As Hurricane Melissa barrels toward Jamaica, the Marleys’ Welcome to Jamrock Reggae Cruise has been rerouted. The five-night event, set to take place Oct. 27 to Nov. 1, was originally slated to set sail from Miami with stops in Montego Bay and Ocho Rios. The cruise has since been rerouted, …
Read More »Florida Weatherman Warns That Govt. Cuts Will Make It Harder to Forecast Hurricanes
The Trump administration is claiming it’s fully prepared for this year’s hurricane season, even as the director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) says he had no idea the United States even had a hurricane season, and local weathermen complain that they are unequipped to forecast the natural disaster …
Read More »Trump Leaves Major Cities Without Top Meteorologists Ahead of Hurricane Season
The Donald Trump administration’s gutting of the National Weather Services (NWS) has left major metropolitan centers without a top meteorologist ahead of hurricane season. According to a Friday report from CNN, 30 of the nation’s 122 weather forecast offices now lack a meteorologist-in-charge — the top position at NWS offices …
Read More »The Case for Kamala Harris in a Burning World
At this late hour, with so much at stake in this election, let’s get one thing straight: Donald Trump is a clear and present danger to the American economy, to women’s reproductive freedom, and to democracy itself. But he is not a threat to the planet. Whatever happens on Nov. …
Read More »Peso Pluma Cancels Florida Concerts Due to Hurricanes, Says He'll Donate to Relief Funds
Peso Pluma is canceling his scheduled concerts in Tampa and Miami in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene and Milton. In a press release Friday, the musician’s team announced that he would no longer be performing at the shows next week, and that Peso would be donating to relief funds. “[We] …
Read More »Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds Donate $1 Million for Hurricane Relief
Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively are chipping in to help the hundreds of people affected by Hurricane Helene and Milton. In a statement Thursday, the non-profit organization Feeding America revealed that the actor couple had donated $1 million to help their disaster relief fund. “Their longtime support of Feeding America …
Read More »Aerosmith Donate Vehicles to Red Cross to Assist Hurricane Relief
Aerosmith have donated a pair of new Community Emergency Vehicles to the Red Cross to help serve Florida communities hit by the recent Hurricanes, Ian and Nicole, joining an effort to help those who will be impacted by future storms. The two 2023 Chevrolet Silverados, emblazoned with the Aerosmith logo, …
Read More »Hurricane Ian Is Florida's 'Oh Shit' Climate Moment
“I think what this has finally ended is the discussion about whether or not there’s climate change,”President Biden said in Florida Wednesday, standing amid the wreckage of Hurricane Ian in a striped shirt and his trademark aviator glasses. Nice thought, but Biden knows it’s not true. Millions of Americans think …
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