Associated PressNovember 11, 2020
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Hurricanes aren't running out of gas like they used to.
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Associated PressNovember 11, 2020
Peter SchorschNovember 26, 2018
5min711
Recent hurricanes have served as a stark reminder of the integral role communications play in disaster response efforts. When Hurricane Michael decimated Northwest Florida last month, cell outages were just as widespread as power outages — many in the hardest hit areas had to park their car on a bridge and stand on its roof […]
Peter SchorschSeptember 13, 2018
5min592
As many of you know, Brian Ballard topped off his empire with an impressive new “castle” in downtown Tallahassee. There are plenty of beautiful new features to the building, but with Hurricane Florence bearing down on the Southeast and several other storms brewing in the Atlantic, I find myself thinking about one feature in particular […]
Scott PowersSeptember 13, 2018
10min565
President Donald Trump has responded Thursday morning to mounting reports of high death tolls in Puerto Rico in the wake of last year’s Hurricanes Irma and Maria, contending in tweets that 3,000 did not die as a result, and such reports are the result of Democrats trying to make him look bad. “3000 people did […]
Staff ReportsSeptember 11, 2018
3min211
Utility crews from throughout the Southeast sent crews to help Florida’s utilities recover from hurricanes. Now, with Hurricane Florence bearing down on the Carolinas, Florida utilities are returning the favor. Tampa Electric Co. has dispatched 250 line workers to backstop Duke Energy crews in North and South Carolina. They began the two-day drive Tuesday morning and […]
Scott PowersSeptember 11, 2018
4min330
Now that Sept. 11 has, on some level, a double function as an anniversary and memorial, Democratic state Sen. Victor Torres led a moment of remembrance in Orlando for the 2011 terrorist attacks — then for hurricanes of the past, present and future, raising concerns of the long-term threat to Florida and the islands posed by […]