Monroe County government’s efforts in the past five years to reduce flood insurance rates in Monroe County have steadily paid off with the most recent rate reduction scheduled to go
A Disney Celebration: Kingdom of the Sun Concert Band: The band will perform Disney favorites at 3 p.m. March 14 at the Ocala/Marion County Veterans Memorial Park, 2601 SE Fort King St., Ocala. Selections include “Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah,” “Beauty and the Beast,” “Mary Poppins,” “The Bare Necessities,” and more. Free and open to the public; donations accepted. Details at kingdomofthesunband.org or call 624-9291.
Winter Spectacular #10: The National Snaffle Bit Association will host the NSBA Hunter/Jumper Winter Spectacular #10 through March 14, with $4 million in prizes, at the World Equestrian Center, 1390 NW 80th Ave., Ocala. Showtimes 8 a.m.-3 p.m. daily, subject to change. Featuring a $75,000 grand prix in the Grand Outdoor Arena March 13, beginning at 6 p.m. Visit horseshowing.com or call 414-7900 for details.
COVID-19: Marion County s seven-day positivity rate declines to 6%
Marion County continues to see positive trends when it comes to COVID-19 cases. The biggest news is that the seven-day positivity rate dropped to 6% on Thursday, down from 7.7% a week ago.
Marion County added 60 new COVID-19 cases and 12 deaths on Thursday. Marion now has recorded 27,879 COVID-19 cases and 827 deaths since the pandemic began last March.
The health department received 1,320 negative test results on Wednesday. Out of all the tests received on Wednesday, 4.35% were positive.
Current hospitalizations were 62 on Thursday, down one since Wednesday and down 52 since Feb. 12. The record was 152, which was registered a few weeks ago.
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PENSACOLA, FL The monumental power failure in Texas caused by unseasonable cold showed how extreme weather can push an electric grid to the brink.
The average U.S. power customer loses electricity for 1.5 to 2 hours annually even before extreme weather events are taken into account, according to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. As the Texas experience showed, hurricanes, snowstorms, heat waves and other extreme weather events can make such outages dramatically worse.
Customers in Florida state experienced 1.47 hours without power in 2019 3.23 fewer hours than the national average of 4.7 hours in 2019, which is the most recent information available, according to the EIA.