Best of the Blogs: Back Up

Progress Florida’s Best of the Blogs for the week ending 9-15-17
Best of the Blogs is featured weekly as part of Progress Florida’s popular free Daily Clips service.

Progress Florida’s Best of the Blogs for the week ending 9-15-17
Best of the Blogs is featured weekly as part of Progress Florida’s popular free Daily Clips service.

Irma’s Legacy: Florida’s Infrastructure Not Up To Standard
By Kartik Krishnaiyer
The Florida Squeeze
For most of Florida, Hurricane Irma was a Category 1 storm or a strong Tropical Storm.

How Will Hurricane Irma Impact Coal Ash in her Path?
By Amelia Shenstone
CleanEnergy Footprints
Last year, Hurricane Matthew spilled coal waste into the Neuse River and burst the dirt embankment of a cooling pond at the H.F. Lee power plant in Goldsboro, NC.

Hurricane Irma downs trees, homes, and power lines in Immokalee, LaBelle, and surrounding farmworker communities
Staff Report
Coalition of Immokalee Workers
The most powerful hurricane in the history of the Atlantic made its way onto the mainland of Florida this past Sunday afternoon and evening, with winds up to 130 mph and soaking, pounding rains.