This article is sponsored by Tampa Fence. June 1 is, of course, the official start of the hurricane season (not that Tropical Depression 1 seems to have noticed). Forecasters are predicting an “average season”, but as they say, it only takes one. Tampa may have had good luck in recent years (ok, three years) when it [...]
Do you have a battery-operated television in your hurricane kit? It will soon be nothing but a paperweight. You may as well drag it out of your attic now, and just use it for the next month. By the way, Richard Mullins says the new portable TVs that will get a digital signal are also junk. [...]
On the afternoon of Aug. 18, Pinellas officials ordered mandatory evacuation of the county’s most flood-prone areas for 6am the next day. Tropical Storm Fay was heading our way. Over at the TradeWinds Island Resorts in St. Pete Beach, visitors checked out and took off. They say they missed out on over $150,000 in canceled rooms [...]
As long as there are other places to go– places with higher wages, better education, cultural opportunities, a more congenial political environment, a less stultifying built environment– the Tampa Bay area’s creativity drain will probably continue. Accelerating the process may be: The inevitable long-term rise in the cost of commuting. It is unlikely that oil prices [...]
As of the latest forecasts, Tampa Bay is still within Tropical Storm Fay’s cone of uncertainty. To be on the safe side, local governments have closed the schools and government offices for tomorrow, and other government-related services will not run, such as trash pickup, and early voting. In Pinellas, A mandatory evacuation will go into effect on [...]
According to the latest, Tropical Storm Fay is on track to hit the Florida Keys on Monday afternoon, on her way to Tampa Bay. No need to freak out, since the storm is only expected to strengthen to a Category 1. However, none of the calculations, predictions, forecast models, maps in various colors, ideas, or guesses [...]
Rumor says we are already into the 2008 hurricane season, so it’s probably a good time to pick your favorite panic site: Hillsborough County Emergency Management City of Tampa Emergency Management Tampa Bay Regional Council Emergency Management National Weather Service – Tampa Bay ABC Action News Hurricane Center Fox 13’s My Fox Hurricane.com Weather – Hurricane Information – Bay News 9 Hurricane Guide [...]
Considering we had an all time upset, a number of SEC shootouts, and closely fought games yesterday was one of the more exciting opening weekends in college football history. And we’re not done with Florida State facing off against Clemson Monday night. The Gators romped 49-3 on lowly Western Kentucky, and Golden God Tim Tebow looked [...]
Are you contemplating a move anywhere? Usually, if you are thinking about moving to another part of the country, you might check into a few things about the place where you are going. Typically, your research would include answering these three questions: What’s the job market like? Can I afford the house, the insurance, the [...]
