Borepatch

Huh : TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Florida Department of Transportation on Monday revoked all existing permits for automated license plate reader...

The Queen Of The World's son is visiting for Easter, along with his best buddy Mario from Basic Training.  The weather was perfect, and ...

Stephen emails a dad joke appropriate for the Florida summer weather: I saw where the meteorologist who invented the ‘feels like’ temperatur...

  Remember, it's Florida, which means the humidity is off the charts.  Sing it, Buster ,,,  

Congratulations to the Florida Panthers - and particularly to Panther Center Sam Reinhart who tied a Stanley Cup record with four goals las...

So on Saturday there was a "No Kings" protest at the local library.  The Queen Of The World said that they posted pix on Facebook,...

Well, and our precinct, at least.  I'm not sure what that means - there's no way that Kamala Harris will win deep red Manatee County...

So Florida voters can amend the Florida State Constitution via the ballot.  Next month has a number of amendments for voters to consider, mo...

Overall we are pretty pleased with how our preps went.  We have a "hurricane kit" which is 3 storage tubs of stuff plus water jugs...

Back now - the Internet connection returned from where hurricane Milton blew it away to late last night. We had a fair amount of damage.  We...

Sumd00d posted to the neighborhood Facebook group, recommending that people prepare their lanai screen for the high winds by cutting them. [...

They're funny because they're true ...  

  That dot that says "M" on Wednesday at 7PM?  Yeah, that's right over my house.  They're calling for Cat 4 and a 12 foot ...

Lots of media huffing and puffing, but not much rain (especially when compared with Debbie last month) and not too bad for wind.  Power stay...

Divemedic has some thoughts that are worth your time.  The Silicon Graybeard does his preps .  We're battened down for the fifth storm ...

Yesterday marked the Autumn Equinox, the first day of autumn.  The Silicon Graybeard posts about what this means in Florida ; he's on th...

If not, it's close : More than $1 million worth of cocaine washed up on a beach in the Florida Keys after Hurricane Debby battered the G...

Yeah I know - hurricane season in Florida.  Ian kind of blew past us a couple years ago and while it did have hurricane force winds here the...

Wet.  With continued wet throughout the day.  It's Florida in hurricane season, right? And to answer Graybeard's question , yes we a...

So yesterday had the expected and the unexpected.  The procedure itself went smoothly - it was a Mohs surgery , where they shave off layers ...