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☆ Hurricane Ian Strengthens to Category 4 Storm Ahead of Expected Florida Landfall
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Jon Kamp | Cameron Mcwhirter | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Hurricane Ian strengthened to a dangerous Category 4 storm as it barreled toward Florida’s Gulf Coast ahead of expected landfall later Wednesday. The storm, packing maximum sustained winds of 140 miles an hour, was located about 75 miles from Naples, Fla., early Wednesday, according to the National Hurricane Center. It appeared headed for landfall in a region south of the Tampa Bay area, but the effects are expected to be widespread, from tropical-storm force winds extending out 175 miles to a potential foot-high storm surge and as much as two feet of rain.

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☆ Hurricane Ian strengthens as millions urged to evacuate Florida Gulf Coast
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Brad Brooks | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +8 min

By late Tuesday night, tropical storm-force winds generated by Ian extended through the Florida Keys island chain to the southernmost shores of the state's Gulf Coast, the NHC said. U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency chief Deanne Criswell said she worried that too few Florida residents were taking the threat seriously. 1/6 A hurricane evacuation route sign is displayed as Hurricane Ian spins toward the state carrying high winds, torrential rains and a powerful storm surge, in Punta Gorda, Florida, U.S. September 27, 2022. If Ian strikes the Tampa area, it would be the first hurricane to make landfall there since the 1921 Tarpon Springs storm. But officials said Hurricane Ian had proven too much, knocking out power even in far eastern Cuba, which was largely unaffected by the storm.

☆ Factbox: U.S. companies gird themselves as Hurricane Ian makes landfall
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

Sept 28 (Reuters) - Hurricane Ian makes landfall in Florida with Category 4 fury on Wednesday, pushing residents to empty grocery shelves, board up windows and rush to evacuation shelters. Since then, it has been working to redeploy offshore personnel after determining Hurricane Ian no longer posed a significant threat to its assets. A spokesperson said the company was monitoring the hurricane and making adjustments to operations to keep warehouse staff and drivers safe. Costco Wholesale Corp closed nine stores located in Florida due to an impact of Hurricane Ian. CRUISE OPERATORSWalt Disney Co's Disney Cruise Line on Tuesday canceled its Disney Wish ship that was to set sail from Florida on Friday.

TAMPA, Fla. — More than 2 million people in Florida were under orders to pack up and head east to safer ground Tuesday as Hurricane Ian barreled north from Cuba on a path toward Tampa. But Burks, who moved to Tampa in 2005 and has weathered several hurricanes since then, said he's not going far. Many Floridians in more rural areas like Polk County live in trailers that are especially vulnerable to high winds. “Just go straight across the state to Broward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach.”And "do not go north," because that's where Hurricane Ian is going, he said. Three bridges span Old Tampa Bay, two of which connect Tampa to St. Petersburg and the third of which links to northern Pinellas County.

Sept 27 (Reuters) - Airlines canceled over 2,000 U.S. flights on Tuesday and Wednesday and some Florida airports halted operations as they braced for impact from Hurricane Ian, which was set to make landfall in the state. Airlines had scrapped 367 flights on Tuesday and 1,748 on Wednesday across the United States, according to flight-tracking website Flightaware.com. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File PhotoloadingEven Florida airports not closing were experiencing major impacts. Airlines canceled about 40% of flights at Miami International Airport on Wednesday. The Federal Aviation Administration said it was "closely monitoring" Hurricane Ian and its path.

Tampa has been undergoing major infrastructure upgrades to protect the vulnerable city from flooding, but as Hurricane Ian barrels toward Florida’s west coast, the project is still years from completion. Construction is only about 30% done, said Sean Sullivan, executive director of the Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council. “The potential area of inundation for the same intensity storm would be greater in the Tampa Bay area,” he said. The region has not borne the brunt of a major hurricane since 1921. “The Tampa Bay area hasn’t seen this type of storm in decades, if not 100 years,” said Rick Davis, a senior meteorologist with the National Weather Service’s Tampa office.

