Category Hurricane Ian
DeSantis is DEAD WRONG on Climate Change and Hurricane history in Florida
Following the landfall of Milton Governor DeSantis claimed climate change had nothing to do with increased tropical activity and the size of storms by cherry picking some data about strength of storms around the center. This is almost irrelevant when we talk about the widespread effects of more recent storms that have impacted the states […]
From the archives: What the NHC got wrong with Ian, it got right with Nicole
With Idalia barreling towards Florida, the timing is right to rerun this piece which highlighted the differences in how the two storms that struck Florida last year were handled by the National Hurricane Center (NHC). The National Hurricane Center (NHC) rightly got lots of criticism for its handling of Hurricane Ian. Not only was forecast wrong […]
Jacksonville City Council Maps Thrown Out; Latest Ian fatality counts by county
On October 12th, Judge Marcia Morales Howard issued a stay on the City of Jacksonville’s municipal lines, effectively meaning the maps cannot be used in the 2023 election cycle. The suit brought by the ACLU, NAACP, the Northside Coalition and others alleges that the city illegally, Intentionally, packed black voters into four districts solely based […]
Avelo postponing Fort Myers base launch in wake of Ian
Unfortunately, this was always in the cards after Ian – Avelo Airlines an exciting Ultra-low cost carrier we’ve previously featured at TFS is postponing their launch of a base in Fort Myers indefensibly. Speculation is that the resources will be reallocated to Orlando, where Avelo operates a base already, Fort Lauderdale, Tampa and Sarasota. Flights […]
Collier County natural areas after Ian – Big Cypress
A slideshow of Big Cypress after Ian, filmed on Saturday October 8, 2022. Note these photos are from the hiking trail on either side of MM 62 on I-75 in Collier County. The hiking trail at MM 70 is closed. The Vistor Center on US-41 is closed. Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge and Picayune Strand […]
Express Lane: Ian fallout for Crist, DeSantis, Central Florida and the citrus industry
President Biden’s kind words about Governor DeSantis during a joint appearance on Wednesday in Ian-ravaged SW Florida makes a difficult task for Crist even more difficult. The response to Ian from the governor, points to DeSantis being efficient privately as a executor of governance and coordination with federal and local authorities, while publicly trashing the […]
The Everglades after Ian – slideshow video
This is a series of pictures, I filmed around various points in the Everglades in the days immediately after Hurricane Ian. These photos were taken in western Broward (mm 36 on I-75, various points off US 27), extreme eastern Collier (mm 54 on I-75) and southern Palm Beach counties (southern entrance to Loxahatchee National Wildlife […]
Looting and Shooting after a Hurricane? Questions…
I’ll readily admit that I, like the average American, have a lot of stuff/possessions (too many). I live in the Florida Panhandle about 1.5 miles away from the Gulf of Mexico in front of a retention pond. It is frighteningly obvious to me (my husband doesn’t like to think about it) that the question of […]
The Florida Squeeze 