Hurricane Helene is nearing landfall in Florida’s big bend area as a category three storm. The 4 p.m. update from the National Hurricane Center notes that Helene is likely to make landfall as a category four hurricane.
Tallahassee – Gov. Ron DeSantis warned time is “running out quickly” for people to prepare for large, life-threatening Hurricane Helene, which was already a Category 2 storm Thursday morning as it raced toward making landfall on North Florida’s Gulf Coast.
Fall is here and that means football in the south. Where Y’at Seafood is the place to be on game day, especially to watch the LSU Tigers and the New Orleans Saints. Come take advantage of their football beer specials. Get a 6 beer bucket of Miller Lite, Coors Lite and Coors Banquet for only $20.
Considering cooling makes up approximately 60% of energy bills, Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) wants to help customers keep their bills as low as possible with the debut of its interactive, energy efficiency tool, the House of Savings Challenge.
Sept. 26, 2024 | 10:37 a.m. With Hurricane Helene hitting to the east of Santa Rosa County, many in the county are getting ready to help with recovery in harder hit areas of Florida. The storm is expected to make landfall in Florida’s big bend area around 7 p.m. Thursday night, and many are planning […]
In 1985, I went on a short-term mission trip to Haiti with a small team from our church. We were going to help Hosean International Ministries (HIM) build an orphanage in the town of Pignon, 40 miles south of Cap Haitien. There was a lot riding on this trip.
Santa Rosa County has its very first Veterans’ Treatment Court for justice-involved Veterans and Judge Tony Giraud admitted three Veterans to his first court Sept. 11. He will admit 10 more Sept. 25.
As I’m writing this, we are watching the yet-to-be-named storm that will be in the Gulf by the time you receive this paper. We are having daily updates with management and have a good plan in place. As an organization, we have been through Ivan, Dennis, Opal and Erin. However, many of our team members haven’t been through hurricanes, and they aren’t sure what to expect. There is no way to describe it except you will learn a lot about yourself and others after the storm. That is where it gets very real. Time will tell. In the meantime, we now have a “Storm Center” on our website where we will post when there are significant updates. When we post there, it will disseminate to Facebook and “X.” Now is not the time to check your insurance policies or decide you need flood insurance. But it is time to make sure you have 72-hours’ worth of food and water, just in case it heads west instead of east.