☆ Airlines scrap over 1,200 U.S. flights as Hurricane Ian set to make landfall
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Sept 27 (Reuters) - Airlines canceled over a thousand U.S. flights on Tuesday and Wednesday and several Florida airports are halting operations as they braced for impact from Hurricane Ian, which was set to make landfall in the state. Airlines had scrapped 321 flights on Tuesday and 1,148 on Wednesday across the U.S., according to flight-tracking website Flightaware.com. ET Tuesday, while Tampa Airport will halt operations at 5 p.m. and Orlando International Airport will cease operations at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. The Federal Aviation Administration said it was "closely monitoring" Hurricane Ian and its path. American Airlines Group Inc (AAL.O) said it has issued a travel alert for 20 airports in the western Caribbean and Florida.

☆ Ian to become a major hurricane overnight, officials say
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Tim Stelloh | Tim Stelloh Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Hurricane Ian was forecast to become a major hurricane overnight as it churned toward Cuba with powerful winds and a storm surge that was expected to swamp the island’s western coast, U.S. weather officials said late Monday. Ron DeSantis declared a statewide emergency, saying Ian could hit the state as a punishing Category 4 hurricane, with wind speeds topping 130 mph. "We already have so little.”Earlier Monday, Ian passed by the nearby Cayman Islands with no major damage reported. The latest on Hurricane Ian By Monday night, Ian, moving northwest at 13 mph, was about 105 miles east-southeast of the western tip of Cuba, with top sustained winds increasing to 105 mph. Forecasters expect Ian to hit Florida’s west coast as a major hurricane as early as Tuesday.

☆ Hurricane Ian Approaches Florida, Threatens Tampa Bay
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Jon Kamp | Cameron Mcwhirter | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Hurricane Ian is bearing down on southwest Florida, with a swath of the state’s Gulf Coast in harm’s way, including the vulnerable Tampa Bay area. The populous and fast-growing Tampa region hasn’t been tested by a direct hurricane hit for more than a century. The National Hurricane Center on Tuesday said the latest forecasts have shifted the storm’s track south along the coast, but a hurricane warning still covered the Tampa Bay area while stretching to south of Fort Myers.

☆ Jan. 6 committee postpones Wednesday hearing as Hurricane Ian bears down on Florida
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | Warren Rojas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The panel cited Hurricane Ian, which is set to hit Florida on Wednesday, as reason for the delay. Chairman Bennie G. Thompson and Vice Chair Liz Cheney released a Tuesday statement announcing that the panel's next public hearing, which was scheduled for Wednesday afternoon, will be postponed. "In light of Hurricane Ian bearing down on parts of Florida, we have decided to postpone tomorrow's proceedings," the lawmakers said. Sewing up 'loose ends'January 6 committee member Rep. Jamie Raskin told reporters that the goal of the ninth – and presumably last – public hearing was to sew up "some loose ends." "People understand that the former president wouldn't take no for an answer," Raskin told reporters outside the US Capitol on September 22.

☆ Amazon temporarily closes some Florida warehouses as Hurricane Ian approaches
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Annie Palmer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Amazon is temporarily closing warehouses in parts of Florida as Hurricane Ian churns toward the state. The company on Tuesday shuttered sites near Tampa and Orlando, according to notices sent to employees and reviewed by CNBC. The National Hurricane Center on Tuesday upgraded Hurricane Ian to a Category 3 storm, with maximum sustained winds of 120 miles per hour. Amazon is the latest company to adjust its operations as Hurricane Ian approaches the southeastern coast. WATCH: Florida's Gulf Coast braces for Hurricane Ian to make landfall

Local residents fill sandbags, as Hurricane Ian spun toward the state carrying high winds, torrential rains and a powerful storm surge, at Ben T. Davis Beach in Tampa, Florida, U.S., September 26, 2022. Before heading to Florida, Hurricane Ian slammed into Cuba, forcing evacuations, cutting power to hundreds of thousands of people and swamping fishing villages. A Category 3 storm features maximum sustained winds of up to 129 miles per hour (208 km per hour). "I wasn't particularly scared until I saw the storm track this morning," Martino, 78, said as she prepared to go to her son's house north of Tampa. If Ian strikes Tampa, it would be the first hurricane to make landfall in the area since the Tarpon Springs storm in 1921.

