need coverage don’t have it or can’t afford it. It’s an old problem in states like ours, and it’s time […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 13, 2017

Carole Crist desperately wants to be a reality TV star. Scratch that. Carole Crist desperately wants to be a star. Wait … scratch that, too. Carole Crist is desperate. As first reported by the Tampa Bay Times, Crist, the former First Lady of Florida is making herself “available to do media interviews in New York […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 13, 2017

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Joe Henderson, Mitch Perry and Jim Rosica. The winds have died and the mopping up has begun. Businesses are reopening as people head back to work while dealing, at least for now, with their new realities. I know people […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 12, 2017

Last Call – A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot Oh, that Bill Nelson. To paraphrase a classic late-night talk show bit: Letters, he loves letters, he loves stacks and stacks of letters. Florida’s Democratic U.S. senator, who’s been on a letter-writing tear of late, now has penned a missive […]

Joe HendersonSeptember 12, 2017

The winds have died and the mopping up has begun. Businesses are reopening as people head back to work while dealing, at least for now, with their new realities. I know people whose homes were badly damaged by this storm, while others – myself luckily included – had only minor inconveniences. No matter whether Irma […]

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

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 […]

Emails & Opinions
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Joe Henderson: It’s past time for flood insurance reform

After Irma, the last person anyone wants to hear from is Carole Crist

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics – 9.13.17

Last Call for 9.12.17 – A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics

Joe Henderson: Hopefully we learned Irma’s lessons

Sunburn for 9.11.17 – Still standing

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