FLORIDA EMERGENCY INFORMATION

• Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 4.9.26 April 9, 2026 3:19 pm Good Thursday morning. We’re gonna start today’s Sunburn by turning it over to our friend Steve Vancore to shake some salt on the latest polling in the Senate race. ___ A new Public Policy Polling survey shows Ashley Moody leading Alex Vindman 43% to 40%, …
• Digital Preparedness: Protect Your Information Before, During, and After a Disaster April 9, 2026 9:04 am Website tracking collects your online behavior using cookies, pixels, and device fingerprinting. After disasters, scammers can use this data to send targeted phishing messages, fake FEMA alerts, and fraudulent contractor offers. Protecting your digital …
• Florida is not ready for Hurricane Season. Washington is making it worse April 8, 2026 5:59 pm Shevrin Jones is a state Senator in line to lead Democrats in the Legislature’s upper chamber in the 2028-2030 term. Hurricane Season begins in a matter of weeks. For Florida, that timeframe has never carried more danger. While our coastlines brace for …
• Takeaways from Tallahassee — Easter is brought to you by … April 4, 2026 3:28 pm Peter Cottontail is expected to deliver a bumper crop for retailers this Easter, with shoppers projected to spend a record $24.9 billion nationwide as the holiday arrives April 5, according to the Florida Retail Federation and the National Retail …
• Federal funds to aid repairs for part of Dunedin Pier April 2, 2026 5:13 pm DUNEDIN — Dunedin’s efforts to repair its hurricane-damaged pier took a step forward March 30 with the delivery of $800,000 in federal funding. U.S. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna on March 30 presented a check for the funds to representatives from the Pinellas …
• FEMA official insists he was teleported to a Waffle House April 2, 2026 9:51 am Decades from now, historians will be trying to figure out why a conspiracy theorist was put in charge of a critical disaster-relief office in the U.S. and why said conspiracy theorist claimed he had been involuntarily teleported multiple times, including …
• PSTA, City Officials Receive Money to Repair Hurricane Ravaged Pier April 1, 2026 2:38 am Marking a major milestone in the recovery of coastal Tampa Bay communities from hurricanes Helene and Milton, significant federal funding was delivered to help rebuild the iconic Dunedin Pier, which was twisted and torn apart by Hurricane Helene’s …
• Delegation for 3.31.26: DHS funding — f-word — fraud — FirstNet — Artemis II March 31, 2026 6:15 pm No deal Congress has gone home on Easter recess, but the House and Senate remain sharply divided over future funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Meanwhile, the agency housing the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Immigration …