Category Hurricane Ian
Lee County didn’t follow its own evacuation protocols
TFS reader Steve Schneider found something quite interesting on Lee County’s website. So given this reality, will Governor DeSantis scrutinize Lee County local officials? Will he suspend them the way he has local officials all over the state who have not committed a crime (like Andrew Warren for instance) ? Or will he turn a […]
Could Ian lead to a delay of the election in certain counties (or even statewide)? Yes, in fact, county delays have happened before
Our Dave Trotter posted this to Twitter: Going to tweet this again: The Florida Constitution says in Article VI, Section 5: A general election may be suspended or delayed due to a state of emergency or impending emergency pursuant to general law. So yeah, keep that in mind. #flapol Originally tweeted by Dave Trotter 🇺🇦 […]
Express Lane — “What did the Governor say and when did he say it?” — Lee County is the belt on Republicans’ Florida buckle, so why so indifferent to it? and Corey Simon is just another nasty GOPer
What did Governor Ron DeSantis say and when did he say it, to which local officials? This is a key question now. Considering unlike his predecessors, Gov. DeSantis suspends, local, elected officials for minor infractions, or just for crossing him. Politically, you can understand why local authorities were hesitant to issue evacuation orders. If I […]
Comparing proactive Irma prep under Governor Scott to reactive Ian prep under Governor DeSantis
I fired off this tweet storm yesterday evening after going through my own notes on Hurricane Irma taken in September 2017. It’s pretty clear despite my personal distaste for Governor Scott’s approach, it was more effective in coordination with local governments as well as proactive about evacuations than the DeSantis approach in Ian. For those […]
The New Republic: Hurricane Ian exposes Ron DeSantis faux environmentalism
I penned this piece for The New Republic, on Thursday after Ian ravaged much of the state.
The cone – an obsolete tool that needs to be eliminated
I’ve been personally stressing as long as Twitter has existed that the cone that the NHC uses and then public seems to love is a misleading tool, often causing deadly confusion. The focus on the “cone” does more harm than good. It’s often forgotten, that the cone projects into the future the potential location of […]
Express Lane: Quick summary of Ian impacts across the state by region
Northeast Florida Fortunately Jacksonville escaped the effects that areas further south (and east, keep in mind the coast’s curvature here) had. Heavy winds, some rain and no flooding on St Johns River or its tributaries in Duval County. However, St Johns County had major flooding along the Matanzas River and standing water on city streets […]
Assessing Ian: Why were evacuations so difficult?
In the wake of Ian’s wrath, questions are being asked about why evacuations from barrier islands and vulnerable areas were so late and seemingly poorly executed compared to past storms. Let’s asses the potential reasons why: Uncertainty in track Ian’s center was forecast at various times to hit the Bahamas, Miami, Naples, St Petersburg, Cedar […]
Ian: Power outages spread across the state as well as restorations in southeast Florida
As of Noon ET on September 29, approximately 2.7 million Florida residences are without power. All of Lee County, approximately 430,000 residences (about 800,000 people) are without power. Additionally, over 200,000 customers are without power as well in Volusia, Collier, Orange and Hillsborough counties. In Collier and Volusia those numbers represent the majority of residences, […]
Ian: Don’t you dare say “they should have evacuated”
Throwing up a Twitter thread I put out there earlier to snap back at critics (mostly living outside of Florida with no geographic or cultural knowledge of this state) saying crazy things.
The Florida Squeeze 