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Katrina Survivors Meet Miracle Dolphins
Nowhere are they more abundant than with the "Miracle 16" dolphins, giving reason to smile to some of the hurricane's human victims.As the hurricane approached, half of these dolphins were evacuated from their home at the Gulfport, Miss., Oceanarium to hotel pools on high ground.
Eight had to stay behind, and eventually they disappeared.
"From all the stories and accounts of the way the storm hit, we believe the water rose and a big wave knocked out their show pool," said Teri Corbett of the Marine Mammal Operations at the Atlantis hotel in the Bahamas.
"How they got out, who knows?"
Two weeks later, all eight dolphins, including two mothers and their babies, were spotted alive and together.
"A few of them got beat up," Corbett said.
The Blue Rose Moving Ahead Rapidly, Orlando's New Billion-Dollar ...
ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 16, 2006--CMA Companies, the developer of The Blue Rose, Orlando's tallest and most spectacular new condo hotel, has selected PCL Construction Services, Inc. to be the official general contractor for the 1,500-room property. PCL has built some of the world's most famous entertainment destinations, including: Toronto's Air Canada Center, The Atlantis Resort in The Bahamas, Minneapolis' Mall of the Americas, the world's largest mall, Edmonton's West Edmonton Mall, Niagara Falls Casino Resort and The Staples Center in Los Angeles. "We selected PCL because of their expertise in building world-class entertainment facilities," according to Camilo Aguirre, principal at CMA Companies. "We want to deliver the most unique and well-built resort hotel in Florida...
We can save a Life
As it currently stands, Tiffany's Haven, a 10 room building slated for use as a shelter for battered women, is in dire need of restoration.Some day soon Shavon Munnings, the shelter's visionary, hopes to see it provide the much-needed umbrella covering for women and their children who need a temporary place to sort out their lives after fleeing violence in their homes. But for now the aging building bakes in the hot weather, with peeling paint, broken windows and rotting doors. Munnings estimates that aside from a painting, new windows and doors, the structure also needs re-wiring, plumbing, flooring and furniture.
A few sighs and buckets of sweat-drenching work away from where it needs to be to bridge the gap between homelessness and hope in the lives of domestic violence victims, Munnings believes that the shelter can happen with the overwhelming support of its home community.
Tropical Storm Ernesto aims for Florida
Rain from Tropical Storm Ernesto began pelting the island on Tuesday morning as residents hurried to make last-minute preparations before the storm strikes the vulnerable Florida Keys and populous South Florida.The storm has a chance of regaining minimal hurricane strength before it makes landfall as early as Tuesday night, the National Hurricane Center said.
On the anniversary of Katrina's devastation of New Orleans and with still fresh of the seven hurricanes that have hit Florida since 2004, state officials urged residents not to wait for Ernesto to strengthen again before making preparations.
Tourists were ordered out of the Keys, linked to the mainland by a single highway. Mainland Broward and Miami-Dade counties urged residents of mobile homes and homes still damaged from previous storms, including roofs protected only by tarpaulins, to evacuate early Tuesday.
New Life grand opening
The New Life Worship Center, 3162 N.W. Roundhouse Drive, off County Road 661, will celebrate its grand reopening today through Sunday for its almost-finished new center. There will be special singing and guest ministry in every service. The church pastor, the Rev. Ken Everhart and his wife, Diane, along with the congregation of New Life Worship Center, would like to welcome the public to the grand reopening. Special dedication services will be held at 7 p.m. today, at 7 p.m. Saturday, and at 10 a.m. Sunday. For more information, visit www.newlifeswflorida.org or call 863-491-1444.
Blood banks have urgent need
Due to the upcoming Labor Day Weekend, Suncoast Communities Blood Bank anticipates a blood shortage. Suncoast strongly urges the public to donate blood today. The public's help is extremely critical to the operations of DeSoto Memorial Hospital, Sarasota Memorial Hospital, Doctors Hospital and Bayflite Medical Helicopter.
NASA delay decision on postponing shuttle launch a second day or more
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - With Tropical Storm Ernesto slowing down its jog toward Florida, NASA managers postponed Sunday night making a decision on whether to move the space shuttle indoors or try a launch attempt on Tuesday.NASA managers, with a few more hours of breathing room, planned to meet again early Monday before making a final call.
Moving Atlantis back to the Vehicle Assembly building would challenge NASA's ability to launch Atlantis before a Sept. 7 deadline. The space agency wants to launch before then so the shuttle's visit to the international space station doesn't interfere with the trip of a Russian Soyuz in mid-September.
But NASA doesn't want the shuttle on the launch pad if winds are greater than 45 mph. Crews need two days to safely move the shuttle, and weather forecasters predicted the storm could be anywhere from the eastern Gulf near the Florida panhandle to the western Bahamas by Wednesday.
Floridians stock supplies as Ernesto nears
PEMBROKE PINES, Florida (AP) -- Diane Salmon rummaged through cookware Monday in the camping-supply aisle at a Target store, hundreds of miles from a churning Tropical Storm Ernesto. Her cart held plastic utensils, water, pasta and a small propane-powered stove.Like many South Florida residents, she was determined to avoid repeating past struggles for supplies, and to be capable of making a hot meal even if the power goes out.
"I've got four kids and a husband at home," Salmon said. "We learned last year, you get sick of tuna fish and peanut butter on crackers really fast."
Across the region, many residents appeared to heed the urging of Florida officials not to wait for Ernesto to become a hurricane before stocking up on supplies and making other emergency preparations.