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Storm forecast propels OJ
Storm forecast propels OJ futures (Miami Herald)
Orange juice rose to a six-week high on a forecast that output from Brazil's largest growing region will fall while the approaching Atlantic hurricane season spurred concern that storms may damage Florida groves.
Hurricane forecaster's memo gets national attention (9 News Denver)
FORT COLLINS This week, the Houston Chronicle and a national cable network reported that the climate change controversy could end Dr. William Gray's hurricane forecasts at Colorado State University.
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Hurricane Shelter Rules (WMBB
Hurricane Shelter Rules (WMBB TV Panama City)
FEMA Eases Rules To Build Hurricane Shelters
Global warming may end hurricane pioneer's forecasts (Houston Chronicle)
Longtime hurricane forecaster William Gray has attracted attention to Colorado State University with his annuals predictions, but the school says it may cease supporting that work. Gray says that may be because of his skepticism about global warming.
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Property owners still dealing
Property owners still dealing with hurricane damage claims (BizJournals)
Hurricane Wilma may have hit three years ago, but many South Florida property owners are still battling with insurance companies over damages and interrupted business.
Global warming may end hurricane pioneer's forecasts (Houston Chronicle)
Longtime hurricane forecaster William Gray has attracted attention to Colorado State University with his annuals predictions, but the school says it may cease supporting that work. Gray says that may be because of his skepticism about global warming.
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2nd bad hurricane forecast
2nd bad hurricane forecast for S.C. (The Post and Courier)
Duck and run a second hurricane forecaster has said the Southeast Coast will be in the cross-hairs this year. The water temperature pattern in the far Atlantic suggests the middle ground of storm tracks this year will be farther north than the usual south Florida bull's eye, privat...
FPL Crews Preparing For Hurricane Season (Local 10 Miami)
Florida Power & Light crews are working down to the wire to make sure that power poles are strong enough to withstand hurricane-force winds in what is expected to be an active upcoming hurricane season. INSIDE: Video
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FPL Crews Preparing For
FPL Crews Preparing For Hurricane Season (Local 10 Miami)
Florida Power & Light crews are working down to the wire to make sure that power poles are strong enough to withstand hurricane-force winds in what is expected to be an active upcoming hurricane season. INSIDE: Video
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Voted #1 Florida Press
Voted #1 Florida Press 2004 FIRST PLACE Best Web Site Florida Keys Keynoter (Keynoter.com)
A sole bidder was awarded a $6.3 million contract Thursday to install a deep-injection well at a planned desalination plant at the Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority's Florida City water plant.
Florida Power & Light prepares for hurricane season (Miami Herald)
Targeting areas around many Broward and Miami-Dade hospitals, Florida Power & Light is continuing to toughen its system to make it withstand hurricanes. But it's not clear how much the utility has done.
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FPL Crews Preparing For
FPL Crews Preparing For Hurricane Season (Local 10 Miami)
Florida Power & Light crews are working down to the wire to make sure that power poles are strong enough to withstand hurricane-force winds in what is expected to be an active upcoming hurricane season. INSIDE: Video
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Agencies adapt commercial mapping
Agencies adapt commercial mapping tools to suit missions (Federal Times)
When wildfires broke out in southern Georgia and northern Florida in spring 2007, Forest Service research meteorologist Scott Goodrick needed to make the most of wind and weather predictions to help crews fighting the blaze.
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Voted #1 Florida Press
Voted #1 Florida Press 2004 and 2005 Best Web Site Florida Keys Keynoter (Keynoter.com)
Three Upper Keys high-school teams headed into playoff games Tuesday with their eyes on games still to come. Coral Shores' Lady Hurricanes was scheduled to face Florida Christian in the Region 4-3A semifinal round. Results were pending at press time.
Budget woes doom Florida tax holiday on hurricane supplies (Sun-Sentinel)
A penny-pinching state budget has doomed the sales tax holiday on hurricane supplies, but Florida shoppers will still enjoy a scaled-down back-to-school tax reprieve.
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BASEBALL (Update): Post-game confrontation
BASEBALL (Update): Post-game confrontation mars last meeting of Miami-Florida State series (The Miami Hurricane)
POSTED APRIL 22 AT 1:34 A.M. The most memorable action from this weekend's top-ranked matchup between Miami and Florida State may have taken place after the final pitch.
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Florida Lessons Helping Indonesians
Florida Lessons Helping Indonesians (The Tampa Tribune)
Aboard a Florida Sea Grant vessel in Charlotte Harbor on Wednesday, Mahatma Lanuru points his camera toward land and snaps photos of a mangrove-lined shore wrecked by Hurricane Charley.
