Palm Harbor Fire Rescue / Facebook screen shot Florida Fire Department Issues Warning to EV Owners After Seeing What Hurricanes Trigger The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration claims to have been working on this problem since 2012, but apparently without results. By George C. Upper III September 2, 2023
Saul Loeb - AFP / Getty ImagesCommentary 'He Never Reads the Room': Biden Opens Remarks on Hurricane Idalia with a Joke from His Mother Joe Biden is continuing his tradition of making inappropriate jokes during times of emergency. By Peter Partoll August 31, 2023
@FLVoiceNews / X screen shot DeSantis Sends Warning About 'This Part of Florida' After Reports of Hurricane Looting: 'You Loot, We Shoot' Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis issues a stern warning against looting in the wake of Hurricane Idalia's descent upon Florida. By Jack Davis August 31, 2023
SAUL LOEB - AFP / Getty ImagesCommentary Biden Once Again Talks Lightning Strike, Small Kitchen Fire at House and Compares It to Maui Devastation President Joe Biden still thinks that the small kitchen fire in his house years ago is comparable to the wildfires in Hawaii. By Peter Partoll August 30, 2023
Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images Giant Oak Tree Falls on Florida Governor's Mansion with DeSantis Family Inside The current Governor's Mansion was completed in 1956, and it has been inhabited by Florida's First Families since 1957. By Aubrey Wursten August 30, 2023
Jae C. Hong - File / AP Cruel Irony: Maui Officials Were Attending FEMA Disaster Training as Blazes Began - Report Maui officials were attending FEMA training when the wildfires on Maui began. Their delayed response has raised questions. By Froilan Bersamina August 30, 2023
NOAA via AP National Weather Service Projects Hurricane Idalia Will Be 'Unprecedented Event' with 'Impassable' Escape Routes The National Weather Service and the National Hurricane Center are sounding the alarm about Hurricane Idalia as it nears the Florida coast. By Jack Davis August 29, 2023
Xavier Lorenzo / Getty Images Officials Warn of 'Widespread Fuel Contamination' at Unknown Number of Gas Stations - This Could Destroy Your Car Florida officials are warning that some gas available for personal vehicles has become contaminated with diesel fuel. By Richard Moorhead August 29, 2023
Jae C. Hong / AP Photo Maui Residents Attempt to Fend Off Land Grab as Outsiders Swoop in 'Like ... Vultures Preying on Us' "Fear of predatory land grabbers coming in is legitimate because it’s already happening, it’s been happening for generations now." By George C. Upper III August 23, 2023
UH Better Tomorrow Speaker Series / YouTube screen shot; Jae C. Hong / AP Hawaii Official Delayed Releasing Water for More Than 5 Hours as Fires Raged On: Report Kaleo Manuel, who had called for the use of water resources on the basis of "equity," has been reassigned to a new position. By Richard Moorhead August 22, 2023