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Florida shelters accepting people
Florida shelters accepting people from evacuation (Florida Today)
TALLAHASSEE -- With people streaming into Florida from points west and shelters opening in the Panhandle this afternoon, the state's response to dangerous Hurricane Gustav balances helping others with staying alert at home.
Posted by PCA Public Adjusters at 08:55 PM
Hurricane Gustav strengthens en
Hurricane Gustav strengthens en route to Cuba, gulf (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Powerful Hurricane Gustav roared toward western Cuba on Saturday with 125 mph (205 kph) winds on its way to the oil-rich Gulf of Mexico after a deadly pass through the Caribbean.
Posted by PCA Public Adjusters at 09:30 PM
Forecasters: Gustav strengthens into
Forecasters: Gustav strengthens into a hurricane (Greensboro News & Record)
NEW ORLEANS (AP)- On the same day that residents marked the three-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's wrath, another storm strengthened into a hurricane miles away and threatened to hit the Gulf Coast once again. Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center said Friday afternoon that Gustav had grown into a Category 1 storm, and remained on track to strike anywhere from the Florida ...
Posted by PCA Public Adjusters at 01:05 AM
Florida and all of
Florida and all of Gulf Coast warned to watch Tropical Storm Gustav (Sun-Sentinel)
With Gustav projected to churn into the Gulf of Mexico as a hurricane by this weekend, communities from Florida to Texas started to brace, including New Orleans, where officials asked residents to be ready to evacuate.
Hurricane Gustav projected to stay clear of South Florida (Palm Beach Daily News)
Long-term projections put Hurricane Gustav into the Gulf of Mexico early Sunday morning, away from South Florida.
Posted by PCA Public Adjusters at 04:50 AM
Hurricane Gustav dips to
Hurricane Gustav dips to tropical storm, expected to strengthen (Miami Herald)
Hurricane Gustav triggered a killer landslide in Haiti, a spike in oil prices and fear throughout the Gulf Coast as forecasters said it is all but certain to grow into a major hurricane by this weekend.
Hurricane Gustav kills five in Haiti, aims at Cuba (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Hurricane Gustav slammed into Haiti, killing at least five as it lashed the desperately poor Caribbean nation with powerful winds and heavy rain, just days behind deadly Tropical Storm Fay.
Posted by PCA Public Adjusters at 05:20 AM
Hurricane Gustav kills five
Hurricane Gustav kills five in Haiti, aims at Cuba (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Hurricane Gustav slammed into Haiti, killing at least five as it lashed the desperately poor Caribbean nation with powerful winds and heavy rain, just days behind deadly Tropical Storm Fay.
Posted by PCA Public Adjusters at 08:30 AM
Florida's eyes now turn
Florida's eyes now turn to Gustav (Bradenton Herald)
For the second time in two weeks, hurricane warnings and watches were posted around Haiti as a tropical storm threatened to unload two feet of rain and severe wind on Tuesday.
Posted by PCA Public Adjusters at 10:50 AM
Flooding follows Fay in
Flooding follows Fay in Florida (The Santa Rosa Press Democrat)
MIAMI -- Flooding left behind by Tropical Storm Fay forced residents in parts of northern Florida out of their homes Sunday, while the storm's remnants were forecast to dump several inches of rain on at least four other states.
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Fay weakens to depression
Fay weakens to depression after drenching Florida (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Tropical Storm Fay was downgraded to a tropical depression late on Saturday after making a record fourth landfall in Florida and drenching the state's northern panhandle with heavy rainfall.
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Fay hits Florida, but
Fay hits Florida, but doesn't become hurricane (Park Hills Daily Journal)
NAPLES, Fla. (AP) Tropical Storm Fay moved inland Tuesday after making landfall in southwest Florida, never growing into the hurricane that forecasters had cautioned it could become.
Fay's 4th Florida landfall is one for record books (FOX10 Gulf Coast)
STEINHATCHEE, Fla. (AP) - Tropical Storm Fay crossed into the Florida Panhandle on Saturday, becoming the first storm of its kind in recorded history to hit the state four different times.Fay's center made landfall around 1 a.m. EDT about 15 miles north-northeast of Apalachicola, Fla., according to the National Weather Service's National Hurricane Center.
Posted by PCA Public Adjusters at 08:20 PM
Fay fails to trigger
Fay fails to trigger hurricane deductibles (Miami Herald)
Good news for Florida homeowners who suffered damage from Tropical Storm Fay: Since Fay never intensified into a hurricane, the much-larger hurricane deductible on their windstorm or homeowners insurance doesn't apply.
Posted by PCA Public Adjusters at 11:50 PM
Fay drenches Florida, could
Fay drenches Florida, could reach hurricane strength (Chicago Tribune)
Tropical Storm Fay continues its erratic path Wednesday, threatening to loop back and strike Florida again -- possibly as a hurricane.
