FEMA Blocked Musk's Starlink To Florida and North Carolina

Under FEMA Administrator Criswell’s leadership, her team blocked assistance to homes that signaled support for President Trump.

Now she’s saying FEMA never blocked @ElonMusk and Starlink from getting high-speed internet to folks on the ground, despite witnesses testifying to the… https://t.co/p0DPgJkEc2 pic.twitter.com/zrJQRoKYZF

— Rep. Lauren Boebert (@RepBoebert) November 21, 2024

FEMA Directed To Avoid Homes With Trump Signs

Another great reason to be glad the Democrats have been voted out.

 

Absolutely sickening and inhuman. Thank God this horrific and prejudiced administration is leaving. https://t.co/ToP68Aq6Oy

— Rep. John Block (@RepBlock) November 9, 2024

Florida Looters Could Meet Shooters, Gov. DeSantis Warns

Potential looters taking advantage of Hurricane Milton to loot someone's business or home may find themselves staring down a gun barrel, according to Gov. Ron DeSantis.

During a press briefing, the governor issued a warning that since Florida is a Second Amendment state, looters wanting to loot in the aftermath of Hurricane Milton had better think twice.

According to Florida Politics:

'You don't know what's behind that door.'

Another hurricane brings another unambiguous assertion of Floridians’ right to self-defense from the state’s Governor.

“If you think you’re going to go in and loot, you got another thing coming,” Gov. Ron DeSantis said during a briefing at the state’s Emergency Operations Center.

“If you go into somebody’s house after the storm passes, think that you’re going to be able to commit crimes, you’re going to get in really serious trouble. And quite frankly, you don’t know what’s behind that door in a Second Amendment state.”

Variations of this theme are a staple of storm press conferences for DeSantis, and Hurricane Milton continues the tradition familiar to Floridians who were around for 2023’s Hurricane Idalia and 2022’s Hurricane Ian. 

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Watchdog Found $7 Billion In Untapped FEMA Funds

 

Watchdog found $7B in untapped FEMA funds — even though DHS Secretary Mayorkas said none available for future disasters https://t.co/sKOahimGfp pic.twitter.com/8Nwi67kuHW

— New York Post (@nypost) October 7, 2024

Hurricane Milton Cruise Itinerary Changes

Above, the storm approaching Nassau, Bahamas last month. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

When the cruise to the Bahamas was booked, I was a bit leery over going in early August as it was inside Caribbean hurricane season. I monitored the weather reports leading up to the cruise.

The only day of inclement weather during the cruise was when we were in Nassau. It was rainy there, with periods of hard rain, while we were on a bus tour. But we "weathered" it fine.

Now, Hurricane Milton is causing cruise lines to modify or cancel cruises.

Cruise Radio posted:

All eyes are on the Caribbean as Hurricane Milton continues to intensify. The storm is forecast to become a Category 3 or 4 hurricane with winds of 120 mph before making landfall on Wednesday on Florida’s Gulf Coast.

This week, voyages out of Miami, Port Everglades, Palm Beach, Port Canaveral, Jacksonville, Tampa Bay, New Orleans, Galveston, and Baltimore could be impacted. Florida ports are expected to close depending on Hurricane Milton’s track.

You can check the status of your cruise port here.

If your cruise is affected this week, your cruise line will contact you by email or text regarding any potential changes and cancellation policies.

Below are the updated changes from the following cruise lines. We’ll add itinerary revisions and possible cruise ship diversions as they become available from the operators.

If your cruise has changed, you can let us know here.

 To read more, go here.