Category: Disaster Preparation
Planning trumps indecision – prepare now for hurricane season, expert says
May 27, 2014
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Waiting too long to make a decision in the face of disaster is in itself a decision – and rarely a good one, a University of Florida expert in community development says. Michael Spranger, a UF Institute of Food and ... READ MORE
Category: Disaster PreparationBe Prepared. Be Ready. Stay Safe:
May 23, 2014
Be Prepared. Be Ready. Stay Safe: National Hurricane Preparedness Week 2014 May 25 – 31, 2014 is National Hurricane Preparedness Week This week is a good time to prepare your family, property and pets for the weather situations. The dangers ... READ MORE
Category: Disaster Preparation, Work & LifeTags: Disaster Preparation, Hurricane Preparation
Diabetes and Natural Disasters: Are You Prepared?
May 19, 2014
By Nancy Gal, Family & Consumer Sciences Extension Agent IV at UF/IFAS Extension Marion County Reviewed by Linda B. Bobroff, Ph.D., RD, LD/N, Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, University of Florida Whenever the power ... READ MORE
Category: Disaster Preparation, Work & LifeTags: Diabetes, Health And Wellness, Nutrition And Food Systems
Post Flood Resources
May 2, 2014
The month of May and after is going to be a time of recovery for Northwest Florida. On April 30th, 2014 many residents awoke, if they slept at all, to drenched neighborhoods and all of the damage and destruction that followed. This storm took ... READ MORE
Category: Disaster Preparation, Work & LifeTags: Disaster Response, Flood, Home, Home & Community Education, Landscape, Marine Science, Safety, Water Quality
South FL Weather forecast Update for Ag : 01/16/14
January 16, 2014 Category: Agriculture, Crops, Disaster Preparation, Horticulture, Natural Resources
Tags: Clima, Cold, Forecats, Frio, Industry, Miami-Dade, Nursery, Ornamentals, Vivero, Weather, Winter
An Update on the National Flood Insurance Program
December 23, 2013
Several citizens from Escambia County participated in focus group sessions on coastal hazards in Escambia County this past January. Many of you were interested in the changes in the National Flood Insurance Program and so, in turn, Carrie Stevenson ... READ MORE
Category: Disaster Preparation, Work & Life2013 Hurricane peak season in South FL
September 10, 2013
The graphic attached shows that although the basin-wide peak number of storms over the past 100 years falls on Sept 10th, the dates of hurricane landfalls in South Florida going back to 1865 tells a slightly different story. Out of the 46 hurricanes ... READ MORE
Category: Disaster PreparationTags: Evcampoverde, Hurricane, Miami, Weather
Tropical Storm/Hurricane Season and Pest Movement
June 13, 2013
As I'm sure most of you know, Tropical Storm Andrea hit the coast of Florida on Thursday, June 6, 2013 north-northwest of Cedar Key, FL (http://local.msn.com/tropical-storm-andrea-landfall-florida?ocid=ansloc11 ). This was the first Atlantic ... READ MORE
Category: Disaster Preparation, Food Safety, Work & LifeTags: Pest Alert, Pest Movement
National Weather Service forecast for Miami area 5-7 June, 2013
June 5, 2013 Category: Disaster Preparation
Tags: Evcampoverde, Floods, Forecasts, June, Weather