Posted by PCA Public Adjusters at 12:10 AM
Fay rolls across Florida
Fay rolls across Florida as storm, not hurricane (AP via Yahoo! News)
Tropical Storm Fay moved inland Tuesday after making landfall in southwest Florida, bringing soaking rains and gusty winds but failing to become a minimal hurricane as was a possibility.
Fay hugs Florida's Atlantic coast; forecasters see waning chances of storm becoming hurricane (AM New York)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) _ Tropical Storm Fay meandered north along the Florida Atlantic coast Wednesday but did not immediately head out over the ocean, lessening the chances it will gain strength and become a hurricane.
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Florida Hurricane Fears Over
Florida Hurricane Fears Over Fay (SkyNews via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Tropical Storm Fay has hit the Florida Keys with heavy rain and winds that knocked down trees and signs before turning southwest, where it still could develop into a hurricane.
Posted by PCA Public Adjusters at 06:40 AM
Storm Fay Crosses Cuba,
Storm Fay Crosses Cuba, May Hit Florida as Hurricane (Update1) (Bloomberg.com)
Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Tropical Storm Fay plowed across Cuba, drenching the Caribbean island on a northward course that's forecast to take it to Florida, with the system strengthening into a hurricane on the way.
Fay hits Florida Keys, hurricane warning in effect (Market Watch)
Tropical Storm Fay is approaching hurricane strength and its center should emerge into the Florida Straits during the next few hours, the National Hurricane Center says in an advisory early Monday.
Posted by PCA Public Adjusters at 06:50 AM
Hurricane watch for Florida
Hurricane watch for Florida (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
The western coast of Florida is on a hurricane watch this morning while Tropical Storm Fay is lashing Cuba. At 10 a.m. the storm center was located at 20.5N 78.6W, according to the National Hurricane Center. The storm was moving west-northwest at 13 mph with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph.
Storm buffets Cuba, hurricane warnings for Florida (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Gusty winds and driving rain buffeted eastern Cuba early on Sunday as Tropical Storm Fay neared the island while U.S. authorities issued a hurricane watch for parts of the Florida coast.
Posted by PCA Public Adjusters at 07:05 AM
Fickle Fay could hit
Fickle Fay could hit Florida's Gulf Coast by Tuesday as Category 1 hurricane, forecasters say (TCPalm.com)
Its projected path has shifted left and right. Its winds have weakened and strengthened. Tropical Storm Fay certainly has been fickle. Yet specialists at the National Hurricane Center on Saturday were gaining confidence the system will hit Florida's west coast as a minimal Category 1 hurricane on Tuesday - and put the Keys under the gun along the way.
Posted by PCA Public Adjusters at 07:50 AM
Allstate to cut rates
Allstate to cut rates in settlement with Florida (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
The U.S. state of Florida said on Friday that insurer Allstate Corp would lower all homeowner insurance rates in the state by 5.6 percent under a broad settlement ending the state's disputes with the company.
Posted by PCA Public Adjusters at 08:30 AM
Atlantic Storm May Intensify,
Atlantic Storm May Intensify, Threaten Florida, Forecasters Say (Bloomberg.com)
Aug. 14 (Bloomberg) -- An area of low pressure over the Leeward Islands in the western Atlantic may strengthen into a tropical storm in the next few days and threaten the Bahamas and Florida, according to forecasters.
Forecasters watching tropical disturbance moving toward Bahamas, Florida (Sun-Sentinel)
System likely to develop today With a tropical disturbance in the Atlantic marching in this direction and threatening to become a hurricane a suddenly vigilant South Florida hopes the system will make a hard right turn.
Posted by PCA Public Adjusters at 08:50 AM
South Florida: $17 million
South Florida: $17 million budgeted for hurricane forecasting (Sun-Sentinel)
The Bush administration announced plans Monday to quadruple the budget for fiscal 2009 for hurricane forecast improvements to $17 million.
Posted by PCA Public Adjusters at 09:30 AM
Storms usher in tornado
Storms usher in tornado threat (The Post and Courier)
The rain and thundershowers from Tuesday night will keep falling today, with a chance of tornadoes. By the weekend, a tropical storm or hurricane could be in the Bahamas, where it would hit a fork in the road. "It can cut across Florida and into the Gulf of Mexico, or it can start to re-curve and affect the Southeast coast," said Tom Kines, meteorologist for AccuWeather.com, a private ...
Posted by PCA Public Adjusters at 12:20 PM
Two tropical disturbances being
Two tropical disturbances being watched in Atlantic (Miami Herald)
Two tropical disturbances are floating over warm Atlantic waters and could bring storms to the Caribbean later this week. ''They're nothing for South Florida to worry about because they're so far out in the Atlantic, but we'll be watching to see if anything develops that could turn into a threat,'' said Dennis Feltgen, spokesman for the National Hurricane Center in West Miami-Dade County.
