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…
Gaetz confident Escambia, Santa Rosa will get FEMA declaration
This morning I caught up with Congressman Matt Gaetz at in neighborhood off of Bayou Chico. He said that was confident that Escambia and Santa…
More officials coming to see damage
Sen. Marco Rubio will be here today. Florida Power & Light CEO is also expected Also Garcon Point Bridge is down to one lane as…
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…
County releases site addresses
Escambia County has released addresses of seven food and water distribution sites that will be open 8 am to 5 pm Saturday, Sept. 19 thru…
Curfew may change on Saturday
Sheriff David Morgan is requesting Escambia County change its curfew to midnight to six a.m. starting Saturday evening. ECUA has started sampling protocols and hopes…
Inweekly – Sept. 17 issue
The issue is being delivered today and is online at inweekly.net.
County waiting on disaster declaration from White House
County Administrator Janice Gilley told the media this morning that the county is waiting for the federal government to declare Escambia County a major disaster…
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…
Waterfront Rescue Mission closes temporarily
Waterfront Rescue Mission’s main building on Herman Street in Pensacola took on significant water (again) during Hurricane Sally, and Waterfront must suspend operations temporarily for…
What’s open
Check these websites to find out what’s open today: Store openings/closings Publix:           https://ww4.publix.com/pages/publix-storm-basics/publix-store-status Winn-Dixie:    https://www.winndixie.com/weather-update Home Depot:    https://corporate.homedepot.com/hurricane-sally-store-status Lowes:            https://corporate.lowes.com/newsroom/stories/hurricane-sally-store-hours-closings All…
Small businesses need to complete damage assessment survey
Florida SBDC Network Headquarters (Pensacola, Fla.) – The Florida SBDC Network, the state’s principal provider of business assistance, strongly encourages small businesses in the Florida Panhandle…
Gulf Power says power will be restored by Tuesday
Gulf Power sent out this press release late last night: Gulf Power restores more than 40% of customers impacted within the first day of Hurricane…
Buzz: Pensacola Bay Bridge worse than reported
Several sources have shared the damage to the Pensacola Bay Bridge is much worse than reported and will take much longer than 60-90 days we’ve…
Section out of Pensacola Bay Bridge
Pictures are circulating on Facebook that a section of the new Pensacola Bay Bridge is out. Sheriff David Morgan has deputies checking  on the report….
