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Busy hurricane season exceeds

Busy hurricane season exceeds NOAA forecast (Columbia Daily Tribune)
Atlantic sees record-breaking 25 storms. Last May, the nation s senior hurricane forecasters gathered in Bay St. Louis, Miss., to warn the nation that another active Atlantic tropical storm season was on the way. Less than four months later, Hurricane Katrina nearly washed the town away.

Voted #1 Florida Press 2004 FIRST PLACE Best Web Site Florida Keys Keynoter (Keynoter.com)
Seeing the Keys for the first time since Hurricane Wilma struck Oct. 24, U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson on Tuesday addressed resident concerns, both on the local and national levels.

Florida Haitians labor in Katrina relief (UPI)
LONG BEACH, Miss., Nov. 24 (UPI) -- Some 500 Haitian immigrants to South Florida have arrived in Mississippi to help rebuild two communities devastated by Hurricane Katrina.

Where Life Means Getting a Little Sand in Your Shoes (New York Times)
The real estate market is vibrant on Sanibel and Captiva Islands, despite the effects of the hurricane and increasingly strict building codes intended to cut down on storm damage.