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How Florida Ties Localities’ Hands on Everything from Environmental Regulation to Worker Protections Hurricane

How Florida Ties Localities’ Hands on Everything from Environmental Regulation to Worker Protections

Florida’s coastal residents know to brace for storm surge, but during 2024’s Hurricane Milton, it was inland communities that suffered some of the greatest flooding. It took three weeks for water to recede from some neighborhoods, remembered Polk County Commissioner Becky Troutman. Her community, along Central Florida’s busy I-4 corridor...Read…
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September 21, 2026
Marcos Neves Rodrigues sets a one-year standard for storm-season readiness in Florida hotels Hurricane

Marcos Neves Rodrigues sets a one-year standard for storm-season readiness in Florida hotels

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bubmag
September 19, 2026
‘Post-Disaster Gentrification’ Proliferates in Florida Towns as Costs Soar Following Hurricanes Hurricane

‘Post-Disaster Gentrification’ Proliferates in Florida Towns as Costs Soar Following Hurricanes

Jaques and Paulina Sebastiao were the first residents on their street to rebuild their two-bedroom house two years after Hurricane Michael’s 155 mile-per-hour winds leveled almost every building in Mexico Beach in 2018. Few of their old neighbors in the Panhandle fishing village followed their lead...Read More
bubmag
September 19, 2026
Hurricane Forecast Maps Are Getting Better – but One Big Problem Remains Hurricane

Hurricane Forecast Maps Are Getting Better – but One Big Problem Remains

Hurricanes are powerful tropical storms capable of producing destructive winds, storm surge, flooding, and tornadoes across large areas. Their impacts can extend far inland, making clear forecasts and timely preparation essential for reducing risk. Credit: Shutterstock Adding inland information improved recognition of hurricane watches but did not fully solve how…
bubmag
August 27, 2026
Meet the Florida architect who lost his roof at 12 — and now builds for the next Andrew Hurricane

Meet the Florida architect who lost his roof at 12 — and now builds for the next Andrew

One day there was a roof. The next morning it was gone. Jeffrey Huber still remembers the day some 34 years ago when Hurricane Andrew blew off the roof of his childhood home, one of tens of thousands damaged and destroyed across southern Florida. For days, first responders couldn’t get…
bubmag
August 22, 2026