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Hurricane helper
president of the Blue Frontier Campaign (bluefront.org), and author of "Blue Frontier -- Dispatches from America's Ocean Wilderness" and "50 Ways to Save the Ocean."THE FEDERAL Emergency Management Agency said last week that it has run out of money to pay insurance claims from this year's hurricanes. Not counting Wilma, the claims top $22 billion. So you'd think the troubled agency would be eager to reduce future...Tags: Jeff Miller, Relief and Aid Organizations, Disasters, Natural Resources, Allen Boyd
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Cabbage Key: An isolated travel getaway
South Florida Sun-Sentinel Travel EditorThe boat pushed away from the dock, eased past the pelican perched on a piling, and looped out into Pine Island Sound. What is it about being on water that makes you feel you're in Florida? Useppa Island swam up on our right, buff with houses reminiscent...Tags: Family, Fishing, Disasters, Jimmy Buffett, Hamburgers
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Birthday-suit cruises and other surprises
Special to The TimesTHE travel industry continues to evolve, with surprising trends popping up regularly. Here are a few new wrinkles. A travel agency in Austin, Texas, chartered a 1,400-passenger Carnival cruise ship for a nudist cruise of the Caribbean — and, to...Tags: Hotels and Accommodations, Tourism and Leisure, Tour Operations Industry, Sports, Sailing
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In the storms' wake, conflicting reports can cloud conditions
Times Staff WriterThere's nothing like a natural disaster at a tourist destination to kick the machine of public relations into full spin cycle. Appealing for aid, governments paint a dark picture of destruction. Eager to regain business, the tourism industry cranks out...Tags: Tampa, Disasters, Weather, Disasters and Accidents, Floods
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FEMA chief: No excuse for not being prepared
Craig Fugate has one overriding message for all Florida residents, now that the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season is underway: "The price of living in paradise is to get prepared and quit using excuses." "Complacency is just a dumb excuse people use to say...
Tags: Petroleum Industry, Craig Fugate, Hurricanes, Natural Disasters, FEMA
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Two-week holiday break part of Orange 2013-14 calendar proposal
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelThe Orange County School Board is slated to adopt a calendar tonight for the 2013-14 school year that includes a Winter Break that is two weeks long, a school start date two weeks before Labor Day and a last day of school of June 4. The proposal would... -
Time still moves slowly on Sanibel, Captiva islands
If you're in a hurry, you don't belong on Sanibel.
That friendly admonition has been a pearl of wisdom on this leisurely Gulf Coast island for decades. In the 1970s, when a high-school buddy and I used to take day trips across the remote Alligator...Tags: Rentals, Hotels and Accommodations, Homes, Henry Ford, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Disney guidebook grew from couple's 1,400 visits and 400 photos
Sentinel Staff WriterFor travel authors Julie and Mike Neal, the key to creating a comprehensive Walt Disney World guidebook was an act of God. Literally. It was Hurricane Charley, in 2004, that forced the Neals to leave their home in Sanibel Island for a residence in...Tags: Cartoons, Walt Disney World Resort, Entertainment, Donald Duck (fictional animal), Trips and Vacations
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New tile roof may not save you money
South Florida Sun-SentinelMany South Floridians think tile roofs are among the strongest against hurricanes. For years, insurance companies gave homeowners discounts on their premiums for installing them. But some insurers have stopped giving the discounts because of the state'...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Litigation and Regulation, Entertainment, Health, Horace Mann
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Beware those "lesser" hurricanes
Maryland WeatherWe have a natural tendency to discount the "weaker" hurricanes, those Cat. 1 and 2 cyclones that seem so run-of-the-mill compared with the Cat. 4 and 5 beasts that show up from time to time.But the smaller tempests are sometimes......Tags: Hurricane Ike (2008), CNN (tv network), Hurricane Damage, Hurricane Andrew (1992), Disasters
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Today is Friday the 13th, does it make you nervous?
Sentinel Staff WriterFor those of you who suffer from friggatriskaidekaphobia, the fear of Friday the 13th, or triskaidekaphobia, the fear of the number 13, today is the only Friday the 13th this year. What is to fear from Friday the 13th or the number 13, you may ask?...Tags: Hurricane Damage, John Wayne Gacy, Ryanair Holdings Plc, AirTran, Charles Manson
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