National Weather Service Issues Tropical Storm Warning

An inland Tropical Storm Warning has been issued for interior Central Florida including Polk, Desoto, Highlands and Hardee counties. This area was hard hit in 2004 with three hurricanes including the fierce "Charlie" that crippled infrastructure and did billions in damage. It...

I smell a rat, or the mystery of the disappearing disaster funding in Louisiana

I said a prayer of gratitude when I turned in for bed on the night of August 28, 2005. Hurricane Katrina, according to the nightly news, had just barely brushed New Orleans. All was well in my adopted city.I awoke...

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