Posted by PCA Public Adjusters at 02:35 PM
Movers (Miami Herald) ARTS
Movers (Miami Herald)
ARTS Alberto Manrara, chief financial officer at TotalBank, has been appointed to the Florida Grand Opera board of directors. He will serve on the board for three years.
Posted by PCA Public Adjusters at 03:30 PM
Citigroup settlement frees funds
Citigroup settlement frees funds of Florida clients (Business Journal of Tampa Bay)
Citigroup s agreement to buy back more than $7 billion in auction-rate securities will give thousands of clients, including those in Florida, access to funds that had been frozen.
Posted by PCA Public Adjusters at 05:20 PM
TV meteorologists walk a
TV meteorologists walk a tightrope during hurricane season (The Jupiter Courier)
Sunday evening, prime time. A hurricane in the Gulf is closing in on southern Florida. As a TV weather forecaster, you have a choice to make. Do you break into programming and risk enraging fans of "Desperate Housewives?"
Posted by PCA Public Adjusters at 06:55 PM
Hurricane season to be
Hurricane season to be more active (Gulf Times)
WASHINGTON: The Atlantic hurricane season will be more active than forecasters first predicted, with up to 10 hurricanes expected to form, the US government s top climate agency predicted yesterday.
TV meteorologists walk a tightrope during hurricane season (The Jupiter Courier)
Sunday evening, prime time. A hurricane in the Gulf is closing in on southern Florida. As a TV weather forecaster, you have a choice to make. Do you break into programming and risk enraging fans of "Desperate Housewives?"
Posted by PCA Public Adjusters at 07:10 PM
Faculty Losses Hurting Florida's
Faculty Losses Hurting Florida's Universities (The Tampa Tribune)
Florida's public universities are seeking $65 million from the Legislature to stop the exodus of talented faculty members who are drawn to better opportunities in more financially stable regions.
Posted by PCA Public Adjusters at 08:00 PM
Hurricane season's early activity
Hurricane season's early activity has (The Sarasota Herald-Tribune)
Florida has so far been spared from being hit in an active early hurricane season.
Posted by PCA Public Adjusters at 10:05 PM
Hurricane Insurance (WCTV Tallahassee)
Hurricane Insurance (WCTV Tallahassee)
350,000 people will have to reapply for hurricane insurance because of system renovations.
Posted by PCA Public Adjusters at 11:40 PM
Tropical Disturbance Forms South
Tropical Disturbance Forms South of Florida in Northern Gulf (Bloomberg.com)
Aug. 3 (Bloomberg) -- A tropical disturbance, a storm system that can precede a tropical storm or hurricane, formed today in the northern Gulf of Mexico about 150 miles (241 kilometers) south of Pensacola, Florida, U.S. forecasters said.
Posted by PCA Public Adjusters at 12:20 AM
Ten Important Steps to
Ten Important Steps to Help Ensure Your Safety Following a Hurricane, From a Florida Disaster Relief Specialist (PRWeb)
Hurricane season is upon us in Florida. Believe it or not, more people are seriously injured and killed on the picture perfect calm days after a hurricane has blown through and people are returning to their homes and lives. Here are 10 important steps to help ensure your safety in those crucial days following a hurricane. (PRWeb Jul 30, 2008) Read the full story at ...
August 3, 2008 (The Virginia Gazette)
Close to 1 million Florida residents and tourists were told Thursday to evacuate, as Hurricane Charley strengthens and churns toward the state's Gulf Coast.
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Ten Important Steps to
Ten Important Steps to Help Ensure Your Safety Following a Hurricane, From a Florida Disaster Relief Specialist (PRWeb)
Hurricane season is upon us in Florida. Believe it or not, more people are seriously injured and killed on the picture perfect calm days after a hurricane has blown through and people are returning to their homes and lives. Here are 10 important steps to help ensure your safety in those crucial days following a hurricane. (PRWeb Jul 30, 2008) Read the full story at ...
Posted by PCA Public Adjusters at 06:45 AM
Report: FL has plenty
Report: FL has plenty of hurricane shelters, except in SW (WTSP - Tampa Bay's 10 News)
A new report finds there are more than enough hurricane shelters in the state of Florida, except the southwest part of the state.
Posted by PCA Public Adjusters at 09:50 AM
Another Road Trip For
Another Road Trip For Hurricane Little Leaguers (WOWK-TV West Virginia)
Hurricane will represent the Mountain State in Florida.
Ten Important Steps to Help Ensure Your Safety Following a Hurricane, From a Florida Disaster Relief Specialist (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
Hurricane season is upon us in Florida. Believe it or not, more people are seriously injured and killed on the picture perfect calm days after a hurricane has blown through and people are returning to their homes and lives. Here are 10 important steps to help ensure your safety in those cruicial days following a hurricane.
Posted by PCA Public Adjusters at 01:35 PM
