Hurricane Irma report #6: When my Android phone (and its FM radio) proved clearly more useful than my iPhone

7 years ago

When Hurricane Irma closed in on the Tampa Bay area Sunday evening, the power went out at around 7:30, and…

Hurricane Irma report #5: Irma’s authority is not recognized in Fort Kickass!

7 years ago

Part of today’s hurricane prep involves setting up Fort Kickass, where we’ll hole up if things get really bad. In…

Hurricane Irma report #4: Checking in while the sun shines

7 years ago

Here’s a selfie from our yard taken yesterday morning: Yesterday morning. Here’s another from the same place, taken this morning:…

Hurricane Irma report #3: Would you believe Irma already has musical tributes?

7 years ago

As of noon on Thursday, September 7th, I can already find three musical tributes to Hurricane Irma on Youtube. The…

Hurricane Irma report #2: Do you have the recommended items on FEMA’s emergency supply list?

7 years ago

The latest edition (2014) of the FEMA Emergency Supply List recommends the following items for a basic emergency supply kit:…

Hurricane Irma report #1: “You run from water. You hide from wind.”

7 years ago

Here’s the NOAA’s estimation of the “earliest reasonable arrival time” of tropical-storm-force winds created by Hurricane Irma. Click the graphic…

Would you be able to perform this simple household repair?

7 years ago

Between getting ready for Hurricane Irma, which is headed our way in a couple of days and is threatening to…

Sold!

7 years ago

Actually, I didn’t buy it, but who doesn’t want a sequined throw pillow with their initial on it?

Chance Macdonald, the hockey player who assaulted a girl, and Allan Letourneau, the judge who didn’t want it to affect Chance’s chances at success

7 years ago

The next time some know-nothing tells you that there’s no such thing as rape culture (such as this former pro…

Josh Frank on Tampa’s future without I-275 at Café con Tampa

7 years ago

Every Friday morning at 8:00 a.m., some of Tampa Bay’s most engaged citizens come to the main room in Oxford Exchange’s Commerce…