Friday, September 27, 2024

Live updates: Hurricane Helene leaves devastation around Florida, Tampa Bay

from Tampa Bay Times


 

As dawn approached Friday morning, many around Tampa Bay awaited help as search and rescue teams worked to pull people from water-logged homes.

The storm unleashed record storm surge, with communities from the beaches to St. Petersburg’s Shore Acres neighborhood inundated with flood water. Officials closed access to Clearwater Beach overnight. By early Friday morning, nearly 1 million Floridians were without power.

Across St. Petersburg people repeated the same refrain: They’d never seen water so high.

Residents of Florida’s Big Bend region confronted a near-midnight landfall of the Category 4 storm late Thursday. For much of the night, tropical storm warnings were in effect from the Florida Keys to the Panhandle...

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2 comments:

  1. But, but,.....what about $hitizens Insurance!
    Izzit BK, or not, according to Ronnie da Saint howling off about it 2 days ago?
    Will some huckster/poli dream up a scheme to top up the fund by say passing a special color stovepipe hat around at pro sports venues in the state for the entire season?

    Arrange a gala UFC or WWE charity fundraiser event, with play-by-play by again some celeb donating their free time, like Joe Rogaine maybe?
    https://giphy.com/gifs/ufc-reaction-joe-rogan-ZMfZxtLruYiSaJn9vd


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  2. Translation: There's one born every minit.

    England’s Chief Medical Officer admits “we may have overstated danger of Covid”
    SEP27
    https://www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/?p=295611

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