☆ Millions in Florida urged to evacuate as Hurricane Ian nears
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Brad Brooks | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

A man runs by a boarded up storefront, as Hurricane Ian spins toward the state carrying high winds, torrential rains and a powerful storm surge, in the downtown area of Tampa, Florida, U.S., September 27, 2022. The latest 8 p.m. EDT (2100 GMT) hurricane advisory put Ian's top winds at 120 mph (195 km per hour). Ian was most likely to come ashore south of Tampa near Sarasota, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said. Parts of central Florida could see as much of 2 feet (0.6 meter) of rain from Ian, according to the National Weather Service. If Ian strikes Tampa, it would be the first hurricane to make landfall in the area since the Tarpon Springs storm in 1921.

☆ What’s that bag of white stuff? Some Uber drivers worry they’re drug mules
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( David Ingram | David Ingram Covers Tech For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +15 min

And a sheriff’s office in Tampa sent a crystalized substance to a Florida state lab for testing after an Uber Connect driver turned it over in April. Uber said that using its services for illegal activity is expressly prohibited, and that it takes reports of drug deliveries via Uber Connect very seriously. Some Uber Connect drivers have gone to the police with suspicions about packages they are assigned to deliver. “You’re almost certainly getting arrested in that situation.”Richman said it’s difficult to generalize about how much trouble an Uber Connect driver could get in. Uber said it was always looking for ways to improve Uber Connect, and drivers said they have several suggestions for changes.

A man collects empty cans at the seafront ahead of the arrival of Tropical Storm Ian in Havana, Cuba, September 26, 2022. REUTERS/Alexandre MeneghiniHAVANA, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Hurricane Ian is expected to hammer western Cuba late in the day with heavy winds and rain and a potentially life-threatening storm surge after strengthening overnight from a tropical storm, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Monday. "Devastating wind damage is possible where the core of Ian moves across western Cuba," the center said. The U.S. hurricane center said the highest risk of life-threatening storm surge would occur along Florida's western coast from Fort Myers to the Tampa Bay region. In Cuba, officials have placed the island's western provinces under a hurricane alert and have announced plans for allocating food and evacuating people from low-lying areas.

The storm, currently a Category 1 hurricane, is expected to make landfall in Cuba on Monday evening. Lugo was one of many Florida residents preparing for flooding from torrential rains could submerge streets and homes. In a grocery store in St. Petersburg, across the state on the Gulf Coast, only empty cardboard boxes remained where the store normally stocks distilled water. "This is a really big storm," Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said during a morning news conference, noting that the storm could potentially envelope both coasts of the state. From there, Ian could either make landfall north of Tampa Bay early on Friday or turn northwest toward Florida's Panhandle.

☆ NFL roundup: Packers top Bucs in possible final Rodgers-Brady matchup
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +10 min

Josh Allen completed 42 of 63 passes for 400 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions for the Bills (2-1). Philadelphia quarterback Jalen Hurts threw for 340 yards and led a second-quarter surge with three touchdown passes. Colts 20, Chiefs 17Matt Ryan threw a 12-yard touchdown pass to Jelani Woods with 24 seconds left as Indianapolis stunned visiting Kansas City. Ryan passed for 222 yards, and both his touchdown passes were to the rookie Woods. Osborn on a 28-yard touchdown pass with 45 seconds left as Minnesota rallied past Detroit in Minneapolis.

☆ The U.S. Is Running Short of Land for Housing
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-25 | by ( Konrad Putzier | Photographs Angela Owens The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

In the Sunbelt, the hottest commodity isn’t oil, copper or gold. It is land. And rancher Robert Thomas has plenty of it. Since then, the population of the Tampa metropolitan area has exploded to more than 3 million. The Thomas family’s ranch is now surrounded by communities of single-family homes.

