Hurricane Michael will go down in history as one of the strongest hurricanes to hit the United States since Hurricane Andrew and is the strongest to hit the Panhandle of Florida ever. The Category 4 storm spun up so fast that weather forecasters had little time to get the forecast right. But early on the prediction models agreed that at some point the hurricane would take an eastward turn as it headed north in the Gulf. The question was when and where.

When the doors closed on the Panhandle Butterfly House (PBH) this season, they also closed on the group’s 21 years at its location in Navarre Park.

During a media roundtable Friday morning, Col. Michael Conley, the new commander of 1 SOW (Special Operations Wing), sat down to discuss local issues impacting his airmen and the community. Highway 98 traffic and keeping his airmen mentally and physically ready led the way. His social media skills – not so much.