Tampa Bay

If you’re in crisis on Christmas, remember 211 and 988

As the lyrics say, all is supposed to be merry and bright during the holidays, but there are times when…

3 weeks ago

Headline of the day

It would be even more funny and frightening is the transformation was going the other way. (By the way, here’s…

3 months ago

Hurricane Milton post #14: Good thing I didn’t put away the generator!

As Murphy’s Law would have it, moments after posting yesterday that I hadn’t yet put away our generator just in…

3 months ago

Hurricane Milton post #13: I haven’t put away the generator yet

Here’s “Lil’ Red,” a generator we bought from a friend of the family a few years back, which I have…

3 months ago

Hurricane Milton post #12: You don’t need a drone, just a pole and a phone!

Tap to view at full size. A day or two after Hurricane Milton tore its way through town, someone posted…

3 months ago

Hurricane Milton post #11: Clean-up

Tap to view at full size. A good chunk of today was devoted to cleaning up all the tree and…

3 months ago

Hurricane Milton post #10: A farewell to silence

The stillness and silence from earlier this morning in our Old Seminole Heights neighbourhood broke at around 8:30 when people…

3 months ago

Hurricane Milton post #9: “That’ll buff right out.”

I was still tired after waking up at 5:45 and writing the previous post, so I went back to sleep…

3 months ago

Hurricane Milton post #8: The silence woke me up

No picture with this post, because there's no light. After getting used to the sound of howling winds, pummeling rain,…

3 months ago