Escambia County Emergency Management invites girls entering 7th, 8th and 9th grades to participate in the inaugural HERricane Escambia program. This four-day-long camp will be held June 25-28 from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m….
Category: Hurricane
Insurers approved to take Citizens policies
As efforts continued to sort out damage from Hurricane Idalia, regulators on Friday approved proposals by seven private insurers to pull as many as 202,000 policies from the state’s Citizens Property Insurance…
Daily Outtakes: ‘Ain’t as bad as it could have been’
Long Recovery Starts for Rural County By Ryan Dailey, The News Service of Florida. PERRY — Several hours after Hurricane Idalia hit, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday went to rural Taylor County,…
Recovery begins in wake of Idalia
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Recovery efforts, including restoring power and searching damaged properties, began Wednesday after Hurricane Idalia made landfall in a sparsely populated area of…
Idalia now in South Georgia
BULLETIN Hurricane Idalia Advisory Number 16 NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL102023 1100 AM EDT Wed Aug 30 2023 …CENTER OF IDALIA CROSSING INTO SOUTHERN GEORGIA… …HIGH WATER LEVELS CONTINUE ALONG…
Daily Outtakes: Idalia now Cat 4, downgraded Cat 3 before landfall
Update – 6:45 am: EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CATEGORY 3 HURRICANE IDALIA MAKES LANDFALL IN THE FLORIDA BIG BEND… …. The media reports it made landfall near Keaton Beach in Taylor County. Escambia County…
Now Hurricane Idalia, updates
I will post the NOAA Hurricane Center advisories here throughout the day: BULLETIN Hurricane Idalia Advisory Number 13…Corrected NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL102023 500 PM EDT Tue Aug 29 2023…
TS Idalia – Monday 4 p.m. advisory
BULLETIN Tropical Storm Idalia Advisory Number 9 NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL102023 400 PM CDT Mon Aug 28 2023 …IDALIA NEARING HURRICANE STRENGTH AS IT APPROACHES WESTERN CUBA… …LIFE-THREATENING STORM…
TS Idalia update – 10 a.m.
BULLETIN/ Tropical Storm Idalia Advisory Number 8…Corrected NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL102023 1000 AM CDT Mon Aug 28 2023 Corrected Hurricane Warning end point in the change section of the…
Daily Outtakes: Idalia coming, former PNJ reporter honored
Tropical Storm Idalia is expected to strengthen to a hurricane and hit Florida in the Big Bend area on Wednesday away from Escambia and Santa Rosa counties. To find resources to prepare…
Daily Outtakes: Good News, Bad News and Wahoos
Good News: Another Florida Disaster Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday begins on Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023, and ends on Friday, Sept 8. You can purchase qualifying items related to disaster preparedness exempt from…
Podcasts: Above Normal Hurricane Season, Escambia County, Rosie O’ Grady Celebrates
On WCOA’s “Real News with Rick Outzen,” I talked with Eric Gilmore about the above normal hurricane season. Escambia County Administrator Wes Moreno shares the secret to getting his budget passed, and…