Some hurricane shelters in Southwest Florida will be getting major upgrades that will increase their ability to handle Category 5 storms, the most dangerous and potentially catastrophic hurricanes.
The state Department of Economic Opportunity has awarded more than $16 million in grants to make improvements to buildings in Lee and Collier counties to increase their ability to withstand major hurricanes.
The grants include funds to increase the hardening of two of the region s largest shelters so they can tolerate winds of 170 mph and more safely shelter some 7,000 people.
Hurricanes with winds over 157 mph are considered Category 5 storms, the most dangerous, by the widely cited Saffir-Simpson scale that rates storms by intensity.
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The two aim to find to what degree dead fish actually feed the red tide.
The idea is that red tide moves into an area, fish are killed and then the dead fish decompose and provide even more nutrients for the red tide to feed from. (We re) looking at the decomposing fish and the idea that as they decompose they release nutrients that can go back and feed the red tide more, Parsons said. Can that kill even more fish so you possibly have a positive feedback loop.
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FBI slayings show risk surveillance cameras pose to police
By TERRY SPENCERFebruary 5, 2021 GMT
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) The child pornography suspect who gunned down two South Florida FBI agents this week somehow knew exactly when they were approaching his apartment.
Authorities are investigating whether he may have used his doorbell’s security camera to time his ambush, firing a high-powered rifle through the door as their team neared to search his home and computer.
That’s a danger police nationwide are facing: As outdoor surveillance cameras now protect about half of U.S. homes from criminals, the criminals are using them to get a jump on officers about to raid theirs. Some doorbell cameras even have motion sensors that alert owners when anyone comes within 100 feet (30 meters).
Doorbell security camera may have been used in slaying of FBI agents in Florida
Surveillance cameras can pose risk to police
Terry Spencer
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These photo released by the FBI show agents Laura Schwartzenberger, left, and FBI agent Daniel Alfin. The two were fatally shot Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021, while serving a search warrant at the home of child pornography suspect David Huber, a 55-year-old computer technician in Sunrise, Fla. Three other agents were wounded. (FBi via AP)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The child pornography suspect who gunned down two South Florida FBI agents this week somehow knew exactly when they were approaching his apartment.