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Budget woes doom Florida
Budget woes doom Florida tax holiday on hurricane supplies (TCPalm.com)
The decision to shorten the back-to-school break and cut the hurricane holiday drew criticism from Florida Retail Federation President Rick McAllister, who said the state would lose out on revenues from a buying frenzy that also boosts sales of taxable items.
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Florida Saves $12 Million
Florida Saves $12 Million by Scrapping Hurricane Sales Tax Holiday (First Coast News)
TALLAHASEE, FL (AP) -- A spokeswoman for the Senate says legislators working on this year's budget have agreed to skip the state's annual sales tax holiday for hurricane supplies this year.
Partisan rancor erupts in Florida House (Miami Herald)
A toxic combination of partisan rancor and muscle-flexing by an empowered Democratic caucus erupted into an all-day and all-night feud of parliamentary one-upsmanship in the Florida House of Representatives that kept lawmakers in their seats well into the morning hours Saturday.
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Hurricane Tax Holiday (WMBB
Hurricane Tax Holiday (WMBB TV Panama City)
It appears that Florida's sale tax holidays could fall victim to the state's budget problems.
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Hurricane tax holiday scrapped
Hurricane tax holiday scrapped under early budget deal (Orlando Sentinel)
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Florida May Give Tax-Break
Florida May Give Tax-Break On Hurricane Supplies (CBS4 Miami)
Florida residents would again be able to buy some hurricane supplies tax free under a measure approved unanimously by a House committee.
Florida may again give residents tax break on hurricane supplies (Sun-Sentinel)
Florida residents may again be able to buy hurricane supplies tax free.
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Florida catastrophe fund cut
Florida catastrophe fund cut gets panel's OK (Miami Herald)
The House Policy and Budget Council gave the nod Monday to a bill that would reduce the size of the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund by $3 billion. That would bring down the fund's total exposure to $25 billion.
Florida May Give Tax-Break On Hurricane Supplies (CBS4 Miami)
Florida residents would again be able to buy some hurricane supplies tax free under a measure approved unanimously by a House committee.
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Florida May Again Give
Florida May Again Give Residents Tax Break on Hurricane Supplies (WTVY Dothan)
Florida residents would again be able to buy some hurricane supplies tax free under a measure approved unanimously by a House committee.
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Voted #1 Florida Press
Voted #1 Florida Press 2004 FIRST PLACE Best Web Site Florida Keys Keynoter (Keynoter.com)
A state road engineer said the future of a hurricane-evacuation lane planned along U.S. 1 through Key Largo lies with the state Department of Community Affairs.
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Hurricane warnings allow plenty
Hurricane warnings allow plenty of time to prepare for storms (The Villages Daily Sun)
THE VILLAGES A local weather forecaster says there will be plenty of time for Florida residents to prepare for the up to 15 named storms predicted by Dr. William Gray of Colorado State University for the 2008 hurricane season.
Hurricane forecast: 'active' (Fernandina Beach News-Leader)
BAHAMAS - The Colorado State University forecast team upgraded its early season forecast at the Bahamas Weather Conference, saying the U.S. Atlantic basin will likely experience a well above-average hurricane season.
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Very active 2008 hurricane
Very active 2008 hurricane season forecast (UPI)
U.S. hurricane experts William Gray and Philip Klotzbach say they expect a busy 2008 Atlantic hurricane season, with as many as 15 named storms.
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Experts predict above-average hurricane
Experts predict above-average hurricane season (Baltimore Sun)
The 2008 hurricane season in the Atlantic basin will be "well above average," with a 45 percent chance that a major storm will make landfall somewhere along the East Coast or in Florida, hurricane experts predicted today.
Hurricane warnings allow plenty of time to prepare for storms (The Villages Daily Sun)
THE VILLAGES A local weather forecaster says there will be plenty of time for Florida residents to prepare for the up to 15 named storms predicted by Dr. William Gray of Colorado State University for the 2008 hurricane season.
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Experts predict above-average hurricane
Experts predict above-average hurricane season (Baltimore Sun)
The 2008 hurricane season in the Atlantic basin will be "well above average," with a 45 percent chance that a major storm will make landfall somewhere along the East Coast or in Florida, hurricane experts predicted today.
Hurricane forecasts not blowing us away (Daily Herald)
In the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, the worst in recorded history, the most famous of hurricane forecasters was way off the mark when he predicted there would be 15 tropical storms. There were 28.
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Hurricane Season Predictions See
Hurricane Season Predictions See Increase (WCTV Tallahassee)
Dr. William Gray and his team of researchers released their updated 2008 Atlantic Hurricane Season forecast Wednesday at the Hurricane Conference in the Bahamas, and most will not favor the updated forecast.
