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The Biltmore Estate and its owners have pledged $2 million to help surrounding communities recover from Hurricane Helene.Although the estate remains closed due to storm damage, family owners say Biltmore remains steadfast in its support of its employees and community as rebuilding begins.Biltmore President and CEO Bill Cecil Jr. said in a written statement on October 7: “Western North Carolina has been our family's home for 125 years, and seeing Helen's influence on us We are devastated by the impact on the region. Now more than ever we must work together to stabilize and rebuild this community.The $2 million commitment…
Author: DEVNA BOSE and DEVI SHASTRIHospitals and other medical facilities along Florida's Gulf Coast are still reeling from the effects of Hurricane Helene and are now gearing up to respond to Hurricane Milton.The system, which will be one of the most powerful to hit the region in years, is expected to make landfall near the Tampa area late Wednesday. Long-term care facilities in counties that have issued mandatory evacuation orders are moving patients elsewhere, while hospitals are largely on alert, preparing to stay open during the storm.As of Tuesday afternoon, 10 hospitals had reported evacuations, according to Florida Governor Ron…
Heartland Institute Press Release Blaming hurricane intensity on human activity and “climate change” is wrong Storms of similar size and intensity struck the Tampa Bay area in 1848 and 1921, when humans' contribution to atmospheric carbon dioxide was negligible Even the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) said there are no climate signals in tropical storms ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL (October 8, 2024) – On Wednesday, Hurricane Milton will become one of the largest storms ever to hit the Tampa Bay area of Florida and one of the few Category 5 hurricanes recorded in the satellite era One (1966…
Guest post by Larry Hamlin In light of all the climate alarmist hype surrounding Hurricane Helene (and even more Milton-related hype), it seems appropriate to introduce you all to the fourth major hurricane of 1916, the one that preceded Hurricane Helene's visit to Asheville in 2024 Before, the title is shown below, and the WUWT article is here. NOAA's 1916 Atlantic hurricane season results data are shown below and can be found here. The 1916 Asheville Major Hurricane is number four on the list, at a time when hurricanes had no names and there were no satellites, hurricane hunter aircraft…
Kamala Harris is a car liberal, or so she thinks. [emphasis, links added] “Contrary to the advice of my opponents, I will never tell you what kind of car you have to drive,” the vice president said at a campaign event in Michigan the other day. However, she would favor regulations that would revolutionize the mix of gasoline-powered and electric vehicles made in the United States, regardless of what consumers want. The Biden-Harris administration has been working to regulate the U.S. auto market to its liking. In 2023, the EPA proposed regulations for electric vehicles to account for 67% of…
Author: Terry Spencer and Haven DalyTAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Milton weakened slightly Tuesday but remained a violent storm that could deliver a once-in-a-century direct hit to the densely populated Tampa Bay area, bringing towering of storm surge, and has the ability to reduce the ruins caused by Helen's destruction to ashes.Much of Florida's west coast is under a hurricane or tropical storm warning as the system and its 150 mph (240 kph) winds spin near Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, crawl toward the coast and draw in the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico Absorb energy from it. Hurricane warnings…
Associated Press reportLess than two weeks after Hurricane Helen battered the Florida coastline, Milton intensified into a major hurricane heading toward the state.The system is threatening the densely populated Tampa metropolitan area, which has a population of more than 3.3 million people, and threatens the same stretch of coastline that was struck by Helen.Traffic was heavy on northbound Interstate 75 Tuesday as evacuees fled ahead of Milton. Staff were also busy cleaning up the debris left behind by Helen.Follow AP's tropical weather coverage at https://apnews.com/hub/weather.A man boards up an apartment building to protect it from Hurricane Milton, Monday, October 7,…
Billionaire and liberal activist Tom Steyer's green investment firm Galvanize Climate Solutions announced on Sunday that President Joe Biden's former climate czar John Kerry has stopped working even as the government continues to hand out billions of dollars in green subsidies. Join the company. [emphasis, links added] Kerry, who resigned as the White House's U.S. climate envoy in January, will become co-executive chairman of Galvanize, which manages a fund of more than $1 billion and specializes in “creating long-term value from energy.” The manuscript is called. While Kerry served as the White House's top climate diplomat, Biden's Inflation Reduction Act…
The Trudeau government cabinet wants to rename “inflation” to “hot inflation” to “persuade Canadians to link the rising cost of living to climate change.” [emphasis, links added] According to Blacklocks Reporter, the Privy Council Office convened a focus group (apparently funded by taxpayers) in April to test the labels “climate inflation” and “heat inflation.” No one in the focus group had heard of these terms; “Participants were told that ‘heat inflation’ refers to the extreme heat caused by climate change that makes food and other items more expensive, while ‘climate inflation’ is a broader term that encompasses all the ways…