hurricane preparedness
Gov. Ron DeSantis ripped into the Legislature for not fulfilling their "one responsibility" to pass a budget, blaming lawmakers for failing to provide Floridians with a tax holiday ahead of the state's months-long looming hurricane season. DeSantis's comments came at a Jupiter press conference on Friday, where he cautioned residents on how to prepare for […]
Parts of Canada and 20 U.S. states have sent aid to Florida after Hurricane Helene and ahead of Hurricane Milton, two major storms that will have rocked the Sunshine State within two weeks of each other. Several crews from Nova Scotia Power began their drive from the Canadian province, hanging just northeast of Maine, to […]
Hurricane season is upon us, and power outages can have more significant consequences for some than the storm itself. As a result, Representatives Maxwell Frost (D-FL) and Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon (R-PR) have introduced a bipartisan bill, a testament to the unity in addressing this issue, allowing Floridians and other parts of the country vulnerable to hurricanes […]
The House of Representatives recently voted on the Weather Act Reauthorization Act, which funds the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) ability to research and predict weather, especially natural disasters such as hurricanes. Included in the package was the Fixing Gaps in Hurricane Preparedness Act introduced by Representative Maxwell Frost (D-FL), bipartisan legislation improving planning and alerts for certain demographics in the event […]
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) has been running around the state at a break-neck speed since Hurricane Ian hit the state last week. Yesterday, The Floridian was able to receive comments from DeSantis about operations in Arcadia, including the POD program's effectiveness. While in Fort Myers, CNN correspondent Nadia Romero asked DeSantis about the mandatory […]
With Hurricane Ian now behind us, recovery and rebuilding efforts have made headway. Governor Ron DeSantis (R) has been crisscrossing the state, supervising and aiding while providing updates. A video surfaced Sunday showing Gov. DeSantis cooking breakfast for first responders in Punta Gorda, after which he held a press conference in Arcadia. The city's Peace […]
Politico has seemingly politicized Hurricane Ian as it closed in on Florida. A few short hours after the post was published, a reporter at Gov. DeSantis' press conference last night decided to politicize it again. The journalist says concern raises over Florida's supposedly "lax" hurricane response, which DeSantis immediately shuts down. "Stop politicizing it," he […]
Ahead of Hurricane Ian's landfall in Florida, Politico's Matt Dixon says this is Ron DeSantis' first hurricane as Governor. Dixon anticipates to see how this storm "will affect Florida's already faltering property insurance market." Additionally, Dixon says while DeSantis gave three briefings Monday, "he has not, however, put himself out into the public as much […]
Hurricane Ian is blowing its way to Florida, expecting to make landfall this mid-to-late this week. Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has already declared a state of emergency for all 67 Counties and called for the deployment of 2,500 National Guard. Monday morning, Gov. DeSantis tweeted a reminder to Floridians to have proper preparation and supplies […]
Every hurricane season, especially when an actual storm is threatening Florida, elected politicians become quasi-weathermen and women and begin to post storm preparedness lists and minute-to-minute storm update reports.