☆ MLB roundup: Brewers' Kolten Wong swats 3 HRs vs. Reds
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +8 min

Sep 22, 2022; Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; Milwaukee Brewers second baseman Kolten Wong (16) hits a two-run home run in the second inning against the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park. Aaron Judge remained stuck at 60 homers, walking three times and reaching base for the 21st straight game. The Braves, who lost their second straight game, fell 1 1/2 games back of the idle New York Mets in the National League East. Cubs 3, Pirates 2Michael Hermosillo's RBI single in the seventh inning provided the deciding run and rookie Hayden Wesneski pitched an immaculate inning visiting Chicago downed Pittsburgh. Bobby Witt Jr. recorded his third straight multi-hit performance and Salvador Perez drove in a run for the seventh straight game for the Royals.

☆ Gisele Bündchen and Tom Brady are ‘living separately,’ source tells CNN
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-14 | by ( Chloe Melas | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Superstar couple Gisele Bündchen and Tom Brady, who wed in 2009, are going through a difficult period. The two are currently “living separately,” another source close to Bündchen told CNN. CNN has reached out to representatives for Brady and Bündchen. “This is a very violent sport, and I have my children and I would like him to be more present,” Bündchen told the publication. And I’m not able to be at funerals and I’m not able to be at weddings,” Brady told Gray.

☆ Remote work is killing Florida as a retirement paradise
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-11 | by ( Gadel Valle | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

Housing prices, combined with the rise of remote work, threaten to end the middle-class dream of spending your final days in Florida. "It does put the retirement industry at risk because it's going to become more and more difficult" to retire in Florida, he told me. The political influence of Florida retirees is so significant that national publications send reporters to The Villages before elections to check its political pulse. The dream of a Florida retirement is dying as housing prices make it too expensive for most. And for people who are retiring now, the Florida retirement dream is starting to look a lot less sunny.

☆ The difference between 'rich' and 'wealthy,' according to New York Times 'Wealth Matters' columnist
▼ + stars: | 2022-07-11 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

When Paul Sullivan was hired to write his "Wealth Matters" column in The New York Times 13 years ago, Americans' relationships with wealth and wealthy people were undergoing a rapid shift. I was told I could create the 'Wealth Matters' column when Lehman Brothers collapsed," he says. Among his biggest takeaways: "I always drew the line between people who are wealthy and people who are rich," he says. 1 money habit of wealthy peopleOver the course of his tenure writing the column, Sullivan talked to nearly 5,000 sources about wealth in America. The article "The Difference Between ‘Rich’ and ‘Wealthy,’ According to New York Times ‘Wealth Matters’ Columnist″ was originally published on Grow (CNBC + Acorns).

☆ How Tom Brady, LeBron James, Serena Williams and more older athletes can refuse to retire
▼ + stars: | 2022-03-19 | by ( Dr. Jalal Baig | Dr. Jalal Baig Is A Physician | Writer Based In Chicago. His Work Has Appeared In The Washington Post | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

Despite that, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback led the league in regular season passing yards, completions and touchdown passes. And he was the starting quarterback in four of the past six Super Bowls, bagging three Lombardi Trophies in that span. At the game Brady attended, Ronaldo became the highest scorer in FIFA history after netting his 807th career goal. Not everyone is brimming with the baseline talents of James or Brady or has the discipline or resources to stick with such regimens. With time, this may radically alter how athletes at all levels are nurtured, and even how nonathletes fend off the crippling effects of age.

☆ We watched 11 hours of old Matt Gaetz videos where he pushed for sexual predator legislation. He had much to say.
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-26 | by ( Robin Bravender | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Matt Gaetz helped enact Florida legislation to toughen penalties for sex offenses against children. He said in 2014 that sex offenders who prey on children were "simply wired differently." Gaetz, then 31 years old, served as the chairman of the Florida House of Representatives' Criminal Justice Subcommittee. He cosponsored legislation that increased the mandatory prison time for convicted sexual offenders, calling it some of the most important work his subcommittee would do. Gaetz cosponsored legislation that year that would increase Florida's mandatory minimum sentence for violent sexual offenders to 50 years.

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