Hurricane Irma
TALLAHASSEE—The first Florida House hearing investigating insurers over a newly-discovered 2022 report claiming they hid profits while shelling billions to affiliates resulted in a common response from key insurance officials on the report's circumstances: "I don't know." Florida Insurance Commissioner Michael Yaworsky and his predecessor, David Altmaier, appeared before the House Insurance and Banking Subcommittee […]
To fund relief efforts, Florida Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D) has introduced a bill that would send $8 billion to the Small Business Administration (SBA).
Members of Florida’s congressional delegation, including Sens. Marco Rubio (R) and Rick Scott (R), as well as Reps. Matt Gaetz (R), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D), Donna Shalala (D), Ted Deutch (D), and Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D), have been pressing the Trump administration to set aside more federal aid to help in the Hurricanes Irma and Michael clean-up effort.
"It is imperative that your agency remains fully funded and properly equipped to respond to any natural disaster.”
“Every single day, my administration has fought to make hurricane recovery a top priority."
The federal disaster dollars President Trump approved, plus the state funds already allocated for clean-up efforts, which is under the direction of Gov. Ron DeSantis and the FL Division of Emergency Management (FDEM), tens of millions of dollars continue to be disbursed to industries affected by the recent natural events.
Eligible Florida residents have until Dec. 23 to register for the Rebuild Florida Housing Repair and Replacement Program. The first Rebuild Florida center opened in the Florida Keys on Sept. 24, and additional centers have opened in affected areas around the state.
If this hurricane season is anything like last years - or worse - residents and emergency management need every form of help they can get. That includes precise measurements of temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction, air pressure, rainfall, and solar radiation.
These impact-resistant items are very expensive, but worth their weight in gold when it comes to energy efficiency and the preservation of property and life.
The new proposal would set the ambient temperature at 81 degrees and require facilities to have 30 square feet of cooled space for each resident. A previous version required 50 square feet for each resident.
FPL's approach differs from Duke Energy Florida and Tampa Electric Co., which last week filed plans with the Public Service Commission to recoup a combined total of about $600 million from customers. The money would cover costs related to Irma and the replenishment of storm reserves.