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Hurricane prep exercise begins
Hurricane prep exercise begins Wednesday - Army News, opinions, editorials, news from Iraq, photos, reports - Army Times (Army Times)
The Army s 2008 Hurricane Season Preparation exercise will take place Wednesday and Thursday at Fort Belvoir, Va., officials announced Monday.
Advanced Mobile Satellite Communications Network Being Rolled Out for Florida National Guard (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Proactive Communications, Inc. , a trusted all-conditions SATCOM provider worldwide, and Digital Consulting Services , a Federal Government services provider and systems integrator for IT solutions, today announced the completion schedule for the final phase of the Florida National Guard's superior mobile Emergency Response Network.
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Florida Seeks Break On
Florida Seeks Break On Hurricane Shelter Rule (The Tampa Tribune)
Florida officials are urging top federal emergency managers to give the state a break on tougher national standards that would require hurricane shelters to be tornado-proof.
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With Thunderbirds and hurricane
With Thunderbirds and hurricane hunters, the air show entices (The Sarasota Herald-Tribune)
Seven year old Andrew Pfeil has been coming to the Florida International Air Show since before he can remember.
Hurricane Law Group Announces Lawsuit to Require the State of Florida to Compel Insurance Companies to Comply with ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
CORAL SPRINGS, Fla.----The Hurricane Law Group announced today that it has filed a lawsuit in the Circuit Court of the Second Judicial Circuit in Leon County against CFO Alex Sink, Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty, the Department of Financial Services and the Office of Insurance Regulation to force the State to enforce Florida laws designed to protect Floridians in the wake of the 2004 and ...
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Hurricane forecasters respected despite
Hurricane forecasters respected despite misses in 2006, '07 seasons (Sun-Sentinel)
Experts revered despite misses in 2006, '07 seasons For two years running, the forecast team at Colorado State University has botched its long-term outlook for the upcoming hurricane season. So should anybody pay attention in 2008?
Hurricane Law Group Announces Lawsuit to Require the State of Florida to Compel Insurance Companies to Comply with ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
CORAL SPRINGS, Fla.----The Hurricane Law Group announced today that it has filed a lawsuit in the Circuit Court of the Second Judicial Circuit in Leon County against CFO Alex Sink, Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty, the Department of Financial Services and the Office of Insurance Regulation to force the State to enforce Florida laws designed to protect Floridians in the wake of the 2004 and ...
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Next big hurricane could
Next big hurricane could drive insurers away from coast (Houston Chronicle)
Since Hurricane Rita struck Texas in 2005, the state's insurer of last resort for coastal areas has seen the value of the property it insures triple from $23 billion to $64 billion.
New National Hurricane Center Director talks about concerns for SW Florida (WINK TV Southwest Florida)
The 2008 Atlantic hurricane season is now less than two months away, starting June 1st, but already, scientists and emergency planners are looking ahead at what we can expect.
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Voted #1 Florida Press
Voted #1 Florida Press 2004 FIRST PLACE Best Web Site Florida Keys Keynoter (Keynoter.com)
Because of the near-shutdown of the credit markets and rising interest rates, insurers in Florida fear the state's hurricane catastrophe fund may not live up to its promise if a massive storm hits this hurricane season.
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State let insurers underpay
State let insurers underpay hurricane claims, lawsuit says (Orlando Sentinel)
Petition says homeowners were not told they could seek mediation. The state's financial- and insurance-regulation departments are accused in a lawsuit of violating consumer-protection laws and allowing insurance companies to underpay hurricane claims. The suit wasfiled Wednesday by a South Florida homeowner.
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Hurricane evacuations not always
Hurricane evacuations not always simple, officials say (Sun-Sentinel)
Officials want people at risk to heed advice Sally Bishop, emergency management director in Pinellas County on Florida's west coast, has found a creative way to encourage coastal residents to heed evacuation orders should a hurricane approach.
Fla. Trying to Fix Hurricane Insurance (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
A tightening global credit market is contributing to Florida's insurance woes, prompting officials to look at reducing the amount of money in the state's catastrophe fund, which pays hurricane claims when private insurers can't.
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Dogs From Hurricane Katrina
Dogs From Hurricane Katrina Come To S. Fla. Shelters (NBC 6 Miami)
Nearly 24 Hurricane Katrina-surviving K-9s are hoping for a second chance in South Florida.
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Google, hurricane center create
Google, hurricane center create storm surge maps (The News-Press)
Users will be able to zoom in for street-level views through a free Goggle Earth program.
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