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Joe HendersonFebruary 13, 2018

Memo to all Florida coastal residents: You might want to stock up on canned goods, rafts, and life vests. There’s a big wind comin’ out of Washington and it is aimed right at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – you know it better as NOAA – and this state we all call home. The […]

Scott PowersSeptember 6, 2017

Florida’s Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson called it “unacceptable” Wednesday that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has taken no steps to secure back-up “hurricane hunter” airplanes since Congress approved them early this year. “As the nation recovers from Hurricane Harvey and watches the model runs for Hurricane Irma with an increasing sense of concern, […]

Bill RuftySeptember 6, 2017

Hurricane Irma may be days away from Florida, but national, state and local agencies are at work now to deal with the second weather threat to the nation in two weeks. The crews and hurricane hunter aircraft of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration moved to their new home at the Lakeland Linder Regional Airport by […]

Phil AmmannAugust 10, 2017

Almost 25 years have passed since a Category 5 hurricane struck south of Miami, and the city’s vulnerability to catastrophic storm damage has grown exponentially, according to a new insurance underwriters’ analysis. At the time, Hurricane Andrew was the most expensive natural disaster in U.S. history, causing more than $26 billion of damage in Florida’s […]

Phil AmmannJuly 6, 2017

Progress Florida is one of the organizations and leaders opposing a plan to use seismic airgun testing for oil and gas exploration off the state’s Atlantic coast. The progressive nonprofit organization says the procedure threatens marine wildlife and coastal economies as well as Florida’s tourism and fishing industries. “The noise from seismic airgun blasts is […]

Associated PressJune 1, 2017

Some coastal residents always put off emergency preparations until storm clouds loom on the horizon. The National Hurricane Center is going to try giving those people a deadline this year, issuing experimental advisories showing when tropical-storm force winds may hit particular communities to help them understand when it’s too late to put up storm shutters […]

Bob SparksMay 26, 2017

There are 365 days in calendar year 2017, but for 362 of those days, it will be illegal for individuals to fish in federal waters for Red Snapper. For two Panhandle congressmen, that is insufficient. Shalimar Republican Matt Gaetz and Panama City Republican Neal Dunn are urging the U.S. Department of Commerce to allow more days […]

Terry RoenMay 25, 2017

The 2017 Atlantic hurricane season is forecast to be more active than normal, with five to nine hurricanes. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration forecasts 11 to 17 named tropical storms will develop in the region, which includes the Atlantic, the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico, the agency announced Thursday. NOAA predicted that five to […]

Staff ReportsFebruary 13, 2017

The co-chairs of Florida’s congressional delegation, Republican U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan, and Democratic Rep. Alcee Hastings will hold a bipartisan delegation meeting on some of the state’s most pressing water issues. The meeting is Wednesday, Feb. 15, at 8:30 a.m. in 2020 Rayburn House Office Building, in Washington, DC. The delegation will discuss red tide, […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 7, 2017

Charlie Crist announced Tuesday he would be serving on the influential House Committee on Science, Space and Technology. Also, the first-year Democratic congressman from St. Petersburg hired two new constituent service representatives — Michael Batista and Dillion Stafford — who will help assist Crist’s constituents of Florida’s 13th Congressional District. Since Crist was recently named […]

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Sen Rick Scott in Sarasota. Photo by Jacob Ogles.

Joe Henderson: Deep budget cuts to NOAA? Of course!

Bill Nelson to NOAA: Where are those extra hurricane planes we sought?

As Florida prepares for Irma, NOAA aircraft working nonstop

Insurer: Miami is more vulnerable to hurricanes like Andrew

Progress Florida joins thousands opposing Trump’s plan for seismic airgun testing off Florida coast

New hurricane advisories will give deadlines for storm prep

Florida congressmen want more than a 3-day Red Snapper fishing season

NOAA predicts active 2017 hurricane season

Vern Buchanan to co-chair Florida Delegation meeting on water issues

Charlie Crist named to influential House Science, Space committee; hires 2 constituent staffers