Category: Hurricane
Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried touring Escambia today
Today, Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried will hold a media availability at the Walnut Hill Community Center, where she will meet with local farmers to discuss…
Gulf Power releases estimates on power restoration
As promised, Gulf Power released its restoration timetable for Escambia and Santa Rosa counties. The map provided is rather board, Â dividing Escambia County into just…
Ice coming to all distribution sites
Florida Emergency Management Director Jared Moskowitz announced this afternoon that all the food and water distribution sites will have ice. Today, only the Brownsville and…
Tarps and more food/water coming
County Administrator Janice Gilley said 10,000 tarps will available tomorrow at the food/water distribution sites. The county has 264 traffic lights, and 184 are back…
First rule of Escambia EOC don’t mention jail or nursing homes
In the movie Fight Club, Tyler Durden says,”Gentlemen, welcome to Fight Club. The first rule of Fight Club is: You do not talk about Fight…
FEMA administrator in Pensacola today
Congressman Matt Gaetz has notified Inweekly that FEMA Administrator Peter Gaynor will be in Pensacola today touring the damage from Hurricane Sally. Commissioner Lumon May…
United Way sets hurricane relief fund, has volunteer opportunities
In the wake of the devastation Hurricane Sally left on much of the region, United Way of West Florida (UWWF) is announcing a number of…
Update from ECUA
The ECUA water system is now pressurized to the point that allows us to begin our sampling protocol, with approval from our partners at FDEP….
90K Gulf Power customers without power, down from 120K yesterday
Gulf Power has restoration estimates now available on its outage map and are updated hourly. As of 5 a.m. Saturday, Escambia has 74,670 customers without…
HBA warns about unlicensed contractors
At yesterday’s presser, I asked Florida CFO Jimmy Patronis about the differences between Hurricane Sally and Hurricane Michael. He used his answer to talk about…
Presser Notes: Two Storms and COVID make three
by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson said Monday he’d been keeping an eye on the storms in the gulf — tropical storms Marco…
Friday morning briefing
Sales Tax Holiday Starting today through Thursday, June 4, Florida shoppers can avoid paying sales taxes while putting together disaster-preparation stockpiles for the 2020 hurricane…
United Way Gulf Coast Disaster Fund activated
Gulfport, MS – August 29th, 2012- In response to the impact of Hurricane Isaac, United Ways of the Gulf Coast have activated the United Way…
Visit Pensacola incorrectly reports conditions..oops
Visit Pensacola is reporting: As of 7 a.m. CST, the Pensacola Bay Area is no longer under a Tropical Storm Warning, as wind and rain…
EOCs shutdown today
Escambia County has closed its Emergency Operations Center. Santa Rosa County will do it at 10 a.m. We are still under a Tropical Storm Warning…
Pensacola School of Liberal Arts and Catholic Schools
They will also be closed on Wednesday.
Santa Rosa Schools, too
From Santa Rosa Co. EOC: A Tornado Watch is in effect until 7 p.m. Storm Information as Currently Forecasted by the National Weather Service Current…
Escambia County schools closed on Wednesday, too
Escambia County remains under a tropical storm warning. The warning is not expected to be removed until sometime on Wednesday, August 29, 2012. Superintendent Malcolm…
SRIA, Pensacola Beach update
From Buck Lee, Executive Director, Santa Rosa Island Authority: The Santa Rosa Sound is coming in at the pavilions at Quitewater area. This morning we…
New models have Isaac landing west of Mississippi River
Isaac is still a tropical storm and landfill is Wednesday morning. Jim Cantore is in New Orleans  and is talking about tons of rain hitting…
